The ancient skill of metal casting probably predates written history, but it was only between the 9th and 13th centuries that Chola craftsmen began creating true masterworks of bronze sculpture. The artisans who craft Kaalita's bronze sculpture statues use the very same casting and finishing techniques their forefathers used a thousand years ago.

• First, each piece is sculpted individually using beeswax mixed with the gum of the shal tree.

• The wax model is wrapped in a special mixture of local clay, burned grain husks, salt, and ground cotton, before being slowly sun dried

• When a number of pieces are ready for casting, the clay wrapped figures are baked in an in-ground furnace. The melted wax figure flows out of the mould leaving a negative image inside the hardened clay.

• Molten bronze is carefully poured into the mould and then allowed to cool.

• The mould is destroyed and the figure's rough casting is revealed.

• The painstaking process of finishing and polishing of the bronze sculpture statue begins.