# Handcrafted Dholpur Pink Sandstone Shailputri Durga Statue, 18in

> An 18-inch Dholpur pink sandstone Shailputri seated on Nandi with trishul and lotus, hand-carved for the first day of Navratri.

**Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/dholpur-pink-sandstone-shailputri-durga-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.

## Shailputri, the first of the Navadurga

Shailputri is the first of the nine Navadurga forms: the daughter of the mountain, worshipped on the opening day of Navratri. This 18-inch murti shows her seated on Nandi, her bull vahana, the trishul held upright in her right hand and a half-opened lotus in her left. The crescent moon sits in her crown. Her expression is entirely calm: this is the goddess before the battle, not in it.

The stone is Dholpur pink sandstone, quarried in eastern Rajasthan, the same warm stone the Mughals used at Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri. It carries a soft blush-pink tone and a very fine, even sandy grain, finished matte and soft-honed rather than polished. It takes light gently, without the glare of marble, which is why it suits a sunlit courtyard shrine or a warm-toned interior so well.

## Carved by hand in our Jaipur network, at 18 inches

Master sculptors in our Jaipur network carve each piece by hand from a single block, drawing out the pleated sari, the layered ornaments, Nandi's bells and collar, and the lotus-petal plinth. Barely-perceptible asymmetry between left and right is the signature of hand work, not a flaw.

Made to order. Choose your size, stone, and finish. If you are collecting the Navadurga forms one at a time, we can match the stone and base across the set so they read as a family. Share a reference on WhatsApp and we will quote stone, size, and timeline.

## Specifications

- **Material:** Dholpur Pink Sandstone
- **Finish:** Matte (honed)
- **Colour:** Pink
- **Height:** 18 inches
- **Width:** 15 inches
- **Depth:** 9 inches
- **Weight:** 16 kg
- **Ideal for:** Navratri first-day worship, Home altar, Warm-tone interior

Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown.

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## 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.