Hindu, Muslim artisans cast bell for Ram Temple

2.1 tonne: Weight of bell 4 months: Time taken Rs21 lakh: Cost Dau Dayal (50) along with his team in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalesar town has cast a bell weighing 2,100 kg for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Muslim craftsman Iqbal...

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Updated At : 12:08 PM Aug 10, 2020 IST

2.1 tonne: Weight of bell

4 months: Time taken

Rs21 lakh: Cost

Dau Dayal (50) along with his team in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalesar town has cast a bell weighing 2,100 kg for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Muslim craftsman Iqbal Mistri (56) designed the bell

The bell is not just brass, but made of ‘ashtadhatu’, a combination of eight metals — gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, tin, iron and mercury. “The bell, one of the largest in India, will be donated to the Ram Temple. It costed us Rs 21 lakh,” says Vikas Mittal, Chairman of the Jalesar Municipal Council in Etah district and the owner of the workshop where the bell has been manufactured.