Handcrafted Black Marble Standing Ram with Bow & Sita Pair, 3ft

This Ram-Sita pair is sculpted in black marble — the deep, polish-receptive stone quarried at Markapur in Andhra Pradesh, long used in South Indian temple statuary for its visual gravity. The standing composition shows Ram with bow held in his left hand and right hand raised in the abhaya mudra of blessing, while Sita stands at his side holding a lotus. At thirty-six inches tall, the pair reads as a single sculptural object — designed for a contemporary altar where the obsidian polish does the talking. At our Jaipur workshop, the rough block first takes shape under heavy chisels: torsos, heads, drapery line, and integrated lotus base in successive passes. Black marble is harder than its Makrana cousin and unforgiving to the chisel, so the carving proceeds slowly — drill points for the deeper cuts, hand-finish on the faces and hands. The polish is a slow, progressive process: eight grades of abrasive, finished with a wax-resin compound that brings out the marble's depth without glazing it into a plastic shine. The pair belongs to the standing Ram-Sita lineage that runs through North Indian murti tradition: Ram with his characteristic bow as the warrior-prince of the Ramayana, his right hand raised in blessing; Sita with lotus as a marker of grace and devotion. The abhaya mudra is among the oldest gestures in Indian iconography, appearing across both Hindu and Buddhist contexts with the same simple, profound meaning — "do not fear." The lotus in Sita's hand grounds the pair in the visual language of Vaishnava devotion. A black marble Ram-Sita pair sits very differently in a room from a white marble one. Where Makrana whites read as luminous and traditional, black marble carries weight and contrast — well-suited to contemporary interiors with neutral walls and considered lighting. Plan for a four-foot wall behind the piece for proper visual breathing room. Vastu places the Ram darbar in the northeast (Ishanya) corner of a home; a softly track-lit niche on an east-facing wall reads as a modern interpretation of the same directional principle. Available in alternative stones — Makrana white marble for the traditional aesthetic, Vietnam white marble for a brighter cool-white finish. Custom sizes from 18 inches to 72 inches on commission. An engraved family inscription on the base is offered for installation gifting. Message us on WhatsApp for stone samples and pricing.