Handcrafted Marble Dust Composite Lakshmi-Ganesh Pair with Hand-Painted Gold Accents, 12in

Lakshmi and Ganesh seated side by side on their own lotus thrones, each form finished in natural white with hand-painted gold picking out the crowns, the jewellery, the petal edges and the borders of the dhoti and sari. At 12 inches the pair sits comfortably on a mandir shelf, a console table or an office desk — small enough to live with every day, bright enough to hold its own on a Diwali altar surrounded by diyas and marigold. The pieces are cast in marble dust composite: crushed Makrana marble bound with resin, cured in a mould, then hand-finished and painted by the artisan. It is an honest budget-tier alternative to solid stone, not a substitute for it — at arm's length it reads as marble, it is noticeably lighter to ship and handle, and it puts a full festive pair within reach of a first altar or a gifting budget. The gold is applied by hand after curing, so no two pairs carry exactly the same line weight along a crown or a petal. The iconography is kept traditional. Ganesh sits on the devotee's left with the modak bowl in his lower hand, a lotus above, his trunk curled to the left, and the mouse vahana resting at the base of his throne. Lakshmi sits to his right in a fully draped sari, lotuses in her upper hands, one hand raised in blessing and the other releasing a stream of coins over the edge of her lotus. Both thrones rise from a single shared plinth, so the pair reads as one composition rather than two separate murtis placed together. This is the pair people reach for at Dhanteras and Diwali, when the altar is dressed and the household ledger is blessed — but it is equally at home as a year-round desk shrine or as a housewarming gift for a family setting up their first pooja corner. The gold accents photograph beautifully under diya light, which is why this variant has become the festive default at the entry tier. Every Tilak Mandirwala piece is made to order in Jaipur with the independent master craftsmen we have worked with for years. Size, the depth of the gold work, and a plain natural-white version without accents can all be adjusted before we begin. Tell us the shelf you are filling and the festival you are buying for, and we will quote the piece and the delivery timeline on WhatsApp.