Viswakarma Welfare Association Bangalore has been established during the year 89-90 and has since been profoundly working towards the benefit and welfare of the society. The Bangalore society has successfully completed 25yrs milestone and has undertaken various initiatives and development programs until today for our Bangalore Viswakarma society members.
From the time of inception the former and current honourable board, executive and social media members has been relentlessly serving our community to strengthen the overall development activities towards Relationship, Well-being and Growth.
Viswakarma is described as the Lord of the arts, the executor of a thousand crafts, the carpenter of the gods, the most eminent of artisans, the fashioner of all ornaments. He thus became the god of five big occupational castes, i.e., carpenters, blacksmiths, metal workers, goldsmiths and stone masons.
Lord Viswakarma is mentioned in the Rig Veda, as someone like Brahma, with a long white beard. Portrayals of Viswakarma deity represents him with one face or three or four. It is said that he needed many heads to look at all his creations from different angles. He has four hands and sometimes he has many more.
The Veda describe him as our father, our creator, who had built the universe. He is of all hands, and of all feet. Viswakarma rides on five white elephants, while in some places, he is seen on one black one.
Viswakarma BlackSmith also called in Kerala as “Kollan” possesses extraordinary craft in producing weapons, utensils, horseshoes, and repairing armour with iron metal.
Viswakarma Carpenter also called as “Achary or Asaari” in Kerala community has a lineage of possessing the art of building temple structure from century old custom to till date. These artisans also equally carry skill in vastu sastra, artistic work related to temple idols in wood and other domestic field.
Viswakarma BronzeSmith or “Moosari” communities of Kerala have been the traditional smithies who practiced the profession of melting and creating materials and utensils in bronze and they are addressed as Moosaris. These traditional artisans still uses the lost- wax casting method with mud moulds, where the mould is broken after the process and the final product emerges. These skilled artisans are committed in providing top quality decorative bronze sculptures, temple idols, ornaments and other variety utensils
Viswakarma Silpy/Sculptors are called “Kallassari” in Kerala who possess precise skill of carving and modelling statues and other three-dimensional artwork by using abrasives tools to shape, carve, and fabricate materials in stone or clay.
Viswakarma GoldSmith jewellery community or “Thataan” have in depth knowledge of stone setting and aesthetics and have practised temple jewellery making for several generations. They also work on traditional consumer jewellery, gems such as diamonds and other type of stones.