One of the major days in Tihar is Laxmi puja, the festival of Laxmi, goddess of wealth. In urban areas houses are decorated with strings of fairy lights but in rural areas without much electricity traditional lamps are used. The lights are used to guide the goddess into the house and thus ensure prosperity for the coming year.

The SWC commissioned a local potter to make these lamps and committee members filled them with clarified butter. They were then sold in the village and in the nearby market town to raise money for the SWC. (2000 lamps at 4p each – enough to sponsor 2 girls!!).