Bonam can be a cooked rice with Jaggery and milk prepared in a fresh brass, earthen pot decorated with neem leaves, turmeric and vermilion (Kumkum). A lamp is lit on top of the pot and is termed Bonam Jyoti. Influenced by early Buddhist structures like the stupa, the main Hindu https://hanumanmandirsydney.com.au/lord-shanidev/