# Custom Made Jain Tirthankar Statues in Marble Stone

> Hand-carved Shwetambar Jain murtis in Makrana and Vietnam white marble and black stone — Mahavir Swami, Shankheshwar Parshvanath, Adinath and more, 9in to 41in, made in Jaipur and shipped worldwide.

**Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/jain-tirthankar-statues
**Business:** Tilak Mandirwala — made-to-order marble temples (mandirs), statues and decorative handicrafts. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Founded 2006.
**How it works:** Each piece is carved to order by the independent master sculptors TMW works with in Jaipur's Khajane Walon Ka Rasta sculptors' market. TMW designs the piece with the customer, briefs the sculptor, and follows it through to delivery and installation.
**Pricing:** request-for-quote — pieces are custom, so the site carries no list prices.
**Ships:** across India; export enquiries welcome.
**Page updated:** 2026-10-03
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## Jain murtis in the Shwetambar Murtipujak convention

Every murti in this collection is carved in the **Shwetambar Murtipujak** convention, the tradition in which the Jina is depicted clothed. Look closely at any piece here and you will find the **kandora** (the carved waistband) above a pleated **kachota** lower garment, **kundal** earrings on the longer earlobes, and often the prominent open eyes that Shwetambar practice has favoured since the medieval period, so that the devotee stands before a living Tirthankar rather than an image of one.

Shared with every Jina, and never omitted: the **srivatsa** diamond on the chest, the **nasagradrishti** gaze settled on the tip of the nose, and the **lanchhana** on the pedestal, the emblem that names which of the twenty-four you are looking at. A lion is Mahavir Swami. A bull is Adinath. Seven serpent hoods fanned above the head are Parshvanath.

If your derasar or family follows the **Digambar** tradition instead, these pieces are not the right ones, and the sculptors we work with carve to that convention too. Tell us and we will brief the piece correctly from the start.

## Choosing the Tirthankar, and the stone

Jain scripture assigns each Tirthankar a complexion, and where that tradition can be honoured in natural stone, it has been. **Munisuvrat Swami** and **Neminath** are carved in black stone because their canonical complexion is dark. **Chandraprabhu**, whose emblem is the crescent moon, and **Suvidhinath** are carved in Vietnam white (the coolest, whitest stone available) because theirs is white. The sixteen Tirthankars of golden complexion are carved in Makrana white, the stone Jain sculpture in Rajasthan has used for centuries.

Alongside the twenty-four you will find **Simandhar Swami**, the living Tirthankar of Mahavideh Kshetra, shown standing in kayotsarga with a mugat crown; and **Gautam Swami**, Mahavira's first ganadhar, whose murti is installed at Diwali and Labh Panchami.

## Sizing a murti for a home derasar or a temple

The collection runs from **9 inches to 41 inches**, and the height is the first thing to settle.

A **ghar derasar** (a home shrine in a cabinet, a niche or a converted closet) is usually served best between 9 and 18 inches. A murti at this size travels as a parcel, arrives crated, and does not need more than one person to place it.

Between **21 and 31 inches** sits the piece a family commissions to donate to their local derasar, or to preside over a dedicated pooja room. This is also where the **parikar** begins to make sense: the carved throne-back surround with flanking pilasters and a torana arch, which a mulnayak is normally given.

At **41 inches** the piece is a temple **mulnayak**: carved with a full parikar, installed on a high stepped pedestal, and crated and shipped as freight. Nothing in this collection is carved below 6 inches, and pieces above 5 feet are quoted as a separate commission rather than ordered from a page.

## Ordering from abroad, and the pratishtha question

Most of the families and trusts who commission these pieces are outside India, and two things are worth knowing before you plan a date.

**The murti is carved in India, and for Anjan-Shalaka it must be.** The ritual is performed by an Acharya, and Jain Acharyas travel on foot, so the consecration happens in India and the murti is shipped afterwards. If your sangh intends a Pran-Pratishtha with Anjan-Shalaka, tell us at the enquiry stage. It changes the schedule, not the carving, and the piece needs to be finished well ahead of the ceremony date.

**A simple Pratishtha is a different decision, and a legitimate one.** Many derasars in North America install a murti with a simple Pratishtha rather than an Anjan-Shalaka. The idols look identical; what differs is the daily obligation the sangh takes on afterwards. That is a decision for your trust and your guru, not for us, but it is worth settling before the murti is ordered, because a murti's status can be raised later and never lowered.

For anywhere outside India we quote a **single landed number** (the piece, the crate, the freight, the duty), so there is no arithmetic left for you to do at the port.

## How these pieces are made

Each murti here is **carved to order** by the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur, in the stone and the height you choose. We design the piece with you, brief the sculptor, check the carving as it progresses, and handle the crating and the shipping to your door.

Where a piece is already carved and waiting, it is photographed and sent as it stands, with no carving wait. Where it is commissioned from the block, allow **eight to twelve weeks** for a statue before it leaves Jaipur.

## Pieces in this collection (15)

Every piece below is made to order — the stone, size and finish are chosen per commission.

- [Makrana White Marble Mahavir Swami Murti, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-mahavir-swami-murti-15in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Mahavir Swami in padmasana, a 15-inch home derasar murti with srivatsa and lion lanchhana.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-mahavir-swami-murti-15in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Shankheshwar Parshvanath Murti, 21in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-shankheshwar-parshvanath-murti-21in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Shankheshwar Parshvanath: a 21-inch derasar murti under a seven-hooded naga canopy.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-shankheshwar-parshvanath-murti-21in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Adinath Rishabhdev Murti, 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-adinath-rishabhdev-murti-18in): Hand-carved Makrana white marble Adinath murti, 18 inches, with jata locks over the shoulders and the bull lanchhana on the pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-adinath-rishabhdev-murti-18in.webp (concept image)
- [Black Stone Munisuvrat Swami Murti, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-munisuvrat-swami-murti-15in): Workshop-carved black stone Munisuvrat Swami in padmasana, a 15-inch derasar murti with the tortoise lanchhana on the pedestal.
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- [Black Stone Neminath Bhagwan Murti, 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-neminath-bhagwan-murti-18in): Master-carved black stone Neminath Bhagwan in padmasana. An 18-inch derasar murti with the conch lanchhana cut into the pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-stone-neminath-bhagwan-murti-18in.webp (concept image)
- [Vietnam White Marble Chandraprabhu Swami Murti, 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-chandraprabhu-swami-murti-12in): A 12-inch Chandraprabhu Swami murti in cool Vietnam white marble, seated padmasana with the crescent-moon lanchhana carved on the pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/vietnam-white-marble-chandraprabhu-swami-murti-12in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Shantinath Murti with Parikar, 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-shantinath-murti-with-parikar-24in): Artisan-carved Makrana white marble Shantinath within a full parikar, a 24-inch derasar mulnayak with the deer lanchhana on the pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-shantinath-murti-with-parikar-24in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Standing Parshvanath Kayotsarga Murti, 31in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-standing-parshvanath-kayotsarga-murti-31in): A 31-inch Parshvanath in Makrana white marble, standing in kayotsarga beneath a seven-hooded naga canopy.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-standing-parshvanath-kayotsarga-murti-31in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Mahavir Swami Mulnayak with Full Parikar, 41in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-mahavir-swami-mulnayak-full-parikar-41in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Mahavir Swami in padmasana within a full parikar: a 41-inch mulnayak for a derasar sanctum.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-mahavir-swami-mulnayak-full-parikar-41in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Simandhar Swami Murti with Mugat, 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-simandhar-swami-murti-with-mugat-18in): An 18-inch Simandhar Swami in Makrana white marble, crowned with a tiered mugat and standing in kayotsarga.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-simandhar-swami-murti-with-mugat-18in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Gautam Swami Murti, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-gautam-swami-murti-15in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Gautam Swami murti, 15 inches, standing with the rajoharan, right hand raised in blessing.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-gautam-swami-murti-15in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Sumatinath Murti, 11in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-sumatinath-murti-11in): Studio-carved Makrana white marble Sumatinath, an 11-inch ghar derasar murti with the heron lanchhana cut into the pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-sumatinath-murti-11in.webp (concept image)
- [Vietnam White Marble Suvidhinath (Pushpadanta) Murti, 9in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-suvidhinath-pushpadanta-murti-9in): Cool white Vietnam marble Suvidhinath (Pushpadanta) murti in padmasana: a 9-inch derasar Jina with the makara lanchhana on the pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/vietnam-white-marble-suvidhinath-pushpadanta-murti-9in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Mallinath Murti, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-mallinath-murti-15in): Hand-carved Makrana white marble Mallinath in padmasana. A 15-inch home derasar murti, named by the kalash on its pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-mallinath-murti-15in.webp (concept image)
- [Makrana White Marble Ajitnath Bhagwan Murti, 21in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-ajitnath-bhagwan-murti-21in): A 21-inch Makrana white marble Ajitnath Bhagwan murti seated in padmasana, the elephant lanchhana carved on the stepped pedestal.
  - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-ajitnath-bhagwan-murti-21in.webp (concept image)

## Frequently asked questions

### Are these murtis Shwetambar or Digambar?

Every piece in this collection is carved in the **Shwetambar Murtipujak** convention: clothed, with a carved kandora waistband above a pleated kachota lower garment, kundal earrings, and the srivatsa on the chest. If your derasar follows the Digambar tradition, tell us at the enquiry stage and the sculptors we work with will carve to that convention instead.

### How do I know which Tirthankar a murti depicts?

By the **lanchhana**, the emblem carved on the pedestal. A lion is Mahavir Swami, a bull is Adinath, a deer is Shantinath, a conch is Neminath, and seven serpent hoods above the head identify Parshvanath. Every murti here carries its correct lanchhana.

### What size murti suits a home derasar?

Between **9 and 18 inches** for most home shrines. It travels as a parcel and one person can place it. From 21 to 31 inches suits a dedicated pooja room or a piece donated to a local derasar, and 41 inches is temple mulnayak scale. Nothing here is carved below 6 inches.

### Can the murti be consecrated with Anjan-Shalaka before it ships?

Yes, and for Anjan-Shalaka it has to be done in India: the ritual is performed by an Acharya, and Jain Acharyas travel on foot. Tell us at the enquiry stage if your sangh intends a Pran-Pratishtha, because the murti needs to be finished well ahead of the ceremony date.

### Why is Munisuvrat Swami carved in black stone?

Because black is his canonical complexion. Jain tradition assigns each Tirthankar a complexion, and where natural stone allows it we honour that: black stone for Munisuvrat and Neminath, the coolest Vietnam white for Chandraprabhu and Suvidhinath, and Makrana white for the sixteen of golden complexion.

### Do you ship to the USA, UK and Canada?

Yes. For anywhere outside India we quote a **single landed number** covering the piece, the crate, the freight and the duty, so there is no arithmetic left to do at the port.

### How long does a murti take?

Where a piece is already carved and waiting it is photographed and sent as it stands, with no carving wait. Where it is commissioned from the block, allow **eight to twelve weeks** before it leaves Jaipur.

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## Contact Tilak Mandirwala

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