In Bengal, 108 lotuses and 108 of these objects are offered to a lion-riding goddess during Durgā Pūjā. A six-foot tall one of these non-lingam (“LING-gum”) objects is placed on a mountain in Tiruvaṇṇāmalai (“thih-roo-vuh-NAH-muh-lay”) during a Tamiḻ festival named for these objects held on the full-moon day of the month Kārttigai (“KAHR-thig-gay”). Gujarātī dancers traditionally encircling a womb-shaped one of these objects nowadays clap wooden sticks called ḍāṇḍiyā (“DAHN-dee-yah”) during rās/garbā (-5[1])(“RAHSS-GUR-buh”) dances to celebrate (*) Navarātrī (“nuh-vuh-RAH-tree”). During a festival named for these objects that is held twenty days after Navarātrī, sweets are handed out to neighbors and sparklers (10[2])and fireworks are lit to celebrate the return (10[1])of Rāma to Ayodhyā (“uh-YODE-yuh”). That festival named for these objects invites the wealth goddess Lakshmī (“LUCK-shmee”) into homes by lighting these objects in doorways. For 10 points, give this namesake of Hinduism’s largest festival. ■END■ (10[1])