Rajasthan News: Cow dung lamps are being prepared at Jaipur’s Pinjrapole Gaushala. Where rural women, on behalf of women self-help groups, are busy making colorful lamps from desi cow dung. This lamp is very popular not only in Jaipur but also in the markets of many states of the country. Now many orders are also coming from abroad. Be it the United States or Mauritius, thousands of lamps have been sent to many countries, where people of Indian origin also light Diwali with cow dung in foreign countries.
About 10 women prepare about 8,000 lamps a day in Gaushala. To make them, apart from cow dung, Janmangam, Jatamas, soil and oil are used, which have beautiful texture and red and gold colors. Because the color red is considered auspicious in Sanatan Dharma. The price of these lamps is also very low compared to Chinese lamps.
Apart from beauty, lamps made from cow dung also raise awareness among farmers about organic farming. These lamps made of cow dung are sold in the Indian market both online and offline, but the special thing is that this time the order of 10 lakh lamps was received only from the United States.
Coordinators Divyanshi and Ankit Acharya believe that this time Diwali should be celebrated with Vedicism, abandoning artificial Chinese lamps. Since in the Vedas and Puranas, Goddess Lakshmi is said to reside in cow dung, there are around 5 thousand cows in Pinjrapol Gaushala and with the dung of these cows, All India Gaushala Parishad is making lamps and empowering the people. local women providing them with employment and cows. It is also required to declare her “Mother of the Nation.”
