MAYAPURI Brass Puja Ghat/MANGAL Kalash/Devi Ghat/LOTA with Mango Five Leaves & Coconut

MAYAPURI Kalash, is a metal brass pot with a large base and small mouth, large enough to hold a coconut. Sometimes Kalash/Kalasha also refers to such a pot filled with water & topped with a coronet of mango leaves and a coconut. This combination is often used in Hindu rites and depicted in Hindu iconography. Sometimes the Kalasha is filled with coins, grain, gems, gold,or a combination of these items instead of water. The coronet mango leaves is placed such that the tips of the leaves touch water in the Kalasha. The coconut is sometimes wrapped with a red cloth and red thread; the top of the coconut is kept uncovered. A sacred thread istied around the metal pot. The Kalasha is viewed as an auspicious object in Jainism. The Kalasha is used as a ceremonial object as well as a decorative motif in Indian art and architecture.