kalash is a common sight in the Indian household, at the altar.
Any auspicious function has the kalash in place is a kalash?
earthen or brass pot is a pot with an opening at one end and is
blocked to hold things, usually water. A pot is empty, but has
the potential to contain many a thing! The pot thus represents
the inert body, which when filled with the water of wisdom
becomes a fully functioning body, capable of fulfilling life’s
needs! Kalash is a pot which contains water, on which a few
sprigs of mango leaves are placed at the mouth and finally a
full coconut also placed, with its head into the mouth and the
conical part of the coconut springing out. Sometimes, this
coconut is placed on a cloth containing rice. A pot is tied with
a thread across its length and breath to form small diamond
shaped pattern. kumbha (pot) when filled with rice representing
fertility and prosperity is called the poorna kumbha, signifies
completeness. It also could mean that water and food that are
needed to nourish our body. i