Panchalogam - Pancha - Five .. logam - metal ... this becomes a generic term when five metals are mixed together (but specifically .. Cu, Sn, Pb, Ag, Zn were mostly used in specific proportions).. Panchalogam Idols are widely found in Tamilnadu .. a southern state of India .. Historically .. most of the idols in ancient temples were made of panchalogam .. I am not sure why they used it and I don't know whether it possesses any specific properties ... but statues and idols of god were made out of this alloy .. and sometimes the utensils used during worship ... Tamilnadu happened to be the place because of the concentration of temples over there .. due to some reason .. taminadu has been the place where you can find as many temples as possible .. and ancient too .. I have heard that the workability with panchalogam for making idols are good and most of the panchalogam idols are still found buried under earth .. and they surface when someone digs up for foundation ..(those idols which slip the Government notice are smuggles all over the world .. especially to western countries and have very high value in black market).. they are very ancient but still intact ...there are other things used for making idols of god .. like they call it .. Navabashanom ... meaning .. nava-nine .. bashanom .. poison .. made out of nine poison .. but .. when mixed together .. they become .. a very good medicine .. and no one knows the composition now .. it is said that the sages (the sages were called "Siddhars").. made this from poisonous herbs .. and no one can replicate the things now written those books .. as it is very hard to interpret the language used and it is also written in such a tricky manner .. that it was very hard to decode ... many of the books .. (written on palm leaf) ..by the siddhars were stolen or missing and .. its now hard to find these stuffs in Tamilnadu too .. there are still some specialized workers on panchalogam .. and it follow family tradition .. and kept as a secret within the family ... but for specific details .. a complete research can be done on this subject .. and there are research materials available in the universities of Tamilnadu .. about this subject.
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