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How to prepare Vishu Kani ( Vishukkani) ?

Vishu is a special celebration of kerala. Vishu is a festival of prosperity and joy. It is celebrating on the first day of Malayalam Month ‘Medam’. Many of our people having questions about how to arrange vishukkani. here we are describing how you can prepare and see vishukkani, for the prosperity of you and your family.
For preparing vishukkani, prepare the following things.

Vishukkani Materials:

Aranmula Kannadi 

– Uruli/Silver/Copper Vessel
– Golden Ornaments
– Silver/Golden/Ordinary Coins
– Fresh white clothes, if possible Mundu/Neryathu/Saree with Kasavu
– A measure of rice or paddy
– halved jack fruits
– halved coconuts
– yellow cucumber
– Statue or picture of Lord Krishna
– Oil Lamp ( Nilavilakku)
– Konnapoovu ( Cussia fistula )

Note:

  • try to get some fresh clothes with kasavu kara. never put used or unwashed clothes for kani.
  • in oil lamps, put 5 thiri / 3 thiri ( always put odd numbers of lights in the lamp. never put even numbers)
  • For the mirror, Aranmula Kannadi is a very auspecious item for the vishukkani. Among them, the Valkannadi is the ideal one for the vishukkani.  ( Click here to see  Aranmula Kannadi  for vishukkani – )

 

and finally it would look like:

vishukani mohanlal

 

Arranging Vishukkani

Prepare the vessel/Uruli, and arrange the things. put the vegitables and rices first, keep the clothes and ornaments on the sides, and keep the mirror, ideally Aranmula Kannadi so that you can see your face on the mirrror, while you see the vishukkani. behind the kani, put a garlanded deity of Lord Krishna by keeping standing oil lampsbefore the deity.


Preparations of Kani should be done a night before by the lady of the house. Master of the house is the first person to Kani and then the other family members follow. Children should be brought blind folded from their rooms to see vishuKani, the first thing in the morning. Vishu Kani is later distributed amongst the poor and needy people. Reason behind this ritual is the strong belief of the people that the fortune of the rest of the year depends on the first object they see on the Vishu day. There is also a tradition to give small amounts of cash to children of the family.ideally some currency with a coin. Vishukkaineettam  ensure prosperity for everyone who get it.

Vishu sadya needs to be prepared for the lunch with Payasam. After the lunch, the vishukkani can be taken back, or the materials like vegitables can be given to others. If possible visit any of the temples on the same day.

Aranmula Palliyodam

Chundan Vallam (Beaked Boat) known to the outside world as Kerala snake boats are one of the icons of Kerala culture used in the Vallamkali

Constructed according to specifications taken from the Sthapathya Veda, an ancient treatise for the building of wooden boats, these boats are anywhere from 100 to 138 ft in length. With the rear portion towering to a height of about 20 ft. and a long tapering front portion, it resembles a snake with its hood raised. Its hull is built of planks precisely 83 feet in length and six inches wide.

Here is the photo of Aranmula Palliyodam.

Aranmula Village

Aranmula – This small village is worldfamous for its metal mirrors with no refraction, the ‘Aranmula Kannadi’ ( kannadi means mirror in Malayalam). The technology for this is not used anywhere else in the world. Since the spectacular snakeboat races starting from midSeptember that is a particularly good time to visit Aranmula.

Those of you who are artistically inclined should check out the fine 18th century murals in Parthasarathi temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, on the banks of the river Pampa.

You could also stop by at the Vijnana Kalavedi, centre for training in traditional art forms and the Vastuvidya Gurukulam, a centre for consultancy and training in traditional architecture.
Getting there
Nearest railway station: Chengannur, which is about 10 km away.

Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, about 115 km away

Aranmula kannadi’s Price

Aranmula Kannadi is costly as everybody says.  A typical aranmula kannadi starts from Rs.1500/- and you can get a fairly big one nearly Rs. 7,500/-

Why aranmula kannadi is costly? – Because of its method of making. It uses 100% manual efforts to make the aranmula kannadi from start to finish. No machines are involved in the making of aranmula kannadi. it will take 2-3 days to finish a aranmula kannadi. and while making out of five numbers, almost three mirrors will get damaged. and we can get only two. because its making method is that much difficult and complex.

aranmulakannadi buying online

How can you buy an aranmulakannadi? you can buy aranmulakannadi in many ways. either you can come down to aranmula and order your aranmulakannadi there, or now you can do it via online.

we’ve got many queries about how can i buy aranmulakanadi, or whether i need to comedown to aranmula to purchase one. but we also know it very well that, coming down to aranmula is not practical for most of the people, so we decided to offer the service online.

now you can go to http://aranmulamirror.com and call the numbers provided there or simply mail to sales@aranmulamirror.com with your favorite model. our representatives will always ready to help you and our service is round the clock.

Which is the best gift from kerala?

Many people are asking “Which is the best gift, we can give to someone, that is very special and unique and lasts forever”? flowers, statues..or something else?

Now, we have an answer, Thats the world famous ARANMULA KANNADI. Let’s see why aranmula kannadi or aranmula metal mirror is the best gift to choose?

If you consider any of the other gifts, which can be made by anyone else in this world. means that can be duplicated, and many of the craft items now a days are made by machines, that means the machine made gifts looks alike, so they are not unique.

But ARANMULA KANNADI is very unique since, every aranmula kannadi is made by hand, and no machines are using for its making. The process starts from taking mud from the local paddy fields in aranmula ( The mud from the paddy fields are very special since they are very sticky and by using that only we can make the mold for aranmula kannadi). Every Aranmula kannadi is handmade and thus no two aranmula kannadi’s wont looks alike. every aranmula kannadi’s are custom made and different.

So, you can’t see any two same aranmula kannadi’s in the world. yes they are absolutely UNIQUE…

the next part is – Aranmula kannadi making is not known anyone else, other than a single family in Aranmula. Its making is still a secret which is handed over through that family’s generations. The components of its materails is a guarded secret, So nobody else in this world can make another Aranmula kannadi.

Thus Aranmula Kannadi became the very best and unique gift you can get from kerala, even from India. Aranmula Kanandi is very Special, Unique and royal gift that can be given to your very special people.

Aranmula Valkannadi – Two new models Launched

We are very glad to announce that, we added new two beautiful models of aranmula mirror – Valkannadi’s in to the aranmula kannadi online showroom.

These two new models are the bigger versions of the most popular aranmula valkannadi model AMS1007.  The first one AMS1014 and second one is AMS1015. They are both in oval shaped mirror part with a beautiful and artistic handle. vaalkannadis are the traditional model of aranmula kannadi. These big vaalkannadis are comes with a hook on their backside, so that you can hang them in the wall.

Here is the photos of new vaalkannadi models.

Aranmula VaalKannadi - AMS1014

Aranmula Vaalkannadi - AMS1015

Nettoor petti or nettur jewel box

we – aranmulakannadi.org – a website dedicated for providing useful information about aranmula kannadi, is now featuring another traditional and precious handicraft of kerala.

Nettoor Petti or Nettur Jewel Box
Nettoor Petti

This time we are featuring NETTUR PETTI or NETTOOR JEWEL BOX. World famous Nettoor petti’s are exquisite jewelry boxes harks back to a vintage era.The nettoor boxes are now rated as a collector’s item, are fashioned out of rosewood (eeti) and countrywood. After the boxes are made, they are embellished with metals. The design of the ornamentation work on the exterior of the nettoor pettiis inspired by the temple architecture of Kerala.

The usual designs are adaptations of the gopurams of the temples or the chithrapootu, which is also known as manichithrathazhu. Themanichithrathazhu motif became popular after the Malayalam film by the same name ran to packed houses.

You can buy Authentic Nettur Petti /Nettur Jewel box from greatindiancrafts.com.

Click Here to see the Nettur Petti models and buying them