BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CRAFT

The great day of metal casters came (after the decline of Buddhism) with the revival of devotion to Hindu gods Shiva and Vishnu, which reached a peak in the south under the ninth-century Chola dynasty. People wanted images of the Gods that could be carried in procession for which the stone images in the temples were too heavy, they wanted images to worship in private homes and give to existing shrines they made Bronze figures.
The Bronze figures are different styles. They are Chola, Pallava, Hoysala, Vijayanagara, Chera...