BUTTER LAMP: Butter lamps, also known as butter lights, are found in Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries all across the Himalayas. Traditionally, the lamps burned clarified yak butter, but nowadays, vegetable oil or vanaspati ghee are commonly used.The butter lamps enhance meditation by focusing the mind. "If you aspire for sublime realization, offer hundreds of lights," says the Cakrasavara Tantra's.FULL ELECTRO GOLD PLATEDThis Ritual Items - Mix of Butter lamp has been finished in Full Electro Gold plated finishing. Mr. Suman Shakya a master craftsman and plating expert has helped us in Gold plating this Butter lamp.This is a modern and healthier medium of gold plating, here the gold plating is done by flowing electric current between two metals. This kind of gold plating is very cheap in comparison to the traditional fire Gold plating, but due to advances in technology, the difference in the quality of gold plating between the two is decreasing.In this process, the statue is first plated with silver, and then later plated with gold.SILVER PLATEDThis Ritual Items - Mix of Butter lamp is plated with silver, Silver plating has been used since the 18th century to provide cheaper versions of sculpture that would otherwise be made of solid silver. Mr. Suman Shakya our master craftsman, who expertises in carving, and plating has helped us in is silver plating process of this Butter lamp, Ritual Items - Mix.Weight420 GramsSize16 x 12cmMaterialCopper