- What is Panchaloha?
5 metals combination: 1. Copper, 2. Zinc, 3. Tin, 4. Silver and 5. Gold.
- What is the % age of each metals?
It is mainly of copper, Gold and silver are mixed in microns to meet the five-metal combination.
- Why murtis are made up of panchaloha?
1500 years back the main deities of the temples were made in granite. Mainly by pallava kings at Mahabalipuram in Tamilnadu, their reference was Ellora and Ajanta caves.
There was a custom to take the murtis around inside the temple and around the temple, this made Chola kings to make the panchaloha idols in Kumbakonam in Tamilnadu.
- What size of panchalohavigrahams can be kept in puja rooms?
The general suggestion of pundits is to go for less than 1 ft.
The vigrahams are available from 3 inches onwards but reasonable clarity can come in 5” size onwards, Bigger the size better the idol clarity.
- PanchalohaBenefits?
As we are bringing so many developments for material life today, Olden days our ancestor brought out so many things for blissful life. We call them as Agama and follow that. 5 senses, pancha buddhas, panchaloha etc. The scientific relevance of each metals can be found out from google.
- What is the cost of panchalohavigraham/idol/statue?
Normally the metal cost is 33% You can take the copper cost as reference and making cost is 66%. Plus, taxes, Transportation etc.
- How about brass statues?
- Panchaloha idols are hand made but brass idols are machine made.
- Brass is not natural metal.
- Brass idols are not talked about in Agama.
- The price is very cheap since the metal price is less, and mass produced.