Bonam is often a cooked rice with Jaggery and milk ready in a new brass, earthen pot decorated with neem leaves, turmeric and vermilion (Kumkum). A lamp is lit along with the pot and is named Bonam Jyoti. Influenced by early Buddhist buildings like the stupa, the initial Hindu temples https://hanumanmandirsydney.com.au/lord-shanidev/