Offering: Oil lamp in a monastery Leave a Comment / B&Ws, digital, editorial, Images, Photochallenge, silence, travel, travel / tourism / By Gireesh GV Monastery in McLeodGanj, Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh,India Mahayana material offerings might be imbued with the following symbology, the lighting of a candle or an oil lamp represents the light of wisdom illuminating the darkness of ignorance.