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MetalworkGI Tagged · 2008-09
Swamimalai Bronze Icons
TownSwamimalai
StateTamil Nadu
Craft typeMetalwork
GI tag2008-09
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Ritual bronze icon-casting using the ancient lost-wax "cire perdue" method, tracing an unbroken lineage back to the master sculptors of the Chola dynasty who created some of India's most celebrated bronze masterpieces.
Did you know? The bronze-casting families of Swamimalai trace their craft lineage directly to the sthapathis (master sculptors) of the Chola era nearly a thousand years ago — the same tradition that produced the legendary Nataraja bronzes now displayed in museums worldwide.