My First Heritage Event of this year on Auspicious Vasantha Panchami Day dated 3rd February 2025 in some schools in Kakinada

 On  auspicious Vasantha Panchami festival day on 3rd February 2025 this year my first heritage event conducted by exhibited my heritage collection in some schools. School kids eagerly observing old cultural traditions with my collection and some kids asking questions relating to the  cultural significance of various art traditions. Enclosed letter given by some school authorities for sharing my knowledge with their school kids on  that auspicious day. #VasantPanchami2025 #indianheritageandculture #saraswathimaa #indianheritage #vasantpanchami #goddesssaraswati

Letter from school authorities for my event in their school on auspicious vasantha panchami day.

These are some photographs of the event in the school where school kids eagerly observing heritage collection and they keenly listening and participating at the time of my presentation to them on Indian Heritage and Culture with my heritage collection.

School administration authorities sharing with their school kids an newspaper article which published about my heritage collection.

In the below photograph school administration authorities sharing knowledge with their school kids by showing my heritage collection with them.

Kutch Metal Bells in my Collection and their making process information

 Kutch Metal bells.

These are nine different sizes starting from size no.1 to size no.9 kutch metal bells in my collection. Alongwith these bells also i have unique design kutch metal objects which are decorated with these bells in my collection. These metal bells primarily used for animals. Lohar community people from kutch preparing these metal bells which termed as "Ghantadi" in kutch region. The bell is made of iron and coated primarily with copper, along with a few other metals. They are made from scrap iron sheets which are repeatedly beaten to join together and to give them the required shape. The metal parts are neatly joined by expert hands by a locking system without any kind of welding.

Details and process of the kutch metal bells as follows:

 One of the 27 different traditional art forms of Kutch region of Gujarat

 The artisans and the art is believed to have descended from Sindh in Pakistan centuries ago with Nomads migrating into Kutch region along with their cattle and art

 Villages Kunaria, Zura and Nirona are hub of this art and artisans

 These bells are generally prepared from the scrap Iron or Tin, thus this craft makes excellent utility and art from nothing through Creativity.

 Iron is cut and mould into cylindrical shape with hammering, then upon hollow cylindrical shape, crown is made and same is hammered with cylinder.

 Thus the bell is ready, but it is hammered gently from various directions till bottom rim of the bell is so molded that it produces desired sound.

 This requires deeply trained ears and hands, to mould the bell such as to produces sweet melodious sound

 Once moulded, bells are soaked in the liquid solution of brass and copper and wet bell is covered with Mud

 Then, the coated and mud covered bells are kept into the furnace for few hours to make bells alloyed with covered metals.

 Sesham ringer is then attached inside the bell as a ringer.

 The sound of Kutchhi Hand Crafted bell is very unique, given the craft of moulding them in a such a manner.

 The sound of Handcasted bell can be easily differentiated from machine made bells and sound of none of the machine made bells can come parallel to the sweetness and depth of this Handcasted bell.

Alongwith my kutch metal bells collection in this post i am using the process of kutch metal bells photographs from some friends posts and from other sources.

Kavad Mobile shrine from Rajasthan in my collection sharing today on Holi festival

 On Holi festival today sharing herewith Kavad Moobile shrine alongwith Arts and Crafts of India book which are in my collection. Cover page of this book a colourful Kavad mobile shrine photograph.