Noah Bells

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"Noah Bells" is the common name given to a distinct type of bell hand-manufactured in India by ancient and inherited traditions. Some monasteries in India are credited with manufacturing Noah Bells for hundreds of years. The profits from the selling of authentic Noah Bells are used to finance the activities of the particular monastery which fashioned them.

These bells are popular among collectors because of their intricate resonances and also because of the mystique that surrounds them. One tale proclaims that these bells are divinely imbued with the power to ward off daemons.

As one merchandise tag reads:

"Noah Bells are distinctive from all other bells, due to the melodic, echoing tones. Each bell is completely hand made -no machine involved at all. It is the secret family formula of smelting various metals and the hand hewed clapper and the individual tuning of each bell that creates the unusual resonate sound. Shepherds prize these bells as they enable them to easily hear and find their flock from many miles away. Old Indian belief holds that Noah Bells scare away devils and evil spirits."