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Mannar is well known for its bronze industry, as well as other metals. There are hundreds of traditional 'ALA'S'(kilns or furnaces)[1] in Mannar. There are many small-scale manufacturing establishments engaged in this business, employing traditional workers, where prospective buyers can visit, observe the making and then purchase the artefacts produced. The most important household utensil they used to make are kinnan (plates for taking foods like kanji and boiled rice), nilavilakk, uruli, chempi (for par boiling paddy), kindi (a vessel for taking water for washing hands and feet). The most famous utensil makers were Chinkili Achari and Kollan Neelakantan Achari. There was an expert craftsman Kurattiyil Neelakantan Achari, who made the minutest gold ornaments. Later industry shifted to manufacturing big size artefacts and craftsmen from this town created many well known artefacts, such as a Varpu displayed at Delhi Museum, the lamp at Kuravilangad Church, the lamp of Chettikulangara Devi Temple, the bell at Simla Temple, the bell at Cathedral Church, New Delhi and a replica of famous tree of life and knowledge. This town is second only to market leader manufacturing city Moradabad.Alloys like bronze, brass, etc., have been used since ancient times. They were utilized for making various sculptures, utensils and other products. The Mahabaratha, Ramayana, and Vedas also suggest that using such alloys can positively control forces such as hunger, thirst, and sleep. One such hard alloy of copper used for making bells, gongs and musical instruments like cymbals is Bell metal. Bell metal crafts are carried out in various parts of India as a massive business. This video explores the bell metal works of Mannar, a town in Kerala that is the second-largest destination for metal products in India.
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It is supposed that around 200 years ago, the Vishwakarma community was brought from Tamil Nadu's Shankarankovil and Tanjavoor areas to build temples in Kerala. They began to travel to different locations for work and eventually settled in the state. Metalwork became their speciality. Consequently, the lost wax process used by these metal workers required fine clay, found abundantly along the river banks of the Pamba. The migration of many craftsmen from other states like Tamil Nadu aided the town's development to become the principal bell metal handicrafts centre.

The metal crafts and the exquisite workmanship of Mannar are in high demand all over the world. However, the metal craft has slowly died for the last 25 years. Due to a scarcity of locally available trained labour, several skilled and unskilled artisans have immigrated to other areas. The jewellery sector used to employ more than 300 people, but now just about 20 people work in it. There were 34 enterprises 25 years ago, but only six establishments function now. Out of the six, only four are running profitably. The rise of aluminium vessels and the machine-made bronze vessels from UP etc. made it difficult for this metal craft to survive.
This handicraft industry can be restored by uniting them under one roof with adequate encouragement, training. The local community have many suggestions that can help in reviving this craft. There is also a Government Proposal to make Mannar into a heritage village for all the bell metal crafts.
Many of the traditional crafts of India are facing the threat of extinction, and the Mannar bell metal craft is no exception. The present generation may also be reluctant in learning this craft. In a few years, the custom metalwork of Mannar might become obsolete and might get replaced by machine-made items. Therefore, we must preserve this metalwork and other traditional handicrafts of India that provide a unique identity to their respective region. The establishment of living museums and heritage routes can be one way of doing them. This method has been observed in Mannar for the bell metal crafts. It can also become a model to be followed by other regions.