Oil Lamp

The brass lamp with flat base is for placing on a platform. It comprises the lamp bowl and an ornate halo placed over the back portion of the rim of the bowl. Beneath the halo is a figure of the goddess Sri or Lakshmi being lustrated by two elephants flanking her. The halo culminates on top with a makara head.
The halo protects the flame from getting extinguished by wind and also serves as a shrine of the goddess Lakshmi to whom the lamp in the front is offered.