# Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa on Lotus Plinth 36in > Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Jalaram Bapa in ashirwad: a 36-inch standing murti on a lotus plinth with the jholi and danda. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-ashirwad-lotus-plinth-36in **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. ## Makrana marble for a sant murti Makrana stone is quarried in Nagaur district, Rajasthan, from the same beds that supplied the Taj Mahal, and it has been the working stone of temple sculpture across this region for centuries. It reads as a bright natural white with the faintest cream undertone, and its close crystalline grain is what lets a sculptor separate the individual strands of a long beard or the wound layers of a turban without the edges powdering away. On a sant murti that quality earns its keep, because the whole piece stands or falls on the face being recognisably Jalaram Bapa. For this 36-inch statue the block is picked for an even body of stone with no more than hairline grey veining, so what veining there is falls across the dhoti and the plinth rather than through the features. The soft satin polish holds lamp light as a glow rather than a hard flare. ## The form: turban, beard, jholi and danda Jalaram Bapa of Virpur stands on a carved lotus-petal plinth, his right hand raised in ashirwad and his left hand closed around the wooden danda. Four marks fix his identity and all four are cut into the stone: the wound Kathiawadi turban, the long full beard falling to his chest, Gujarati dress (a white dhoti under a long-sleeved kediyu that keeps the upper body covered), and the cloth jholi slung across the shoulder. The jholi and danda are not ornament. They are the emblems of the Sadavrat, the free kitchen he opened at Virpur in 1820, which has fed travellers and pilgrims without interruption since. A U-shaped Vaishnav tilak marks the forehead and a tulsi kanthi rings the neck. Devotees often ask how to tell this murti from a Shirdi Sai Baba: here the turban is wound rather than knotted at the shoulder, the beard is long rather than short, and the dress is Gujarati, not a kafni. ## Three feet, in a temple hall or a home mandir Three feet is the working height for a murti that has to hold a room. In a temple hall the statue reads clearly from the back of the space once it is raised on a chowki or stone platform of about 18 to 24 inches, which brings the ashirwad hand close to the eye level of a standing devotee. At home the same 36-inch piece suits a dedicated mandir room or a wide alcove rather than a shelf: allow roughly 11 inches of shoulder width, the same again in depth, and a little clearance behind for the danda. Jalaram Bapa is commonly installed facing the entrance of the room, so that the raised hand meets whoever walks in. A plain wall behind the murti does more for the carving than a patterned one, and a single warm lamp set low and to one side brings out the folds of the kediyu. ## Making it yours Every piece here is made to order, so this specification is a starting point rather than a fixed catalogue item. Height moves either way, smaller for a home mandir shelf and larger for a hall or a Sadavrat kitchen, and the same form can be carved in Vietnam white marble or in black stone where a darker figure suits the room. The plinth is open to change too: a plain moulded base instead of the lotus, a taller pedestal carved as one piece with the murti, or a flat base face left for an engraved dedication when the statue is being given to a mandir. Tell us what the space is and how far back people will stand, and we brief the sculptor with the proportions set for that room. A photograph of the niche or platform sent over WhatsApp makes it quicker still. ## Specifications - **Material:** Makrana White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** White - **Height:** 36 inches - **Width:** 11 inches - **Depth:** 11 inches - **Weight:** 18 kg - **Ideal for:** Temple installation, Home mandir 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/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-ashirwad-lotus-plinth-36in.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 - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa Temple-Scale Murti 48in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-temple-scale-danda-48in) - [Makrana White Marble Seated Jalaram Bapa Blessing Murti 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-seated-blessing-chowki-18in) - [Makrana White Marble Jalaram Bapa Standing Ashirwad Murti 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-standing-ashirwad-24in) ## 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%20Makrana%20White%20Marble%20Jalaram%20Bapa%20on%20Lotus%20Plinth%2036in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fmakrana-white-marble-jalaram-bapa-ashirwad-lotus-plinth-36in - Tell us the size, the stone and where it is going. 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