# Custom Made Jalaram Bapa Marble Murti > Custom made Jalaram Bapa marble murti, carved to order in Makrana white marble, black granite or marble dust. 8in to 48in, shipped worldwide from Jaipur. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/jalaram-bapa-marble-murti **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 **Hero image:** https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Category%20page%20images/jalaram-bapa-marble-murti-hero.webp ## Jalaram Bapa murtis for the ghar mandir Jalaram Bapa of Virpur is kept in the home differently from most murtis. Families who have grown up saying *Jai Jalaram* usually want him where the household actually passes (the pooja shelf by the kitchen, the niche near the entrance), because the sant is remembered for feeding whoever arrived, not for a distant darshan. That shapes what people ask us for: a murti that reads correctly from three feet away, in a size that fits a real shelf, and a face that matches the portrait hanging in their parents' house. This collection is built for that. Every piece is carved to order by the master sculptors we work with, and the pieces below are the starting points people commission from most often: a Lohana family in Rajkot, a Gujarati household in Leicester or Nairobi, a Jalaram mandir trust ordering at temple scale. ## The forms carved here The standing forms are the ones most households begin with. The [24in standing ashirwad murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-standing-ashirwad-24in) is the commonest ask: right hand raised palm-out, jholi across the shoulder, danda in the left hand. A [12in namaskar murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-namaskar-standing-12in) suits a shelf where the murti sits among other deities rather than alone, and the [8in compact murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-composite-jalaram-bapa-compact-standing-8in) is the size that travels in hand luggage. Seated forms carry a different mood. The [18in seated blessing murti on a low chowki](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-seated-blessing-chowki-18in) is domestic and close; the [21in singhasan darshan murti in black granite](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-seated-singhasan-darshan-21in) is formal, made for a mandir that already has a carved throne in its vocabulary. Two pieces answer requests that come up again and again. The [Jalaram Bapa and Virbai Ma pair](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-virbai-ma-pair-24in) places the two figures on a shared plinth, because in Virpur they are honoured together and a great many families will not take one without the other. The [16in murti with the Sadavrat dog](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-with-sadavrat-dog-16in) brings in the animal from the stories of the annakshetra. For larger installations there is the [36in murti on a lotus plinth](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-ashirwad-lotus-plinth-36in) and the [48in temple-scale murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-temple-scale-danda-48in). In black granite, the [30in standing murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-standing-jholi-danda-30in) and the [15in folded-hands murti with a long tulsi mala](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-folded-hands-tulsi-mala-15in) suit rooms where a white murti would disappear against a pale wall. The [hand-painted 12in murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-composite-jalaram-bapa-hand-painted-standing-12in) follows the coloured Gujarati convention: white turban, ochre kediyu, saffron jholi. ## The jholi and the danda Ask a carver to leave them out and the piece stops being Jalaram Bapa. The cloth bag and the wooden staff are not props; they are the Sadavrat, the free kitchen at Virpur that has run without interruption since his lifetime, and devotees read them the way they read a trishul on Shiva. Tradition holds that both were given to him by a visitor who never returned for them, and they are still kept at Virpur. So on every murti here the jholi is carved as real cloth with weight in it, slung at the shoulder or held forward, and the danda is a plain turned staff, never ornamented. On the seated pieces they rest at his side rather than vanishing. If you are commissioning a variation, this is the one detail worth being fussy about: a Jalaram Bapa murti without the jholi will look wrong to the person who prays to it, even if they cannot immediately say why. ## Telling a Jalaram Bapa murti from a Sai Baba murti This is the most common mix-up we are asked to correct, and it is worth a paragraph because online listings get it wrong constantly. Both are bearded sants in pale cloth, and at thumbnail size they blur, but four details separate them, and any one of them settles it. Jalaram Bapa wears a **wound turban**; Sai Baba wears a cloth **knotted over the left shoulder**. Jalaram Bapa's beard is **long and full to the chest**; Sai Baba's is short. Jalaram Bapa wears a Kathiawadi **kediyu over a dhoti**, upper body covered; Sai Baba wears a **kafni robe**. And Jalaram Bapa carries the **jholi and danda**, where Sai Baba is shown with the satka or the padukas. Check the turban first: it is the fastest tell and it is visible in any photograph. ## Choosing the stone Makrana white marble is the default here and the reason is the beard. Makrana takes a fine undercut and holds a sharp edge, so the strands read as strands rather than as one carved mass, and its faint warmth keeps an elderly face from looking cold. Most of the pieces above are Makrana. Black granite does something different: it flattens the surface detail and pushes the silhouette forward, which is why the seated singhasan and the 30in standing murti work in it. It is the right choice against a light wall, or in a room with strong daylight where white marble bleaches out. Cast marble dust suits the small sizes, since it holds detail well at 8in and 12in, weighs less for shipping, and is the only one of the three that takes hand-painted polychrome properly. Vietnam white marble and Dholpur pink sandstone are in production for other subjects and can be quoted if you want one. ## Sizing it for your space The pieces here run from 8in to 48in. For a shelf inside an existing ghar mandir, 8in to 15in is usually right. The 12in murtis weigh 3 to 5 kg and sit on a standard shelf without reinforcing it. For a murti that stands on its own in a pooja room, 16in to 24in is the band most homes settle on. Weight matters more than height once you pass 20in, and black granite is roughly twice the weight of marble for the same piece: the 21in seated singhasan murti is 32 kg and the 30in standing murti is 62 kg, so both want a stone or masonry base rather than a wooden console. At 36in and 48in you are into temple territory, and we will ask about floor access and doorway widths before quoting. ## Caring for your murti Dry dusting with a soft cloth is all a marble or granite murti needs. Avoid acidic cleaners entirely: lemon, vinegar and most bathroom sprays will etch a polished surface permanently. Wipe up oil and kumkum promptly rather than letting them sit, especially on satin-finished Makrana, which is slightly more open than a mirror polish. The hand-painted piece takes a dry cloth only. ## Make it yours Everything above is a starting point, not a catalogue you have to choose from. Most people who write to us want something close to one of these with a change: the seated form at 30in instead of 21in, the standing murti in black granite, Virbai Ma added to a piece that does not have her. Ask us before assuming a date is impossible. Some pieces already exist, carved and finished, and we will ask the sculptors we work with and send you photographs of the actual murti. There is no carving wait on those, and we will quote transit for that specific piece. A fresh commission takes eight to twelve weeks depending on size and the depth of carving. Tell us the date you are working towards and we will tell you honestly which of the two you are looking at. And if you have a Jalaram Bapa murti in mind that is nothing like anything here (a form from your family mandir, a photograph you have kept), bring it. That is the more interesting conversation, and it is how a good many of these pieces started. ## Pieces in this collection (12) Every piece below is made to order — the stone, size and finish are chosen per commission. - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa Temple-Scale Murti 48in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-temple-scale-danda-48in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa in the standing Virpur form, a 48-inch temple-scale murti with danda and shoulder jholi. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-temple-scale-danda-48in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa Standing Ashirwad Murti 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-standing-ashirwad-24in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa standing in ashirwad. A 24-inch pooja room murti with jholi, danda and Vaishnav tilak. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-standing-ashirwad-24in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa on Lotus Plinth 36in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-ashirwad-lotus-plinth-36in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa in ashirwad: a 36-inch standing murti on a lotus plinth with the jholi and danda. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-ashirwad-lotus-plinth-36in.webp (concept image) - [Black Granite Jalaram Bapa Singhasan Darshan Murti 21in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-seated-singhasan-darshan-21in): Master-carved black granite Jalaram Bapa in seated darshan on a singhasan, a 21-inch home mandir murti with a mirror-polished finish. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-seated-singhasan-darshan-21in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa Namaskar Murti 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-namaskar-standing-12in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa in standing namaskar, a 12-inch pooja shelf murti with turban, jholi and danda. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-namaskar-standing-12in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Seated Jalaram Bapa Blessing Murti 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-seated-blessing-chowki-18in): Hand-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa, seated in ashirwad on a low chowki with jholi and danda beside him. An 18-inch home mandir murti. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-seated-blessing-chowki-18in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa with Sadavrat Dog 16in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-with-sadavrat-dog-16in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa with jholi, danda and the sadavrat dog at his feet, made as a 16-inch pooja room murti. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-with-sadavrat-dog-16in.webp (concept image) - [Black Granite Jalaram Bapa Folded Hands Murti 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-folded-hands-tulsi-mala-15in): Sculptor-carved black granite Jalaram Bapa with folded hands: a 15-inch mirror-polished murti with a tulsi mala falling to the waist. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-folded-hands-tulsi-mala-15in.webp (concept image) - [Marble Dust Jalaram Bapa Compact Murti 8in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-composite-jalaram-bapa-compact-standing-8in): Studio-finished white marble dust Jalaram Bapa in standing form, an 8-inch pooja-shelf murti with jholi, danda and a soft matte surface. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/marble-dust-composite-jalaram-bapa-compact-standing-8in.webp (concept image) - [Black Granite Jalaram Bapa Standing Murti 30in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-standing-jholi-danda-30in): Master-carved black granite Jalaram Bapa in standing ashirwad. A 30-inch home mandir murti with the jholi across his chest and danda in hand. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-granite-jalaram-bapa-standing-jholi-danda-30in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa and Virbai Ma Pair 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-virbai-ma-pair-24in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa and Virbai Ma pair, a 24-inch home mandir murti on one shared plinth. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-virbai-ma-pair-24in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Marble Dust Jalaram Bapa Murti 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-composite-jalaram-bapa-hand-painted-standing-12in): Hand-painted marble dust Jalaram Bapa standing with danda and jholi, a 12-inch murti sized for a home pooja shelf. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/marble-dust-composite-jalaram-bapa-hand-painted-standing-12in.webp (concept image) ## Related collections - [Custom Made Sai Baba Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/sai-baba-statues) - [Custom Made Swami Samarth Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/swami-samarth-statues) - [Custom Made Neem Karoli Baba Marble Murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/neem-karoli-baba-murti) - [Custom Made Hanuman Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/hanuman-statues) - [Custom Made Radha Krishna Jugal Jodi Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/radha-krishna-statues) - [Custom Made Swaminarayan Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/swaminarayan-statues) ## Contact Tilak Mandirwala - Email: info@tilakmandirwala.com - Phone: +91 92141 72150 - WhatsApp: https://wa.me/919766532408 - Enquiry form: https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/contact - Store: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/best-mandir-shop-jaipur Enquiries are quoted per piece: share the deity or object, an approximate height, and the stone you have in mind.