Aaranmula Kannadi, a treasure from Kerala....

Aranmula Kannadi.. That interesting stuff caught my eyes in a routine browse through the Google.. It's not the first time that I'm coming to know about it, but for Sure this is the first time I came to realize how Lovely & rich is Our Kerala with it's heritage. And I can't leave this One away from my blog..

Our traditions have left us some flagrant Stuffs which still remains amazing to the modern world. Aranmula Kannadi is One of such great Ones. Can you believe it that the metal is polished by the artisans in such a fashion that the metal starts to look like an actual glass mirror? How cool it is!

It is said that around the 18th Century, the artisans who were working on a crown for Lord Parthasarthy, accidentally discovered the reflective property of a particular Copper - Tin alloy. They failed at replicating the same effect in their subsequent works. They say, Parvathi Amma, a widow in the community happened to dream about the correct composition of the metal and disclosed the information to the artisans. Since then, this craft is a close guarded secret within the family through various generations.

Aranmula, ‘ar’ meaning six and ‘mula’ meaning bamboo, got its name when Lord Krishna depicting as a charioteer (from epic Mahabharata) was brought to the famous Parthasarthy temple on a raft made of 6 bamboos. The British Museum in London has on display a 45 cm tall Aranmula metal mirror in its collection. With this you can imagine how exquisite this mirror is to be acknowledged internationally. Friends, the thing is that the Global world pays great respect to Our rich heritage where as we believe everything western is the best. Ayurveda, great grandhas, Geetha, dharma.. Our great ancestors &  rishivaryas have already gifted us with the best. And it's meant for us to foster these precious Ones to Our heart with pride!

August 2nd..

August 2^nd, that’s a day that I would cherish for my whole Life, the day I joined the Chartered Accountancy stream.. The day which made me a Commerce student, the day which brought a new world for me..

I’m gonna tell about that very special day of my life. It was a lovely morning; I started to CA Academy with my father. My mind was simply blank. I had no idea about Commerce, not even what accountancy is. On the way, I went to aryasala temple, may be we can call it a Supermarket of gods.. Lord Siva, Ganesh, Krishna, Shastha, Navagrahas, all are there.. I entered the temple, prayed to lord Siva, Ganesh (my favorite), and the One and all of them.. May be because my tension seemed funny to them, I felt like they smiled on me.

The journey continued. I reached near baba tourist home. Appa walked through a narrow road opposite to it. I accompanied. A tall slim built man in an executive Outfit of Cream & black came across us, Smiling.. He took us to his office, gave me a CA CPT prospectus and gave me an outline on CA and told me that the class would start by 10 am, it was hardly 9.. I nodded and went to the classroom. It was a small room. In fact, a portion of the CA Office was converted into a small classroom. By 9:30 other students began to come and soon the class was filled. 


Arun Das, he was the first mate that I had in my CA life. Some of the students seemed more aged than me; they were here after their graduation. And, the rest seemed of my age, just after their +2. There was a tall boy sitting behind me. I felt he is somewhat close to my wavelength. He was in a group of 3, the group was so energetic and teasing each other on the very first day. So, I guessed they must be from BVB. (Bharathiya Vidya Bhawan). I talked to them, and I was exactly right. That was not a surprise for me, as I had friends from BVB before. They introduced themselves as Hemanth, Deepak and Vasudev. From the girls side, I met Nimya that day. I felt like she was kind of 'a bit Oversmart' girl that day. We had Mercantile Law & Accounts on for the first day, for me the first time ever in my life. I found it hard to deal with the new stuffs, especially the accounts. Sir used some terrible terms; (Debtors, Creditors, Underwriting, Security premium, Capital reserves, Depreciation, Amortization, P&L, Balance Sheet.. for me, Hemanth, lakshmi & deepak, these were too terrible & much enough for a heart attack). We felt like we would use some SN1 or SN2 mechanism for a counter attack..

This was my first day of CA. Just as U may think, there was nothing Special. But, the special thing is that it has transformed my life a lot. That place where I learned CPT is today my Office of articleship. That tall man of executive Outfit is ‘Our lovely Suresh Sir’ now.. That tall boy is ‘dear Deepu’ for me now.. That 'bit Oversmart girl' is One of my best friends now. Today, on this 2^nd day of august, the thoughts of that day make me immensely happy and a bit emotional.

I believe, everything is just because of that Smile that I saw in that Supermarket, I told.. There are still miles for me to go, I believe each and everything happening in Our life is just decided by the almighty. The thing we can do is just to be true to Our own heart and to Our loved ones. My prayers to him is just to keep that Smile always in my life and in those of my Loved Ones..