Granite Bell Tower Installation - Part 1

Jai Ganesha!

Over the last few days we've seen the first major steps of the installation of the Redwood Granite Bell Tower that is being built near Iraivan Temple's Temple Builder's Pavilion. For over a year, this hand-carved masterpiece has been in the works as a side project of the Ganapati Kulam and under the oversight of Acharya Kumarnathaswami, who has done most of the woodworking himself.

For those that don't know, this tower hangs a granite bell that was carved on the same stone of Iraivan Temple. When struck with a wooden mallet, it produces a unique evanescence that only reverberating stone could make.

The progress from today. The main pillars and large central beam are in place.

The 3d design that Acharya created for the project

The stone bell and the center beam in the background

Hans, Acharya and Aditya did most of the work of the installation over these few days

Denis Wong arrives with the backhoe to help lift the pieces into place

Paramacharya and Acharya lower one of the pieces down for an adjustment

Back up it goes

Lastly for the day, the beam that will hold the bell is put in place

Jai!

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