# Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Darshan Murti 36in > Master-carved Makrana white marble Neem Karoli Baba in seated sukhasana, a 36-inch temple murti with the chequered blanket in low relief. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-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. ## The stone Makrana marble comes out of the Nagaur district of Rajasthan, from quarries that have been worked continuously for close to a thousand years and that supplied the stone for the Taj Mahal. What sets it apart is its calcite purity: it is unusually dense and low in porosity, which is why a Makrana piece holds a crisp carved edge for generations instead of sugaring away at the detail. In this 36-inch murti the stone reads a bright natural white with only a faint warm undertone, crossed by hairline grey veins that no two blocks ever share. The surface is taken to a soft satin polish rather than a mirror. It gathers light without glaring under a sanctum lamp, and it keeps the chisel texture in the blanket folds legible from several feet away. ## Who this murti shows Neem Karoli Baba, Maharaj-ji to the people who came to him, is remembered at Kainchi Dham, the ashram in the Kumaon hills above Nainital that took shape around him in 1964, and in the Hanuman temples that carry his lineage across India and the United States. He is never shown as a lean ascetic. This carving keeps every marker devotees look for: bald and bare-headed, with no turban and no head cloth, a short trimmed grey beard, a heavy-set frame, and the chequered plaid blanket drawn over both shoulders that is inseparable from his image. Both hands rest open in the lap and bare feet show at the front of the plinth. The face is elderly and warm, with the faint amusement that runs through almost every written account of sitting in front of him. ## How the blanket is carved The blanket is the hardest part of this piece and the reason it has to be carved rather than cast. It is worked as heavy, thick-folded drapery falling from both shoulders, with a fringed edge released along the lower hem. That undercut work is done by hand with fine drill points and chisels, because no machine head reaches in behind a fold. The check pattern is then cut across those folds in shallow low relief, so the weave bends with the curve of the cloth instead of sitting on top of it like a printed line. Faces, hands and drapery are always hand-finished at the Jaipur workshop. Rough cut, primary massing, detail carving and progressive polishing are four separate stages, and the last of them is worked by touch with rotary pads rather than by machine. ## Sizing it for a temple or home mandir At 36 inches (three feet), this is a darshan-scale murti rather than a tabletop one. It suits a temple sanctum niche, an ashram hall, or a dedicated pooja room where people sit down in front of it, and it wants roughly four feet of clear width plus a chowki or plinth that brings the base up to about chest height for someone seated. The piece weighs around 25 kg, so the platform is worth planning before it arrives rather than after. Many devotees install it alongside a Hanuman murti, following the pattern of Maharaj-ji's own temples. A different height, a carved singhasan plinth, or a hand-painted polychrome version of the same form can all be commissioned. Send us your niche dimensions on WhatsApp and we will work to them. ## Specifications - **Material:** Makrana White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** White - **Height:** 36 inches - **Width:** 18 inches - **Depth:** 16 inches - **Weight:** 25 kg - **Ideal for:** Temple, Ashram, 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-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-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 Neem Karoli Baba on Takhat 48in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-takhat-48in) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba Ashirwad Murti 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-ashirwad-24in) - [Makrana White Marble Neem Karoli Baba with Hanuman 60in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-with-hanuman-60in) ## 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%20Neem%20Karoli%20Baba%20Darshan%20Murti%2036in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fmakrana-white-marble-neem-karoli-baba-darshan-36in - 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.