In vaikanasa agma sastra the temple idols are usually painted in a very colourful manner these colours are created in a special way. the details of creating these colours are found in detail in visvakarmiya silpa shastra. The green colour is obtained by mixing copper powder i.e. thambiram with gomiyan. this mixture is kept inside an earthern kalasam burried into the ground where no air or light is allowed to enter. after some time when the mixture is used it gives a wonderful green colour. (gomiyan is cow's urine) the reddish orange colour is obtained by mixing Jathi lingam an indigenous drug with pomegranate seeds. this is also burried for some time this process is called Mukku vithal. black colour is got from powdering Kadukkai boiling it in water and gomiyan. white colour is got from burning shanku shell and mixing it with water. yellow from true termeric powder etc.
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