Shop Set of Three Diwali and Navratri Decoration Urli Online

A wide, shallow, open bowl. The shape is the point: a large surface and very little depth, so that flowers and floating diyas sit spread across the top of the water rather than bunched. It comes from South India, where large ones sit at the entrance of a house or a temple, and the smaller household versions used as table pieces are the same idea scaled down.

Because what goes in it does the work. For Navratri it tends to be flowers, petals and coloured water -- colour and abundance. For Diwali it tends to be floating diyas or tealights, where the point is light. The bowl is a container either way, so one object covers both.

Water, most often, with flower heads or petals floating on it -- marigold and rose are the usual choices -- and floating diyas or tealights. Some people keep them dry with petals or decorative filling instead, which avoids the question of water on furniture altogether.

No, and that is rather the point of a plain one. Large urli sit at house entrances in South India year-round, and a household-sized one works as an everyday table piece with flowers in it. A set bought for Diwali does not have to go back in the box in November.

Both are on the product listing, which is where the seller states them and where they are kept current. They are not repeated here, because sizes and finishes change between batches and a figure written into an article goes stale without anyone noticing.

An urli is made to hold water. Whether a specific piece is watertight, and for how long, is the seller's to state. What is worth knowing either way is that a bowl of water standing on furniture sweats underneath, so a mat or a coaster under it is a sensible precaution on any surface you care about -- that is true of the piece regardless of how well it is made.

Floating lights in water is how an urli is normally used, but it is still an open flame and ordinary fire care applies: keep it away from curtains, paper and anything overhanging, keep it out of reach of children and pets, put it on a stable surface where it cannot be knocked, and do not leave it burning unattended or overnight. Metal conducts heat, so the bowl and the stand can get hot. This is general care rather than a safety rating of this product -- any instruction the seller provides with it takes precedence.

Dry it after it has had water in it, and store it dry. Metal left standing wet marks, and the mark is harder to shift than the water was to tip out. For cleaning, mild soap and a soft cloth is the cautious approach -- abrasive pads and strong cleaners take the finish off, and a finish is not something you can put back. If the listing names a specific metal or coating, the seller's own care instruction for it beats any general advice.

That depends on the metal and the finish, which the listing states and this page does not. As a general matter most decorative metals change colour over time in air, faster where they are handled or left damp, and some finishes are applied specifically to slow that down. Nothing here is a promise that a particular piece will stay as it arrives.

Close, but pieces like this are finished by hand and vary a little from one to the next in colour, in the depth of the patina and in small dimensions. Two bowls from the same batch are not identical twins. If an exact shade or an exact size matters -- because it has to sit in a particular spot or match something you already own -- it is worth asking the store before ordering rather than after.

Metal decor travels better than glass or ceramic, but it still dents and scratches, so it is worth unpacking carefully and checking it over on arrival. Anything that has gone wrong in transit is the store's to put right, and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 applies.

No. It describes what the object is, where the shape comes from and how it is generally used and looked after. Urli and diya appear in festival and household observance, and this page describes that use without claiming any outcome from it. Nothing here is a statement about prosperity, luck or any other effect, and nothing is a claim about the metal, the finish or the durability of a particular piece -- those are the seller's to state on the listing.

Yes. DoorToShop lets you build one order across more than one local store, so this can go in the same basket as whatever else you are getting that day.

Delivery is calculated at checkout, where the exact amount is confirmed. Free delivery applies above the threshold shown there, in the Auckland region only. There is no minimum order value, and you can combine items from other local stores in the same cart.