# Custom Made Neem Karoli Baba Marble Murti > Custom made Neem Karoli Baba marble murti, hand-painted or plain white marble, carved to order in Jaipur. 6in to 60in, shipped worldwide. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/neem-karoli-baba-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:** 2026-10-26 **Hero image:** https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Hero%20images%20for%20collection%20pages/neem-karoli-baba-murti-hero.webp ## Neem Karoli Baba murtis: Maharajji, and the blanket People who ask for a Neem Karoli Baba murti rarely use his full name. He is *Maharajji* at home, *Neeb Karori Baba* in the villages near Farrukhabad the name comes from, and *Kainchi Wale Baba* to the families who drive up from the plains to the ashram in the Kumaon hills. What they picture is always the same: a heavy-set old man wrapped in a chequered blanket, sitting cross-legged on a wooden bench, laughing. That blanket is why this collection is built the way it is. Most murtis are identified by an attribute you can carve: a vel, a flute, a jholi and danda. Maharajji is identified by a *textile*, and by a face thousands of people have seen in photographs. He died in 1973, well inside living memory, and the households commissioning him are often two generations of the same family who have kept the same picture on the same wall. Every piece here is carved to order by the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur. ## The forms carved here The **ashirwad** form is where most homes begin: seated cross-legged, right hand raised palm-out in blessing. The [24in hand-painted ashirwad murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in) is the commonest ask, and the [24in plain white version](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in) is the same form for a household that wants the whole piece in one stone. The quiet **darshan** form rests both hands open in the lap, which reads calmer on a shelf where he sits among other murtis: an [18in hand-painted piece](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-lap-hands-18in) for a mandir cabinet, a [36in plain marble one](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-36in) for a hall. The **takhat** pieces carve the low wooden bench he sat on as part of the same block: a [30in hand-painted](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-30in) and a [48in plain marble](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-48in). It is the form devotees who have read the accounts recognise fastest, because the bench is in almost every story. Three forms are more particular. The [36in Kainchi Dham darshan murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-kainchi-darshan-36in) is the garlanded sanctum composition on a low singhasan. The [21in murti with charan padukas](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-charan-paduka-21in) carves his sandals on the step below him. And the **blanket** form draws the blanket up over his head so only the face shows: [15in hand-painted](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-blanket-15in) or [18in plain](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-blanket-18in). For a small shelf, a desk or a car, the cast marble-dust pieces run smallest: [9in ashirwad](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-9in), [12in on the takhat](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-12in), and a [6in murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-lap-hands-12in) that travels in hand luggage. ## Hand-painted or plain white: the blanket is the decision On most collections the finish is a matter of taste. Here it decides how quickly the murti is recognised, because the chequered blanket *is* the identity. **Hand-painted** is what most ghar mandirs choose. The check is painted in blue, rust and navy over the white stone, the dhoti left white, the face and hands in natural tones, so the piece reads as Maharajji from across a room, the way the photograph on the wall does. The painting is applied after carving, to the finished piece. **Plain white marble** keeps everything in one stone, and it is not a compromise. The sculptors work the check into the drapery in shallow relief, with a fringed edge along the blanket, so the weave still reads without a drop of colour, and in raking light it is arguably the finer piece of carving. It is what most temple, ashram and gallery installations choose; the [48in takhat murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-48in) shows it clearest. Both are offered in every principal form on this page, deliberately, so you never have to choose between the finish you want and the form you want. ## Telling a Neem Karoli Baba murti from a Sai Baba one Worth knowing before you buy anywhere, because it goes wrong often: pieces are listed online under his name that are plainly a different sant altogether. Four things settle it. Maharajji is **bald and bare-headed**: no turban, no cloth over the head. His beard is **short and trimmed**, grey-white, with a moustache. He wears a **chequered blanket** over both shoulders and around the torso, over a plain **white dhoti**. And he is **heavy-set**: broad, solid, with a full stomach. Set that against the two figures he is most often confused with. Sai Baba of Shirdi wears a **kafni robe** with a head cloth knotted over the left shoulder, and sits with his right leg crossed over the left knee. Jalaram Bapa wears a **wound Kathiawadi turban** and a long white beard to the chest. Neither is bald and bare-headed, and neither is wrapped in a blanket. The build is what most often gets lost. Maharajji was not a lean ascetic, and a thin figure, however well carved, is not him. ## Maharajji and Hanuman He is inseparable from Hanuman. He built or restored over a hundred Hanuman temples, the ashram at Kainchi Dham is built around one, and devotees who came to him were as often sent to the Hanuman Chalisa as given an instruction of their own. So the pairing is a real commission rather than a novelty. Two pieces here carve both figures on one shared plinth: Hanuman standing behind with palms folded and the gada at his side, Maharajji seated in front, in a [30in hand-painted piece](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-30in) for a home mandir, and a [60in plain marble one](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-60in) at the scale a courtyard or an ashram hall takes. Families installing him beside a Hanuman murti they already own usually take a seated form and match the height to what is there. ## Choosing the stone **Makrana white marble** is the default and the base for every hand-painted piece: the warm temple white of the Taj Mahal, dense enough to hold the fine drapery the blanket needs. **Cast marble dust** is what makes the small sizes affordable, and it takes paint well; it is the right choice at 6 to 12 inches and for anything that has to travel light. **Black granite** reads completely differently: matte, contemporary, the check catching in relief rather than colour. It suits a study, a meditation room or a gallery setting more than a traditional mandir. See the [24in darshan murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-24in). **Dholpur pink sandstone** is warm, matte and weather-tolerant, which makes it the one to choose for a courtyard, a garden or an open verandah; the [30in ashirwad piece](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/dholpur-pink-sandstone-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-30in) is carved for exactly that. ## Size and placement Pieces here run **6 to 60 inches**, and the small end matters more for Maharajji than for most subjects. He is a murti people keep close rather than at a distance. 6 to 15 inches sits on a pooja shelf or a desk. 18 to 24 inches suits a mandir cabinet or a console, and is where most homes land. 30 to 36 inches wants a hall, a landing or a dedicated niche. 48 to 60 inches is ashram, temple and institutional scale. Depth catches people out more often than height: a seated figure on a takhat is deeper than it looks in a photograph. Send a picture of the space and the shelf depth and we will suggest a size that actually fits. ## Caring for it Dry-dust with a soft cloth. For marble, an occasional wipe with a barely damp cloth and nothing more: no acidic cleaners, no vinegar, no lemon, all of which etch the surface permanently. Hand-painted pieces want the dry cloth only, and no solvents near the painted areas. Sandstone kept outdoors will weather and warm in tone over the years, which most people come to prefer; a breathable stone sealer slows it if you would rather it did not. ## Make it yours The pieces here are starting points, not a fixed catalogue. If one is close but not quite (a different size, another stone, painted instead of plain, the takhat instead of the plinth), that is a normal commission and the sculptors will adapt it. Bringing something else entirely is just as welcome. Families send us a photograph they have kept for years, the murti from their own ashram, or a composition nobody on this page has carved yet. Some pieces are already carved and waiting with the sculptors we work with, in which case there is no carving wait at all and we send you photographs of the actual piece; a commission is carved for you and takes **eight to twelve weeks**, depending on size, stone and detail. Tell us what you have in mind on WhatsApp and we will tell you honestly which of the two you are looking at. ## Pieces in this collection (17) Every piece below is made to order — the stone, size and finish are chosen per commission. - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Darshan Murti 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-lap-hands-18in): Hand-carved Makrana marble Neem Karoli Baba in the quiet darshan form, an 18-inch home-mandir murti with a hand-painted plaid blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-lap-hands-18in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba with Charan Padukas 21in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-charan-paduka-21in): Hand-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in sukhasana: a 21-inch pooja room murti with painted plaid blanket and charan padukas. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-charan-paduka-21in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Kainchi Dham Neem Karoli Baba Darshan Murti 36in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-kainchi-darshan-36in): Hand-painted Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in the Kainchi Dham darshan form, a 36-inch temple murti with a tartan-check blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-kainchi-darshan-36in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Ashirwad Murti 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in): Studio-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in ashirwad. A 24-inch pooja-room murti with a hand-painted blue-and-rust plaid blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba on Takhat 30in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-30in): Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba on a carved takhat, a 30-inch home mandir murti with a hand-painted plaid blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-30in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba with Hanuman 30in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-30in): Hand-painted Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in sukhasana with Hanuman behind: a 30-inch murti in his chequered plaid blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-30in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Blanket Darshan Murti 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-blanket-15in): Hand-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in blanket darshan, a 15-inch pooja-room murti with a hand-painted check blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-blanket-15in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Ashirwad Murti 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in ashirwad. A 24-inch pooja-room murti with the blanket check cut in low relief. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Marble Dust Neem Karoli Baba Ashirwad Murti 9in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-9in): A 9-inch Neem Karoli Baba murti cast in marble dust composite, the chequered blanket hand-painted, right hand raised in ashirwad for a compact pooja shelf. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-9in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Marble Dust Neem Karoli Baba Murti 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-lap-hands-12in): Workshop-finished marble dust Neem Karoli Baba in the lap-hands darshan form, a 1 ft home-mandir murti with a hand-painted plaid blanket. Made in 1 ft and abov… - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-lap-hands-12in.webp (concept image) - [Hand-Painted Marble Dust Neem Karoli Baba on Takhat 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-12in): Workshop-cast marble dust Neem Karoli Baba on a takhat: a 12-inch pooja-shelf murti with a hand-painted plaid blanket. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/hand-painted-marble-dust-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-12in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Darshan Murti 36in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-36in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in seated sukhasana, a 36-inch temple murti with the chequered blanket in low relief. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-36in.webp (concept image) - [Dholpur Pink Sandstone Neem Karoli Baba Ashirwad Murti 30in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/dholpur-pink-sandstone-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-30in): Sculptor-carved Dholpur pink sandstone Neem Karoli Baba in ashirwad. A 30-inch garden murti with his chequered blanket in low relief. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/dholpur-pink-sandstone-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-30in.webp (concept image) - [Black Granite Neem Karoli Baba Darshan Murti 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-24in): Master-carved black granite Neem Karoli Baba in seated darshan, a 24-inch meditation-room murti with the plaid blanket in low relief. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-granite-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-24in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba on Takhat 48in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-48in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba seated on an integral takhat: a 48-inch ashram-hall murti with the plaid blanket cut in relief. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-48in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Blanket Darshan Murti 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-blanket-18in): Hand-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in blanket darshan, an 18-inch pooja-room murti with the plaid weave worked into the stone. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-blanket-18in.webp (concept image) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba with Hanuman 60in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-60in): Master-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in sukhasana with Hanuman standing behind. A 60-inch ashram darshan centrepiece. - image: https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-60in.webp (concept image) ## Frequently asked questions ### How soon can I get a Neem Karoli Baba murti? Ask early and we will tell you honestly. Some pieces are **already carved** and sitting with the sculptors and artist families we work with. We ask them once you tell us the form and size you want, and send you photographs of that actual piece. If one is right there is **no carving wait at all**, so the only question left is getting it to your address. If you want something we do not have ready (a particular size, stone, or a hand-painted finish), that is a commission and takes **8 to 12 weeks**, depending on size, stone and detail. Tell us your date first and we will tell you which of the two you are looking at. ### Is everything made to order, or do you have ready pieces? Both. A good share of what we sell is **already carved**. We ask the sculptors we work with directly once you tell us what you are looking for, and you see photographs of the actual piece before you decide. The rest is **commissioned**: you choose the form, stone, size and finish, and it is carved for you. Smaller murtis turn up ready far more often than temple-scale work, and hand-painted pieces are more often commissioned, because the painting is done to the piece. ### Should I choose a hand-painted murti or plain white marble? This is the real choice on this page, and it is not only about taste. Maharajji is **Blanket Baba**: the chequered plaid blanket is the single thing that identifies him at a glance. **Hand-painted** in polychrome, the check reads immediately: blue, rust and navy over white stone, with the dhoti and skin tones painted too. It is what most families install in a ghar mandir. **Plain white marble** keeps the whole piece in one stone, and the sculptors carve the check into the drapery in shallow relief so the weave still reads without colour. It is quieter, more architectural, and what most temple, ashram and gallery installations choose. Both are on this page in every principal form. ### Which form of Neem Karoli Baba do people install? The most-installed form is **ashirwad**, seated cross-legged with the right hand raised palm-out in blessing. After that comes the quiet **darshan** form, hands resting open in the lap. The **takhat** form carves the low wooden bench he sat on as part of the piece, which is how devotees who read the accounts of Kainchi picture him. The **Kainchi Dham darshan** form is the garlanded sanctum murti on a low singhasan. There is also the **blanket** form, with the blanket drawn up over his head so only the face shows, and pieces that carve **charan padukas** on the step below him. Because he founded over a hundred Hanuman temples, we also make him **with Hanuman** on a shared plinth. ### How do I know the likeness is right? Worth asking, because it goes wrong often: several listings sold online under his name show a completely different sant. Maharajji has four features that settle it, and every piece here is carved to all four: a **bare, bald head** with no turban and no head cloth; a **short trimmed grey-white beard and moustache**; the **chequered blanket** drawn over both shoulders and around the torso; and a **white dhoti** below. He is also **heavy-set**, not a lean ascetic, and that is the detail most often lost. If any of those is missing, it is not him. Send us a photograph of the murti you have in mind and we will tell you plainly whether it is Neem Karoli Baba. ### Which stone and size should I choose? For a **pooja shelf**, 6 to 15 inches. Cast marble dust keeps a small murti affordable, and that is the size most homes start with. For a **mandir cabinet or console**, 18 to 24 inches in Makrana white marble. For a **hall, courtyard, ashram or temple**, 30 inches and above; the largest piece here is a 60in Maharajji with Hanuman. Stones available for this figure are **Makrana white marble** (the classic warm temple white), **black granite** (matte and contemporary), **Dholpur pink sandstone** (warm and weather-tolerant, for a courtyard or garden) and **cast marble dust** for the smaller pieces. Send a photograph of the space and the shelf depth, because depth catches people out more often than height. ### Can you ship to the US, UK or Europe? Yes, we ship worldwide, and this figure travels further than most. Maharajji has a large following outside India, and we are used to sending pieces to homes and centres abroad. The honest constraint is freight rather than carving: sea freight is economical but slow, air freight costs more and is what makes a tight date possible. A ready piece sent by air is the combination that lands quickest. Tell us the destination country and your date at the start and we will quote freight alongside the murti. ## 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 Jalaram Bapa Marble Murti](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/jalaram-bapa-marble-murti) - [Custom Made Hanuman Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/hanuman-statues) - [Custom Made Khatu Shyam Ji Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/khatu-shyam-statues) - [Custom Made Radha Krishna Jugal Jodi Statues in Marble Stone](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/radha-krishna-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.