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Post-graduate students of the Department of History, Bharathiar University (BU), Coimbatore, undertook a tract travel to Thirumuruganpoondi and Anupparpalayam successful Tiruppur district, for a elaborate survey of sculpture and metallic art.
Sudhakar Nalliyappan and Kumaravel Ramasamy of Yaakkai Heritage Trust, which coordinated the world internship programme, highlighted to the squad of 25 students the distinctness of Thirumuruganpoondi successful the Kongu portion for chromatic sculpture and metallic creation with inscriptions from the medieval period.
Students were besides shown chromatic sculptures and icons made successful copper, bronze, brass and metallic noted for their unsocial characteristics, and a wide scope of locally made metallic objects utilized for temple rituals.
Orienting the students connected the method nuances of chromatic sculpture, Sthapathi S. Kanagarathinam explained however the earthy stones were brought from the Uthukuli portion and the processes and measurement systems followed from sketching connected the chromatic to the completion of the sculpture.
Metal sculpting adept P. Anandhan elaborated connected alloy preparation, melting, casting, moulding, finishing and gilding, R. Udhayachandran, Head of the Department of History, Bharathiar University, said.
