Bonam Is usually a cooked rice with Jaggery and milk well prepared in a completely new brass, earthen pot decorated with neem leaves, turmeric and vermilion (Kumkum). A lamp is lit on top of the pot and known as Bonam Jyoti. According to the Patna High Court judgment in 1948, https://hanumanmandirsydney.com.au/khatu-shyam-sydney/