# Handcrafted Sagyin White Marble Nilkanth Varni Yogi Statue, 36in

> The teenage yogi Nilkanth Varni carved in cool Burmese Sagyin white marble, japa mala raised to the heart, kamandalu in hand, on a carved lotus plinth.

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**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.

## Who Nilkanth Varni is, and how he is shown

This 36-inch murti depicts the young Bhagwan Swaminarayan in his renowned Nilkanth Varni form: the eleven-year-old yogi who set out alone on a seven-year barefoot pilgrimage across the length of India in search of true dharma. He is shown standing serene and self-possessed: the right hand raises a japa mala to the heart in constant remembrance, the left cradles a kamandalu water-pot, a deerskin drapes one shoulder, the hair is bound in a matted topknot, and the vertical U-shaped tilak with its round chandlo marks the forehead. It is an image of renunciation held with a child's tenderness, which is the reason Nilkanth Varni is beloved across the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.

## Sagyin white marble, and the satin finish

The piece is hand-carved from Sagyin White Marble, quarried near Mandalay in Burma and prized in that tradition for its cool, milky, faintly bluish white. It is softer than bright Vietnam White and never warm-cream like Makrana. Faint grey and cloudy veils drift through the crystalline grain; in the Burmese carving tradition this "movement in the stone" is read not as a flaw but as the living character of the marble, and here it lends the young yogi's skin and drapery a quiet inner glow.

Our master sculptors finish the murti to a soft satin polish that catches temple light gently rather than glaring. The beadwork of the mala, the folds of the dhoti, the tooled edge of the deerskin, and the lotus-petal plinth are all worked crisply by hand. Every surface is smoothed for daily darshan and abhishek, while the recesses retain the fine chisel detail that marks a genuinely hand-carved piece.

## Where it stands, and how yours is made

At three feet on its carved lotus base, this Nilkanth Varni sits beautifully as the centrepiece of a courtyard, a temple veranda, or a haveli mandir, where devotees can circumambulate and offer worship. It is equally at home in a spacious home shrine devoted to the Swaminarayan tradition.

Each murti is made to order by an independent master sculptor in our network; natural variation in the stone's veining makes every piece one of a kind. We handle design guidance, quality inspection, safe crating, and doorstep delivery across India and abroad.

## Specifications

- **Material:** Sagyin White Marble
- **Finish:** Soft polish (satin)
- **Colour:** Natural White
- **Height:** 36 inches
- **Width:** 14 inches
- **Depth:** 12 inches
- **Weight:** 62 kg
- **Ideal for:** Courtyard centrepiece, Temple veranda, Haveli mandir

Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown.

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## Contact Tilak Mandirwala

- Email: info@tilakmandirwala.com
- Phone: +91 92141 72150
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- Store: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/best-mandir-shop-jaipur

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