# Handcrafted Black Stone Veer Barbarika Archer Murti, 24in > Sculptor-carved black stone Veer Barbarika archer murti (24 inches, mirror-polished) with the three arrows of the Khatu Shyam story. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-veer-barbarika-archer-24in **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 archer form of Khatu Shyam Ji Before he was Shyam Baba, Barbarika was a young archer: grandson of Bhima, and the warrior the Mahabharata remembers as *teen baan dhari*, the bearer of three arrows. This murti holds him at that moment: bare-headed, hair loose past the shoulders, a tall bow upright at his side and exactly three arrows gathered in the other hand, a quiver at the shoulder and a slender tilak on the forehead. The count is not ornament. Three arrows were all he ever needed, and the temple at Khatu in Sikar district, Rajasthan, stands on what he chose to do with them. ## Black stone, taken to a mirror polish The piece is carved from black stone, the dense, fine-grained black granite quarried around Markapur in Andhra Pradesh and long used for South Indian temple sculpture because it holds a crisp edge that softer marbles cannot. Brought to a mirror polish, it reads as an even jet black with a reflective sheen that traces the fall of the dhoti and the long curve of the bow. There is no veining to interrupt the figure, so light does all the drawing. Rubbed instead to a satin or matte surface, the same stone turns quieter and greyer, which is worth settling before the block is cut. ## How the murti is made Every piece is carved to order by the master sculptors and artist families we work with in Jaipur. We design it with you first (form, stone, size, finish), then brief the sculptor and follow the work through to your door. The block is roughed to the silhouette, the lotus base and plinth are set out, and the face, hands, arrow shafts and bow limbs are finished entirely by hand; nothing on a murti's face is left to a machine. Polishing runs last, through progressive grades, until the black comes up clean and level. ## Living with a 24-inch Barbarika At 24 inches the murti sits on a home mandir shelf, a console or a low altar table without asking for floor space, and still reads clearly from across a living room. Leave a hand's width of clearance above the bow tip. Black stone holds its own against pale walls and light marble flooring, and takes a single warm lamp better than a bright overhead. A piece may already be carved, so we will ask the sculptors we work with and send you photographs of the actual murti; a fresh commission runs eight to twelve weeks. If you would rather have the shish darshan form, a seated darbar murti, or this same archer at 18 or 36 inches, or in Makrana or Vietnam white marble, tell us the size and the space and we will work it out with you. ## Specifications - **Material:** Black Granite - **Finish:** Mirror polish - **Colour:** Black - **Height:** 24 inches - **Width:** 10 inches - **Depth:** 7 inches - **Weight:** 15 kg - **Ideal for:** home temple, living room, pooja room 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-veer-barbarika-archer-24in.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 Khatu Shyam Ji Mukh Darshan Panel, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-stone-khatu-shyam-mukh-darshan-panel-15in) - [Handcrafted Makrana White Marble Veer Barbarika Teen Baan Dhari Murti, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-veer-barbarika-teen-baan-15in) ## 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%20Veer%20Barbarika%20Archer%20Murti%2C%2024in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fblack-stone-veer-barbarika-archer-24in - 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.