Shirdi Sai Baba's Wax Statue in Wax Museum Lonavala

Aum Sai Ram

Fashioned on the lines of UK’s Madame Tussauds, a Wax artist from Kerala, Sunil Kandalloor's Wax Museum at Lonavala has Life-like Wax Statues of Shirdi Sai Baba, Satya Sai Baba, Mother Teresa and other Celebrities too.

Kandalloor displayed his first Wax Statue, which was Lord Krishna’s bust for Guruvayur Temple Museum in Kerala.

The Eyes of the artefacts are made of glass and chemicals but the Eyebrows, Hair & Eyelashes are made of real human Hair, which he sources from Temples like Tirupati Balaji more often instead of beauty salons.

The exact shade of the Skin is reached at with deftly mixed tempera colours. The final touch comes from the Clothes & the Shoes, usually straight out of the subject’s personal wardrobe.

Each wax statue is made of fibre and close to 35 kgs of wax, among other things and costs close to Rs 1 lakh. The museum also has tailors hired to design the clothes for the statuette.

Kandalloor can make one Wax image in a month’s time and can disintegrate and join it back in 10 minutes.

Photography is allowed standing next to any of the wax sculptures.




Data Courtesy: Rohit Behal, Mumbai.