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Introduction of craft: -                            Bell metal is dominantly used for making cooking ware, which is now supplemented with some decorative items. Orissa is the preserve of the ‘Kansari’ community, experts at this particular craft. The metal is so called because the sound that it generates on hitting is similar to the sound of a bell. This also explains why this metal is used to make ‘ghantas’ or bells for temples. The reason for traditionally making cooking ware and other kitchen ware from the bell-metal alloy is that this alloy has several medicinal properties, which the food or water kept in them acquires. These medicinal properties are derived from copper and zinc which are dominantly present in the bell-metal alloy. It is believed that regular use of these vessels can have long term effects towards preventing and relieving several ailm...

           The Indian Handicrafts sector is not only playing significant role in the country's economy but also providing employment to vast segment of people in rural and semi urban areas. Besides preserving cultural heritage it is also generating valuable foreign exchange as the manufacturing is mainly with the indigenous raw material. The Handicrafts of India through the ages fascinated the world by its creativity, aesthetics and exquisite craftsmanship. It is highly decentralized activity, handicrafts of India present rich cultural heritage and shining example of using local resources, skills and initiatives. India's handicrafts are almost inexhaustible with infinite variety which has been refined during course of changing history. The cross currents inspire the creative impulse of our craftsmen. Further crafts are results of years of unconscious experiment and evolution; skills inherited and passed over generations from ances...