# Makrana Marble Kumkum & Haldi Box Pair with Brass Lids, 4in > Hand-polished Makrana marble kumkum and haldi vessels with brass screw lids, a boxed pair sized for wedding return gifting. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-kumkum-haldi-box-pair-brass-lids-4in **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 kumkum and haldi pair, kept together Kumkum and haldi travel together in almost every Indian household ritual: the vermilion for the tilak, the turmeric for the haldi ceremony and for the daily pooja thali. This set keeps them that way: two squat cylindrical vessels of Makrana white marble, each about four inches tall, carved with a fluted body and a raised floral rosette on every face. Each vessel is closed by a shallow domed brass lid that screws down onto the carved mouth and finishes in a small turned finial, so it can be opened with one hand and shut again without spilling powder. The pair sits in a rigid presentation box on a cream die-cut insert cut to the shape of each base, so the set can be handed over exactly as it arrives rather than wrapped. ## Makrana marble, and the brass that closes it The stone is Makrana white marble, quarried in Nagaur district, Rajasthan, and worked in the region for centuries. These are the same quarries that supplied the Taj Mahal. At four inches its fine crystalline grain matters more than it would on a large piece: the walls are thin, the fluting is shallow, and a coarser stone would chip at the rim. Each vessel is hollowed and carved by hand by the sculptors we work with, then taken to a soft satin polish rather than a mirror, so the surface holds light without glaring under a lamp. The brass lids are sourced and fitted, not cast here: a brass collar seated into the carved mouth, then the domed cap and finial that screw down onto it. Brass is used because it closes cleanly against loose powder and does not mark white marble the way a painted metal can. ## Giving it, and using it afterwards At four inches the set is small enough to hand out in numbers, which is the point of it: a wedding return gift, a favour set at each place for the haldi or mehendi, or a bulk order placed before the season. It also has a life after the day, with kumkum in one vessel and haldi in the other, going straight onto a pooja thali or a dressing table in the couple's new home. Care is simple. Wipe the marble with a dry or barely damp cloth, since loose powder lifts straight off, and keep it out of standing water; water left to sit and oil-based sindoor will both mark the stone over time. Unscrew the lids fully when cleaning so no powder cakes into the thread. ## Making it yours Most of this set is open to change. We adjust the count for a full guest list, add a third vessel for akshat, change the colour of the box lining, or engrave the couple's names and the wedding date on the brass lid or on a plate set into the box. The vessels can also be cut in Vietnam white marble, Dholpur pink sandstone or black stone if the rest of your gifting sits on a different palette. We design the set with you, brief the sculptors, and follow the order through to your door. If your date is close, tell us. A matching set may already be carved, in which case we send you photographs of the actual pieces and there is no carving wait; a fresh commission runs four to eight weeks. Message us on WhatsApp with your guest count and your date. ## Specifications - **Material:** Makrana White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** White - **Weight:** 2 kg - **Ideal for:** wedding return gift, guest favour, bulk gifting 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-kumkum-haldi-box-pair-brass-lids-4in.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 - [Makrana White Marble Chakla Belan with Carved Underside, 10in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-chakla-belan-carved-10in) - [Makrana White Marble Nameplate with Brass Inlay, 14in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-brass-inlay-nameplate-14in) - [Makrana Marble Lakshmi Ganesh Chowki Gift Set, 6in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-lakshmi-ganesh-chowki-gift-set-6in) ## 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%20Marble%20Kumkum%20%26%20Haldi%20Box%20Pair%20with%20Brass%20Lids%2C%204in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fmakrana-white-marble-kumkum-haldi-box-pair-brass-lids-4in - 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.