# Makrana White Marble Lalbaugcha Raja Ganpati on Lion Throne, 18 in > Sculptor-carved Makrana white marble Lalbaugcha Raja on a lion-flanked simhasan: an 18-inch home mandir centrepiece with a tall regal mukut. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-lalbaugcha-raja-lion-throne-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. ## The lion throne, and why Makrana takes fine detail The defining mark of a Lalbaugcha Raja murti is the throne: a simhasan flanked by two carved lions, their manes chiselled in tight overlapping rows, holding the seated Ganpati at the height of a household shrine. This one is cut from Makrana white marble, quarried in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan, the same compact, faintly warm stone that clads the Taj Mahal and has been worked by Rajasthani carvers for centuries. Makrana takes fine detail without crumbling at the edges, which is what keeps the jewellery, the layered mukut and the lions' faces readable at 18 inches rather than soft and approximate. ## How the Makrana Ganpati is carved and polished Work begins with a single block, roughed down by chisel and drill point before the figure is separated from the throne mass. The independent master sculptors TMW commissions in Jaipur cut the ornament last (the necklaces, the jewelled belt, the fall of the shawl over the knee), and the face, hands and drapery are always hand-finished, never left to a machine pass. Polishing runs through progressive grades to a soft satin rather than a mirror, so light settles into the stone instead of bouncing off it and flattening the carving. ## Navasacha Ganpati, and why Mumbai queues for him Lalbaugcha Raja belongs to Mumbai. The Lalbaug Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal has installed its Ganpati since 1934, and the idol is known across Maharashtra as Navasacha Ganpati, the Ganpati of the vow, drawing queues that run for hours through Ganesh Chaturthi. The form is deliberately regal: a tall ornate mukut, heavy carved ornaments, and four arms, with the lower right raised in abhaya and a modak held in the lower left. The trunk curls to the deity's left, the right tusk is broken in the canonical way, and the mushak sits alert at the plinth. ## Living with an 18-inch Raja, and what can change At 18 inches the murti is scaled for a home mandir rather than a hall. Set on a shelf or a low chowki it brings the Raja's gaze close to a seated devotee's eye level, which is the whole point of the throne form. Allow roughly a foot of clear width for the lions and the plinth, and leave the front open for a diya; the satin surface holds a flame's reflection softly instead of glaring. Because marble is meant for permanent installation, the piece stays in the mandir through the year and is simply re-decorated at Chaturthi rather than immersed. Most elements here can move: height from a 9-inch tabletop murti up to a 4-foot showpiece, the same form in Vietnam white or black marble, a mirror polish in place of satin, gold-leaf or hand-painted detailing on the mukut and ornaments, or a family name engraved on the plinth for a housewarming. Send us your mandir dimensions on WhatsApp and we will work back from there. ## Specifications - **Material:** Makrana White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** Natural White - **Height:** 18 inches - **Width:** 9 inches - **Depth:** 8 inches - **Weight:** 24 kg - **Ideal for:** Home mandir centrepiece, Ganesh Chaturthi sthapana, Housewarming gift 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-lalbaugcha-raja-lion-throne-18in.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 Lalbaugcha Raja for Desk and Office, 9 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-lalbaugcha-raja-desk-9in) - [Makrana White Marble Vighneshwar of Ozar with Gem-Set Eyes and Gold-Leaf Crown, 18 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-vighneshwar-ozar-gem-eyes-gold-crown-18in) - [Makrana White Marble Chintamani of Theur on Gold-Leaf Singhasan, 18 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-chintamani-theur-gold-leaf-singhasan-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%20Makrana%20White%20Marble%20Lalbaugcha%20Raja%20Ganpati%20on%20Lion%20Throne%2C%2018%20in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fmakrana-white-marble-lalbaugcha-raja-lion-throne-18in - 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.