# Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Chhatri-Canopy Tabletop Mandir, 18in > Hand-carved Vietnam white marble chhatri mandir, an open four-pillar canopy on a stepped plinth, 18 inches for a shelf or a desk. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-chhatri-canopy-tabletop-mandir-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 chhatri form A chhatri is an open pavilion with four pillars, no walls and a raised roof, and it sits on cenotaphs, palace rooflines and garden walls across Rajasthan, from the Gaitore memorials outside Jaipur to the terraces of Jodhpur. Shrunk to 18 inches it becomes a mandir with nothing enclosing it: four lathe-turned pillars carry a cusped arch on each face, the roof steps up in carved tiers to a lotus-bud kalash, and the whole thing rests on a moulded plinth with a scroll-relief band running around the front. The open plan is the point. A murti placed inside stays visible from every angle instead of being framed by a single doorway, an aarti flame has somewhere to go, and the piece reads light on a shelf that already holds books and photographs. There are no doors to swing open in a narrow room. ## The stone Vietnam White Marble is quarried in Thanh Hoa province and has been a standard export stone since the 2000s. It comes out a cool, near-neutral white with a fine crystalline grain and only hairline warm-grey veining, usually under three percent of any given face. That uniformity earns its place on a small piece. At 18 inches the carving sits at arm's length on a shelf, close enough that a strong vein pattern would cut across the scroll bands and the fluting on the pillars rather than sit quietly behind them. A calm stone lets the relief read. The finish is a soft polish, satin rather than mirror. It holds a low, even sheen that will not throw a hard spot of lamplight back at you across a small room, and it leaves the chisel texture on the roof tiers and the arch spandrels legible instead of flattening it under gloss. ## Sizing it for an apartment Eighteen inches tall, roughly ten wide and eight deep, and about 22 kg. That footprint clears a standard 12-inch shelf, a study-desk corner, or the top of a low chest of drawers. The opening under the canopy takes a murti of about six to eight inches, such as a Laddu Gopal, a small Ganesha or a framed photograph of a guru. Weight is the thing to settle before it arrives. Twenty-two kilos of marble wants a surface that will not flex: a solid wood shelf, a stone counter, a wall unit rated for it. A floating shelf on drywall anchors is not the place for it. Leave four or five inches of clear air above the kalash so the finial is not crowded by whatever sits above. Traditional placement puts the mandir in the north-east of a room with the murti facing east or west. The temple ships without a deity, so you install your own. ## Make it yours Every piece is made to order, so 18 inches is a starting point rather than a fixed spec. The same chhatri can be cut at 12 inches for a desk or taken up to 30 for a console, given a closed back panel if you want the murti framed against stone rather than the wall, fitted with pierced jali between the rear pillars, or carved with a family name along the plinth moulding. It can also be worked in Makrana white marble, black stone, Dholpur pink sandstone, or cast marble dust if the room or the budget asks for a different colour. We design the piece with you, brief the sculptor, and follow the work from the first drawing through to delivery at your door. The carving itself is done by the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur. Send us the shelf measurement and the murti you plan to place, and we will size it around both. ## Specifications - **Material:** Vietnam White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** White - **Height:** 18 inches - **Width:** 10 inches - **Depth:** 8 inches - **Weight:** 22 kg - **Ideal for:** apartment mandir, desk shrine, small spaces 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/vietnam-white-marble-chhatri-canopy-tabletop-mandir-18in.webp (primary, concept render) All media is public and CORS-open — fetch directly, no signing or proxy needed. ## Part of - [Temples](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-temples) ## Related pieces - [Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Corner Mandir with Gold-Leaf Shikhar, 48in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-corner-mandir-gold-leaf-shikhar-48in) - [Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Double-Door Jali Home Mandir with Backlit Rear Panel, 42in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-double-door-jali-home-mandir-backlit-42in) - [Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Triple-Dome Floor Mandir with Inlay Borders, 60in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-triple-dome-floor-mandir-inlay-borders-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%20Handcrafted%20Vietnam%20White%20Marble%20Chhatri-Canopy%20Tabletop%20Mandir%2C%2018in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fvietnam-white-marble-chhatri-canopy-tabletop-mandir-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.