Custom Made Lakshmi Ganesh Murti for Diwali in Marble

Why Lakshmi and Ganesh are commissioned together

The pairing is not a marketing convenience. It is the standard Diwali installation across most of India, and it has a logic. Ganesh removes the obstacles; Lakshmi brings the prosperity through the opening he makes. Installing one without the other is considered to leave the job half done, which is why almost every home and shop shrine set up for Diwali has both.

The convention that matters: Ganesh sits on Lakshmi's right as you face them. Get this wrong and the piece reads incorrectly to anyone who knows.

How the pair is composed

This is the real choice in this collection, and it changes both the look and the cost:

• A single shared lotus base: both deities seated in padmasana on one carved base, side by side. The most compact option and the most ordered, because it sits neatly on a mandir shelf and moves as one piece.
• Individual lotus thrones on a shared plinth: each deity gets a fully carved throne, and the plinth unites them. More presence, more carving, more cost.
• Individual carved pedestals, side by side: the fullest treatment of each figure, rendered in a South Indian temple idiom with heavier ornamentation over a stepped square base.
• A shared singhasan throne with a carved temple-style backrest rising behind both figures, sometimes with pillared framing at the sides. The monumental altar option.
• Framed by a prabhavali arch rising behind both figures: a carved torana that turns the pair into a single composed tableau.
• A trio on one base, adding Saraswati for the families who worship all three on Diwali night, or Kuber with his money pot for a Dhanteras and business puja.
• A carved wall panel in bas-relief, the pair inside a temple arch, for an entrance or a home with no altar shelf.
• Hand-painted or gilded, with garments and jewellery painted on white Makrana, or selective gold leaf on polished black stone.
• Contemporary treatment: the canonical forms rendered in clean planes with restrained ornamentation and smooth, uninterrupted silhouettes. For an interior where a traditional murti would sit awkwardly.

The attributes to check

Both are four-armed with canonical attributes. Lakshmi holds lotuses and a kalash, or shows the coin-pouring varada hand. Ganesh holds a modak, shows abhaya mudra, and has the mushak (mouse) at the base and the trunk curled, usually to the left, the gentler household convention.

On a pair specifically, look at whether the two figures are carved to a consistent scale and ornamentation level. The most common flaw in a cheap pair is two figures that were clearly carved to different levels of care and then set on one base.

Choosing the stone

Every pair is made to order. Tilak Mandirwala works in five stones:

• Makrana white marble: the traditional temple white and the classic Diwali choice; also the standard base for hand-painted work.
• Vietnam white marble: cooler and brighter, fine even grain. It holds crisp detail, which counts on a pair where two sets of ornaments, a kalash, a modak and a mouse all sit within a small footprint.
• Black stone: mirror-polishable, dramatic, and a strong backdrop for gold-leaf detailing.
• Dholpur pink sandstone: warm and matte, weathers well, for a courtyard or semi-open shrine.
• Cast marble dust: lighter and more affordable, holds fine detail, and the sensible pick at the smallest sizes.

Size and placement

The pieces here run from 8 inches to 3 feet. This collection reaches smaller than most, because a shelf pair for a home shrine is the commonest request:

• 8 to 12 inches: a home mandir shelf, a shop counter, a desk. The most ordered range, and the size most Diwali sets are.
• 18 to 24 inches: a dedicated pooja room or a reception counter.
• 30 to 36 inches: an office entrance, a hall, or a temple installation.

Check the width. A side-by-side pair is wider than it is tall, and the shelf it has to sit on is the constraint people forget.

Vastu and direction

• Install so the worshipper faces east or north; the north-east quadrant is the traditional location for a home shrine, and north specifically is associated with wealth.
• Ganesh on Lakshmi's right, as above.
• Both are conventionally installed seated for a home, because a seated goddess stays.
• Never directly on the floor. Always use a chowki, plinth or mandir shelf.

Lakshmi Ganesh murti for Diwali and Dhanteras

A Lakshmi Ganesh murti is bought for Diwali more than for any other occasion, and specifically for Lakshmi Puja, which falls on 8 November in 2026, with Dhanteras two days earlier. Many households set out a new clay pair each year and immerse the old one; a marble pair is the one that stays, installed once and worshipped every Diwali after. That is also why it is so often given, by parents to a son or daughter setting up a first home, or to a family business opening a new shop.

For a Diwali puja at home, size the pair to the mandir it will sit in: an 8-inch pair on a shared lotus base for a wall-mounted mandir, a 12-inch pair for a standard home mandir, 18 inches and above for a puja room. The second cluster of orders is new business openings and griha pravesh, where the pair is the default installation.

On timing there are two routes. Some pairs already exist, held by us or already carved by the artist families we work with, and once we confirm one with photographs it typically reaches you in about two weeks, depending on where you are. A commissioned pair typically takes four to six weeks to carve, depending on size, stone and detail, plus about a week by air, so for this Diwali an order needs to be placed in early October; after that, a ready pair is the route.

Beyond the pairs, the page also carries Lakshmi on her own: seated or standing on a lotus, Gaja Lakshmi with her elephants, Dhan Lakshmi pouring coins, Lakshmi with her owl. A solo Lakshmi is the murti for a family that already has a Ganesh, or for a Lakshmi puja room of its own.

If the pair is a gift, it sits alongside diyas, thalis and gift boxes in our marble Diwali gifts collection, which also covers bulk and corporate orders.

Caring for the pair

• Dust with a dry, soft cloth, paying attention to the gap between the two figures where dust settles.
• No acidic cleaners. Lemon, vinegar and bathroom products etch polished marble permanently.
• Wipe ghee, oil, kumkum and turmeric promptly; both deities receive all four regularly.
• Hand-painted and gold-leaf pieces should only ever be dusted dry.

Commissioning yours

Any pair in this collection can be made to order, carved for you by the master sculptors and artist families Tilak Mandirwala has worked with in Jaipur for years. Tell us the composition, the stone and the size; we work through the design with you, brief the sculptor, share progress photographs as the piece takes shape, and deliver it to your door. A quotation and a timeline come before anything begins.