ARANMULA KANNADI uniqueness of INDIA/SIVA TIME

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              ARANMULA MIRROR 

                  


The Aranmula Kannadi is a unique object. Exclusive to Aranmula, this mirror is made of metal, not glass! There in lies its uniqueness and its creation, a closely guarded secret, known to any few families, has been handed down from father to son for generations.

Aranmula is a little village in the district of pathanamthitta, Kerala, India, which is well known for its ancient temple dedicated to Lord Krishna as Parthasarathy.

Extra ordinary traditional hand made metal mirror, is Famous for bringing prosperity, luck and wealth in to life.It is the only metal mirror available, Unlike Ordinary Glass mirror , Image from Aranmula Kannadi is reflected from upper surface of reflecting material , where in Glass mirror image reflected from bottom layer where mercury is pasted . So real image is only captured in the Aranmula Kannadi.

Metallurgists suggest that the alloy is a mix of copper and tin [Srinivasan 2008].

Aranmula Kannadi is impossible to make a duplicated Item, because of its lesser Price, and its make details only known to few people in one family belong to Aranmula and it is kept as a family secret.While commercially available glass mirrors reflect an image, because of a silver coating at its rear, Aranmula Metal Mirror is the only mirror which reflects from the front plane. This had its popularity until the advent of the commercially manufactured glass mirrors which proved to be much cheaper. 

The making of this enchanting mirror.

Mud from the local paddy fields is used for the mould into which the molten alloy mix is poured to cast the mirror and the technique followed is the cire-perdue or the lost wax method of casting. Even with the utmost care, only about 60% of the cast metal mirrors can be salvaged, the rest get damaged in the process of manufacture.

The metal mirror is then polished using well-ground, burnt clay powder mixed with special oil on a jute cloth. To achieve a highly reflective surface, polishing can go on from one to several days. When a satisfactory finish is achieved, the mirror is mounted on various models of artistic brass frames.

The British Museum in London has a 45 centimeter tall Aranmula metal mirror in its collection.

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