May it please you, Sirs,
Under instructions from the above Central Board, the accredited representative institution of the Viswakarma artisans and cottage industrialists of South India, who can carry on the hereditary profession of iron smithy, carpentry, brass, copper, and silver smithy, gold-smithy, idol-making in metal and stone, including Temple building from time immemorial (Visvakarma being only a general term to include the above categories of small scale industries) handed down to the members of the community from generation to generation, we beg to submit the following:-
