A set of video images of butter lamps from Bhutan.

Format: DV 720×576

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Butter lamps are a conspicuous feature of Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Bhutan. The lamps traditionally burn clarified yak butter.

Each morning lighted butter lamps are offered, representing the illumination of wisdom along with bowls containing pure water which help to focus the mind and aid meditation

To gain merit pilgrims supply lamp oil to the monks in the monastery who manage the actual lamps, which for safety are sometimes restricted to a separate courtyard enclosure with a stone floor.