Both the stand and the pedestal are carved with very beautiful engraved designs, beautiful porches with which the house was adorned. There is a small notched center at the lamp to put oil or ghee, and just ahead of it is a small circular hole formed probably to hold column wick firmly. The disposition and configuration will hint that this lamp had a role in rituals, agricultural celebrations, or otherwise in daily lives, indicating light, purity, and divine presence within all these.
The engraved decorations on the stand and pedestal often replicate motifs derived from nature, spirits, and ancestral figures, which are really central to the Santhal worldview. The same lamps are generally used in observances like Sohrai, Karam, and Baha, where they are expected to play their vital role in the observance of life's spiritual and ceremonial atmosphere. The lamp is made entirely by hands using very simple tools, thus exemplifying the Santhal tribe's deep attachment to nature materials as well as sacred traditions. It's a testimony of their resilience, creativity, and belief systems, which they have inherited from generation to generation.