Lota (vessel)

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A lota (Bengali: লোটা; Hindi: लोटा; Urdu: لوٹا; Odia: ଲୋଟା/ନୋଟା) is a small, spouted, and rounded jug that has been used in India since the 2nd millennium BCE or earlier. Normally there is no handle. The design itself serves multiple purposes; a copper lota is commonly used in Indian religious ceremonies, such as yajna during puja, for wedding rituals, and other sacred traditions. It is also used for serving water and liquor. According to the ancient Indian/Hindu-origin traditional medicine system of ayurveda, drinking water stored in the copper lota has health and nutritional benefits. The vessel's regional variations include the bodna (Bengali: বদনা) in Bengal (called garu or jhari in West Bengal (Bengali: গাড়ু/ঝারি)), the kindi in Kerala, and the Karuwa in Nepal. In the Western World, where the supply of the lota is restricted, the South Asian diaspora has often used watering cans for the same purposes.