Gurpurab diyas and candles at home: what families light for Guru Nanak Jayanti, and where to buy themGurpurab diyas and candles at home: what families light for Guru Nanak Jayanti, and where to buy them

Five ways to light the house for Gurpurab, and who sells each

Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Gurpurab falls in late November 2026 (check your gurdwara's calendar for the exact day). On the evening of the prakash purab, many Sikh and Punjabi homes light up the gate, windows, balcony and roof, much as gurdwaras do. There is no single item you must buy. What matters is that the light is offered with respect and kept safe. Here are the common choices, and the kind of shop that sells each:

1. Clay diyas with mustard oil or desi ghee. The traditional choice for many families. Buy them from your local market, a pooja store such as Satvik, or a handmade clay seller such as Mittified. You will also need cotton wicks and oil.
2. A brass diya for the home's main lamp. Good if your family keeps one lamp lit through a path at home. Brass diyas are sold by pooja stores and home brands such as Nestasia.
3. Plain unscented tealights in bulk. The quickest way to line a long parapet. Quick-commerce apps like Zepto and Blinkit carry basic packs for same-day needs.
4. Ready-to-light soy diya candles. Wax already poured into a diya, so there is no oil to spill on the marble. Raajkosh Diya Candles are Rs 449 for a pack of 6, terracotta-red diyas with a carved lattice rim, hand-poured in Jalandhar.
5. Decorative tealights for the entrance. Raajkosh Sunflower Tealights are Rs 449 for a pack of 10, ivory tealights in clear cups topped with a yellow sunflower. Matki Candles, Rs 599 for 4 little red painted pots, suit a side table or the steps.

All Raajkosh candles here are unscented, which many families prefer around a room where Gurbani is read.

Lights for the gate, the windows and the room where path is read

Think about the house in three zones before you order.

• Gate and boundary wall. This is where the most lamps go and where wind is strongest. Oil diyas flicker out easily in a breeze; candles in cups or diya bowls hold up a little better. Place them on a flat ledge, not on the edge.
• Windows and balcony railings. Two lamps per window sill reads well from the street. Keep them clear of curtains.
• The room for path or kirtan. If your home keeps a Gutka Sahib or holds a Sukhmani Sahib path, follow the custom your family or granthi follows for that room. Many keep it simple: one steady lamp, no decorative clutter. Ask before adding anything new.

To work out how many to buy, walk around and count the spots: each window, each step, both gate pillars, the roof edge. Then decide which spots get oil diyas and which get candles. Counting first stops you from buying three packs when one and a few oil diyas would do.

Gurpurab lighting options side by side

Many homes mix two: oil diyas for the main lamp, candles for everything else, because candles need no refilling through a long evening.

Ordering from Jalandhar before late November

Raajkosh is a small, new brand in Jalandhar, Punjab, not a marketplace. If you want to check who we are first, read who makes our candles.

• We dispatch in 24 to 48 hours, and delivery takes 2 to 7 days after dispatch. Order early and check the delivery estimate for your pincode on the product page. We do not promise a date.
• Shipping is free from Rs 999 (a Diya Candles pack plus a Spiral Pillar set of 5 comes to Rs 1,248), and Rs 79 below that.
• Prepaid only through Razorpay: UPI, card, net banking or wallet. No cash on delivery.
• If anything arrives broken, report it within 24 hours of delivery and we replace or refund it.
• Sending lamps to your parents in Ludhiana, Amritsar or Delhi? Put their address at checkout and add a gift note.

If you want a larger, plainer quantity for the roof, buy plain tealights locally and keep the Raajkosh pieces for the places people will see up close.

Keeping lamps safe on a crowded festival night

Gurpurab evenings bring visitors, children and loose dupattas near every doorway. Keep lamps off stair edges where people walk, never leave a flame unattended, burn on a stable, heat-proof surface, trim the wick to about 5 mm, and keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours.