# Hand-Painted Meenakari Marble Jhula for Laddu Gopal, 14 in > Hand-painted meenakari marble jhula: 14 inches, peacock back panel, red-green-gold vines, and a vacant seat for your own Laddu Gopal. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-laddu-gopal-meenakari-jhula-14in **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 swing that comes empty on purpose Most marble jhulas sold for a home mandir arrive with the infant Krishna already carved into the seat, which leaves you with whichever murti the workshop chose. This one is made the other way round. The seat is a bare, vacant platform, with nothing carved into it and nothing resting on it, sized to take a Laddu Gopal murti of about four to five inches, which is the size most families already keep. You set your own Kanha into it, dress him, and swing him. On Janmashtami the jhula does the job it is actually for, and through the rest of the year it can stand in the mandir with the seat cushioned and empty, or holding a small silver murti instead. Nothing about the piece decides for you which Krishna belongs in it. ## The meenakari painting Meenakari reached Jaipur in the sixteenth century, when Raja Man Singh I brought enamellers from Lahore to work on gold, and the red, deep green and gold palette they used is still what the city means by the word. Here that palette is hand-painted straight onto the marble rather than fired onto metal: a painter lays the vines on with a fine brush, one colour at a time, then outlines every leaf and petal in gold. Floral scrollwork runs the length of the cusped arch and down both pillars. The flat back panel behind the seat carries a peacock in green and red with its tail fanned across the width, a motif that turns up constantly in Rajasthani painted work. The band around the base repeats the flower-and-vine border so the jhula reads finished from every side. ## Makrana marble, brass chains, a felt base The frame is cut from Makrana marble out of Nagaur district in Rajasthan, the stone quarried for the Taj Mahal, close-grained enough to hold a cusped arch and a turned pillar without chipping along the edges. It is carved and taken to a soft satin polish before any paint goes on, so the white ground under the colour stays bright. The seat hangs on fine brass chains, which are sourced and fitted rather than made in the workshop, with small brass hooks let into the underside of the arch; those chains are the only part of the piece that is not stone. The underside of the base is lined with felt so the jhula can sit on a wooden or marble mandir shelf without scratching it. At 14 inches tall it comes in around seven kilos. ## Placing it in a home mandir Fourteen inches is shelf scale, not floor scale. Allow a clear span of about sixteen inches so the arch is not crowded by lamps or thalis on either side, and enough depth that the seat can swing a little without knocking the pillars. Most homes stand it at the centre-back of the mandir, which puts the murti near eye level when you are seated for aarti. Keep it clear of direct flame, because soot settles into painted work and is hard to lift off afterwards, and clean it with a dry, soft cloth rather than any household cleaner, since the paint and the polish both dislike detergent. A little distance from a window keeps strong afternoon sun off the reds and greens. ## Making it yours The jhula can be scaled up or down so the seat fits the murti you already own, painted in a quieter palette, or left white with only the gold outlining. The peacock panel can be swapped for a lotus or a Krishna-with-flute motif, and chain length and base size are adjustable. Message us on WhatsApp with the height of your Kanha and we will size the seat to it. ## Specifications - **Material:** Makrana White Marble - **Finish:** Hand-painted (polychrome) - **Colour:** Ivory with red, green and gold - **Height:** 14 inches - **Width:** 11 inches - **Depth:** 6 inches - **Weight:** 7 kg - **Ideal for:** Home mandir, Pooja room, Janmashtami 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/hand-painted-marble-laddu-gopal-meenakari-jhula-14in.webp (primary, concept render) All media is public and CORS-open — fetch directly, no signing or proxy needed. ## Part of - [Handicrafts](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-handicraft-items) ## Related pieces - [Gold-Leaf Shikhar Jhula for Laddu Gopal No. 5 to 8, 20 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-laddu-gopal-jhula-gold-leaf-20in) - [Makrana White Marble Kalash-Top Jhula with Pietra Dura Inlay, 16 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-laddu-gopal-jhula-inlay-16in) - [Makrana White Marble Jhula for Laddu Gopal with Pillared Pavilion, 18 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-laddu-gopal-jhula-pavilion-18in) ## 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%20Hand-Painted%20Meenakari%20Marble%20Jhula%20for%20Laddu%20Gopal%2C%2014%20in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fhand-painted-marble-laddu-gopal-meenakari-jhula-14in - 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.