# Handcrafted Black Granite Palani Dandayudhapani Murugan Statue, 18in > The ascetic Palani form of Lord Murugan in mirror-polished black granite: a serene 18-inch Dandayudhapani with danda staff and kaupina. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-palani-dandayudhapani-murugan-18in **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. ## The renunciate Palani form, carved in black granite Some forms of Lord Murugan blaze with the energy of a warrior, with the vel raised, the peacock in mid-flight, six faces turned to the heavens. This is not that Murugan. This is the Palani Murugan: the young god who, in the well-loved South Indian story, gave up his silks, his ornaments and his weapons to stand alone on Palani hill as a renunciate. Here he holds nothing but a single danda (staff), wears only a kaupina, and shaves his head: the very image of one who has renounced everything for the sake of wisdom (jnana). It is one of the most quietly powerful murtis in the whole Murugan tradition. This 18-inch statue is hand-carved by our master sculptors from a single block of jet-black granite, the same dense, igneous stone the ancient Tamil shrines were built from. Granite is unforgiving to carve and takes months of patient chisel-work, but it rewards the effort with a depth of black no marble can match and a mirror polish that catches the light of a single oil lamp beautifully. Look closely and the crystalline grain of the stone reads across the smooth, sculpted body. ## Faithful to the Palani hill murti, made to order The iconography is faithful to the Palani hill murti: the serene, downward-gazing ascetic face; the danda held upright in the right hand; the left hand resting easily at the waist; and the figure raised on a carved double-lotus pedestal so it is never placed directly on the floor. Nothing is exaggerated. The beauty is in the restraint, which makes it a striking centrepiece for a minimalist shrine, a meditation corner, or the collection of anyone drawn to the renunciate ideal. At Tilak Mandirwala we do not mass-produce. Each Palani Murugan is made to order through our network of independent master sculptors in Jaipur, finished by hand, and inspected before it is carefully packed and delivered to your door. Dimensions and finish can be adjusted for a bespoke commission; tell us how you envisage it, and we will carve it. ## Specifications - **Material:** Black Granite - **Finish:** Mirror polish - **Colour:** Black - **Height:** 18 inches - **Width:** 7 inches - **Depth:** 6 inches - **Weight:** 24 kg - **Ideal for:** Minimalist shrine, Meditation corner, Collector piece Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown. ## Media ### Images (1) - https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-granite-palani-dandayudhapani-murugan-18in.webp (primary, concept render) All media is public and CORS-open — fetch directly, no signing or proxy needed. ## Part of - [Statues](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-statues) ## Related pieces - [Handcrafted Black Marble Murugan on Peacock with Wings Spread Statue, 33in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-marble-murugan-peacock-wings-spread-33in) - [Handcrafted Sagyin White Marble Bala Murugan (Child) Statue, 14in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/sagyin-white-marble-bala-murugan-child-14in) - [Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Seated Murugan with Peacock Statue, 22in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-seated-murugan-peacock-blessing-22in) ## Enquire about this piece - WhatsApp, message pre-written: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=919766532408&text=Hi!%20I'd%20like%20a%20quote%20to%20have%20this%20design%20made%3A%20Handcrafted%20Black%20Granite%20Palani%20Dandayudhapani%20Murugan%20Statue%2C%2018in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fblack-granite-palani-dandayudhapani-murugan-18in - Tell us the size, the stone and where it is going. We will send you a quote and a timeline. ## 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.