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