# Handcrafted Black Stone Khatu Shyam Ji Mukh Darshan Panel, 15in > Master-carved black stone Khatu Shyam Ji in mukh darshan form: a 15-inch arched stele panel with a lotus-petal border and mirror polish. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-khatu-shyam-mukh-darshan-panel-15in **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. ## A darshan of the face, not a full figure At Khatu in Sikar district, Rajasthan, the queue that forms every Ekadashi is for a darshan of Shyam Baba's face. He is Barbarika, who gave his head in daan before the Mahabharata war and was blessed by Krishna to be worshipped in Kaliyuga by Krishna's own name. This 15-inch panel follows that convention rather than the usual standing murti. The face rises in high relief straight out of an arched stele cut from the same block, so there is no join and no separate head anywhere on the piece; the cheeks and jaw merge back into the stone ground behind them. ## Why black stone reads this form correctly Shyam means dark, and that name is the whole basis of the shringar. Black granite, the hardest stone on TMW's palette and the one that takes the deepest polish, carries the reading directly, without paint or applied colour. Worked to a mirror polish, the surface stays one unbroken black field across the arch, the mukut and the garlands, which is what lets the upright U-shaped Vaishnav tilak on the forehead register as the single bright mark on the panel. A carved lotus-petal border runs the length of the arch on both sides. ## How the panel is carved The block is set out and roughed to the arch profile and the moulded base first, so the outline of the stele is fixed before any devotional detail is touched. The master sculptors TMW works with then cut the youthful, beardless face, the tiered mukut with its single peacock plume, and the two flower garlands falling either side. The garlands are undercut so they stand clear of the ground rather than sitting flat against it. Polishing runs last, through successive abrasive grades, and the recessed border and base moulding are taken to the same gloss so nothing on the panel reads dull against the rest. ## Placing a 15-inch panel at home The panel stands about 15 inches tall and 10 inches wide and weighs roughly 16 kg, so it wants a solid chowki or a stone shelf rather than a light wooden bracket. Because it is a stele and only about four inches deep at the base, it fits a shallow mandir shelf or a wall alcove where a full-round murti of the same height would not sit at all. Set at eye level for someone seated on the floor, the face meets the gaze directly, which is the point of a mukh darshan piece. ## Make it yours TMW designs each piece with you and briefs the sculptor, so the height, the depth of the base moulding and the width of the lotus border can all move. The same panel can be carved in Makrana white marble, Vietnam white marble or cast marble dust for a lighter mandir, and a family name or dedication can be cut into the base moulding. A panel in this form may already be carved, in which case TMW asks the sculptors it works with and sends you photographs of the actual piece, so there is no carving wait. A fresh commission runs eight to twelve weeks. ## Specifications - **Material:** Black Granite - **Finish:** Mirror polish - **Colour:** Black - **Height:** 15 inches - **Width:** 10 inches - **Depth:** 4 inches - **Weight:** 16 kg - **Ideal for:** home temple, pooja room, shallow mandir shelf or wall alcove, devotional gifting 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-stone-khatu-shyam-mukh-darshan-panel-15in.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 Stone Khatu Shyam Ji Seated Darbar Murti, 21in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-khatu-shyam-seated-darbar-21in) - [Handcrafted Black Stone Veer Barbarika Archer Murti, 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-veer-barbarika-archer-24in) - [Handcrafted Hand-Painted Marble Dust Khatu Shyam Ji Shish Darshan Murti, 6in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-khatu-shyam-shish-darshan-6in) ## 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%20Stone%20Khatu%20Shyam%20Ji%20Mukh%20Darshan%20Panel%2C%2015in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fblack-stone-khatu-shyam-mukh-darshan-panel-15in - 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.