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Aranmula Kannadi (Mirror)

An Aranmula kannadi or Aranmula metal mirror is a special type of mirror produced at Aranmula, a village in the state of Kerala in India. Composed of a special metal alloy, instead of glass, the Aranmula kannadi is a front surface reflection mirror, which eliminates secondary reflections and aberrations typical of back surface mirrors. The exact metals used in the alloy are unknown, by are mixed with copper and tin to cast the mirrors, before being polished for several days in a row to achieve their reflective surface. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1706 pixel, file size: 836 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1706 pixel, file size: 836 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A mirror, reflecting a vase. ... Aranmula is a suburb of Kozhencherry, in the state of Kerala in India. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... An alloy is a homogeneous hybrid of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. ... This article is about the material. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... This article is about the metallic chemical element. ...

These unique metal mirrors are the result of Kerala's rich cultural and metallurgical traditions, and have great historical and cultural value. Produced by a single extended family in Aranmula, the origins of the Aranmula kannadi are linked with the Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple. Legend has it that eight families of experts in temple arts and crafts were brought by the royal chief to Aranmula from Tirunelveli district to work in the Parthasarathy temple centuries ago on the mirrors. The British Museum in London has a 45 centimeter tall Aranmula metal mirror in its collection. This article is about metallic materials. ... Georg Agricola, author of De re metallica, an important early book on metal extraction Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their compounds, which are called alloys. ... Aranmula is a beautiful village located further inland from Chengannur, (9 km west) on the Ernakulam Quilon railroad. ... , Tirunelveli (Tamil: ) is a Municipal Corporation, sixth largest city in Tamil Nadu(After Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy and Salem)in southern India and the district headquarter of Tirunelveli district. ... London museum | name = British Museum | image = British Museum from NE 2. ...

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References

• http://www.AranmulaKannadi.com
• http://www.AranmulaMirror.com
• http://www.AranmulaMetalMirror.com
• http://www.Aranmula.info
• http://www.buyaranmulamirror.com
• http://www.exploreruralindia.org/sitenvillages/Aranmula/tourism_interests.asp?atpSltState=Kerala&atpSltVillage=Aranmula