# Dholpur Pink Sandstone Bhumisparsha Buddha Statue, 48 in > Sculptor-carved Dholpur pink sandstone Buddha in the earth-touching mudra, a 48-inch garden piece on a double lotus base. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/dholpur-pink-sandstone-bhumisparsha-buddha-statue-48in **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 stone: Dholpur pink sandstone Dholpur sandstone is quarried along the Chambal in eastern Rajasthan, from the belt that supplied Mughal and colonial builders across north India for centuries. The pink shade is the one this Buddha is cut from: a warm, pale blush tone with a fine, even quartz grain and a soft matte surface that shows every chisel pass rather than hiding it under shine. Sandstone is a building stone before it is a sculpture stone, which is the reason this piece is specified for the open air: rain, dust and full sun are its ordinary working conditions, not a risk to be managed. It weathers slowly and gently, deepening in tone over years the way old Rajasthani stonework does. Unlike white marble, it will not glare back at afternoon light, so the carving stays readable from across a lawn at midday. ## The mudra: what the earth-touching gesture shows Bhumisparsha means earth-touching. It fixes one moment: seated under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, challenged on his right to enlightenment, the Buddha lowers his right hand past his knee and touches the ground, calling the earth itself as witness. That is exactly what is carved here, with the right arm reaching down across the right knee and fingertips meeting the base, while the left hand rests open in the lap. It is the dominant seated form of the Mahabodhi tradition and of Pala-era Bihar sculpture, and it remains the most requested Buddha posture for outdoor installation because it reads as settled rather than remote. The face is finished by hand, as are the fingers and the folds of the robe across the left shoulder; the double lotus pedestal beneath is worked petal by petal. ## Sizing it for a garden or courtyard At 48 inches seated the figure stands roughly four feet tall and about two feet across at the knees, with a footprint near 24 by 22 inches once the lotus base is included. That is garden scale rather than altar scale: it wants eight to ten feet of clear ground in front of it and a plain backdrop (a hedge, a boundary wall, a stretch of clipped greenery) so the silhouette is not competing with detail behind it. Set it on a levelled plinth or a compacted gravel bed so water drains away from the base rather than pooling at it. East-facing placement, so the figure meets the sunrise, is the long-established orientation for a Buddha and works well in a courtyard where morning light rakes across the stone. In a hotel or resort landscape, this size holds a lawn corner or the end of a walkway on its own. ## Making it yours This is a design, and every part of it is open. The same Bhumisparsha form can be carved at two feet for a terrace or six feet for a resort entrance, in Makrana white marble, Vietnam white marble or black stone if the pink does not suit the planting around it, and with a plain square plinth in place of the double lotus. We design the piece with you, brief the sculptors we work with, and follow it through to the installation. On timing: a comparable piece may already be carved, in which case we send photographs of the actual statue and there is no carving wait. Otherwise a fresh commission runs eight to twelve weeks. Send us the spot it is going into and we will tell you which of the two you are looking at. ## Specifications - **Material:** Dholpur Pink Sandstone - **Finish:** Matte (honed) - **Colour:** Pink - **Height:** 48 inches - **Width:** 24 inches - **Depth:** 22 inches - **Weight:** 34 kg - **Ideal for:** Garden, Courtyard, Hotel landscape 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/dholpur-pink-sandstone-bhumisparsha-buddha-statue-48in.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 - [Hand-Painted Vietnam White Marble Buddha in Vitarka Mudra on Lotus Base, 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-vietnam-white-marble-vitarka-buddha-lotus-24in) - [Handcrafted Black Granite Bhumisparsha Buddha Statue, 36 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-bhumisparsha-buddha-statue-36in) - [Vietnam White Marble Vitarka Buddha Statue, 36 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-vitarka-buddha-statue-36in) ## 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%20Dholpur%20Pink%20Sandstone%20Bhumisparsha%20Buddha%20Statue%2C%2048%20in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fdholpur-pink-sandstone-bhumisparsha-buddha-statue-48in - 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.