# Marble Dust Compact Jhula for Laddu Gopal No. 0 to 2, 9 in > Hand-finished marble dust jhula with an empty cradle seat. 9 inches tall on brass chains, sized for Laddu Gopal murtis no. 0 to 2. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-compact-laddu-gopal-jhula-9in **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 swing, and why the seat is empty This jhula is sold on its own, with nothing carved into it. The cradle seat is bare, so the murti you already keep in your mandir, the one that has been bathed and dressed for years, is the one that goes into it. Most marble jhulas on the market arrive with a Bal Gopal carved permanently into the seat, which looks settled but leaves a household with a second Krishna and no way to use the swing for the first. A vacant seat solves that. It also means the jhula keeps working as the murti changes: a family that starts with a No. 0 and moves up a size later re-uses the same frame. The structure is a plain pointed arch on two turned columns, standing on a shallow footed base, with a small kalash finial at the crown. ## The material and the brass Marble dust composite is crushed marble bound in cured resin and cast in a mould. It is the same white as quarried stone at close range, at a fraction of the weight and cost, and forgiving of the thin sections a small swing needs. It is cast at the Jaipur workshop and hand-finished after curing: sanding through progressive grits, edge micro-bevels eased by hand, then a soft satin polish that reads as a low glow rather than a mirror. The chains and the two S-hooks are brass, sourced and fitted rather than made in-house, in a light satin gold that warms the white without competing with it. Brass is the practical choice at this scale: it carries the weight of a small murti, it does not stain the seat, and it unhooks when the piece needs dusting. ## Sizing it to your Laddu Gopal Laddu Gopal murtis are sold by number in India, and the number is the thing to check before ordering a swing. A No. 0 stands roughly two inches from base to crown; by No. 2 it is nearer three. This seat is cut for that band, with a shallow trough about three inches across, deep enough that a seated murti settles into it rather than perching on top. The piece stands nine inches tall overall and about six inches wide, so it takes up roughly a hand's span of shelf. For a No. 3 or larger, ask for the seat and frame to be scaled up rather than forcing the fit; a murti that overhangs the trough will swing unevenly on the chains. ## Where it sits through the year A nine-inch jhula belongs on the mandir shelf itself, beside or in front of the main murti rather than above it, where a hand can reach in to rock it. It is busiest at Janmashtami, when the infant Krishna is placed in a cradle at midnight, and through Jhulan Yatra in Shravan, the Braj monsoon festival built entirely around swinging the deity. Households that do a daily seva keep the murti in the swing year-round and simply change the cloth. Dust the stone with a dry cloth and keep it clear of oil lamps, since soot settles into a satin surface faster than a polished one. Seat depth, overall height and a plain or carved arch can all be specified. Message us on WhatsApp with your murti's number. ## Specifications - **Material:** Marble Dust Composite - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** White - **Height:** 9 inches - **Width:** 6 inches - **Depth:** 4 inches - **Weight:** 2 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/marble-dust-compact-laddu-gopal-jhula-9in.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 - [Marble Dust Compact Bal Gopal Jhula for Home Mandir, 12 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-compact-bal-gopal-jhula-12in) - [Hand-Painted Marble Dust Matki Jhula for Laddu Gopal, 12 in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-dust-laddu-gopal-matki-jhula-12in) - [Hand-Painted Marble Radha Krishna on Jhula (Decor Swing)](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/hand-painted-marble-radha-krishna-on-jhula-decor-swing) ## 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%20Marble%20Dust%20Compact%20Jhula%20for%20Laddu%20Gopal%20No.%200%20to%202%2C%209%20in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fmarble-dust-compact-laddu-gopal-jhula-9in - 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.