Jyoti Kalash

A jyoti kalasha (Sanskrit: ज्योतीकलश, romanized: jyotikalaśa) is a symbolic representation of Hindu goddess Durga.

During the Navaratri festival, devotees light jyoti kalashas in the temples of the goddess to appease her.

The fire (jyoti) burns continuously for nine days and nights of Navaratri, symbolising the divine presence of mother goddess on earth during nine days of Navaratri.

[1] Surrounding the main temple are many big halls where jyoti kalashas are lit by the devotees are kept for nine days, which are supervised by volunteers, who keep feeding the lamps with ghee for nine days.

[2][3] The jyoti kalasha procession can be seen in Rajasthan[3] Uttar Pradesh,[2] Madhya Pradesh and especially in Chhattisgarh, where the festival and installation of jyoti kalasha is very popular and people throng the temples of Bambleshwari, Danteshwari, Mahamaya, Maoli, Kankalin, Ashtabhuji Temple, Adbhar and many others to install the jyoti kalasha.