# Handcrafted Andesite Laughing Buddha Statue – Meditation, 3ft

> Andesite Laughing Buddha in meditation, 36-inch, matte natural grain, ideal for garden shrines and courtyards.

**Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/andesite-laughing-buddha-statue-meditation-3ft
**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.
**About the image:** a design visualisation, not a photograph of stock on hand. The piece is carved to order after the design is agreed.
**Availability:** made to order.

## Budai, not Gautama: the Laughing Buddha in andesite

This is the Laughing Buddha (Budai, the wandering monk of Chinese tradition, not Gautama), seated in a settled meditation pose rather than the usual raised-arm celebration. The rounded belly, the broad smile and the easy posture are all there, but the stillness gives the figure a quieter register than the standing forms usually carry.

The stone is Indonesian lava stone, an andesite: dark charcoal, vein-free, with the fine open micropores that come from volcanic origin. It is a genuinely different material from marble to look at. It is matte by nature, never glossy, and it reads as weathered from the first day rather than acquiring that character over time. The surface is left with its natural grain so the chisel lines around the robe and the contours of the face stay crisp against the dark tone.

## A 3ft Laughing Buddha outdoors, and commissioning yours

At 36 inches it is sized for outdoors, and andesite is among the more forgiving stones for it: being vein-free, it has no natural planes to open up through a monsoon and a dry summer. It suits a garden shrine, a courtyard corner, or a planted alcove beside a path. Dark stone against green foliage holds its edge in a way pale stone does not, which is worth considering if the piece will sit among heavy planting.

Every piece is made to order. This one is carved for you by the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur. We develop the design with you, brief the sculptor, and follow it through to delivery at your door. The same seated Budai is regularly ordered between about 18 inches and four feet, and in black stone or white marble if the setting calls for it. Tell us where it will sit and we will quote it.

## Specifications

- **Material:** Indonesian Lava Stone (Andesite)
- **Finish:** Matte with natural grain
- **Height:** 36 inches
- **Ideal for:** Outdoor garden, Courtyard, Meditation area

Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown.

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## Part of

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## 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.