Every year, you wake up early on the morning of Deepavali and take a customary oil-bath. ... An oil-bath is well known for removing heat from the body. Apart from this, it's also beneficial for the skin and eyes, helps your hair grow, and reduces blood pressure.' A perfumed mixture of powdered Ayurvedic herbs, the utna is applied on the body of a person before a bath at dawn by the matriarch of the house. Though a number of varieties of utna, both natural and synthetic are available in the market, people, this year, are opting for the more traditional varieties, say traders