Aranmula metal mirror ( Aranmula kannadi ) is costly. nobody can offer you a cheap aranmula kannadi. BEWARE!!! if you get an aranmula metal mirror( aranmula kannadi) in a cheap rate, that may be an original and traditional aranmula metal mirror.
Let me explain why the aranmula metal mirror is costly.
A huge amount of determination, perseverance and patience goes into 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.
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