# Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Compact Shiva Lingam, 6in > Sculptor-carved Vietnam white marble Shiva lingam on a round jaladhari yoni, in a 6-inch home-altar size with a soft satin finish. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-compact-shiva-lingam-6in **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 Vietnam white marble in a six-inch lingam Carved from Vietnam White Marble quarried in the Da Nang region (the Marble Mountain belt known locally as Ngu Hanh Son), this six-inch lingam reads cool, clean and neutral white rather than the warm cream of Indian Makrana. The stone's fine calcitic grain is what makes a piece this small worth carving in the first place: the dome stays smooth under the hand with no sugary open pores, and the narrow rim of the jaladhari holds a crisp edge at a scale where a coarser stone would crumble. A few warm-grey hairlines run through the base, the only marking on an otherwise plain surface. ## The hand-shaped dome and the aniconic form The sculptors we work with in Jaipur shape the lingam and its yoni base from the same block, so the tone matches across the join. Roughing out is done with chisel and drill point; the dome is then worked down by hand against a template and checked by eye from every angle, because an asymmetry of even a millimetre shows on a form this plain. The jaladhari's drainage channel is cut last and taken through progressive grits, finishing at a soft satin polish that holds light without the glare of a mirror surface. No part of the curve is machine-finished. A lingam with its yoni base is the aniconic form of Shiva, with no face, no limbs and nothing that reads as portraiture, which is why it has stayed constant across two millennia of Shaiva worship while figurative styles changed around it. Household practice keeps the piece deliberately small, and six inches is the size most often cited for a domestic shrine, on the reasoning that a lingam kept at home should be one the worshipper can bathe daily with their own hands. The spout of the jaladhari is set to drain toward the north, the customary orientation for a lingam installed indoors. ## Daily abhishekam on a shelf, and larger sizes At six inches and roughly two kilos, the set sits on a wall-mounted mandir shelf, an apartment pooja niche or a desk shrine without crowding any of them, and it packs easily for travel. Daily abhishekam is the argument for this scale: a small copper pot of water, a bilva leaf, and the ritual takes a minute at the shelf instead of a production at a floor-standing temple. Leave a hand's width of clearance in front of the spout so water runs off cleanly, and stand the piece on a shallow tray or a stone slab, because marble marks over time wherever water is left to pool. The same lingam is made to order in Makrana white marble and in jet-black granite, and in larger sizes for a dedicated temple room. A matching drainage tray, or a wider yoni for abhishekam with milk and honey, can be cut to your dimensions. Message us on WhatsApp with the shelf you are working with and we will advise on proportions. ## Specifications - **Material:** Vietnam White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** Crystal White - **Height:** 6 inches - **Width:** 6 inches - **Depth:** 5 inches - **Weight:** 2 kg - **Ideal for:** Compact home temple, Apartment pooja shelf, Travel or desk shrine 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-compact-shiva-lingam-6in.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 - [Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Janeudhari Shiva Lingam, 15in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-janeudhari-shiva-lingam-15in) - [Handcrafted Black Marble Ekmukhi Mukhalingam Shiva Lingam, 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-marble-ekmukhi-mukhalingam-shiva-lingam-12in) - [Handcrafted Marble Dust Shiva Lingam with Nandi Home-Shrine Set, 24in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/marble-dust-shiva-lingam-with-nandi-24in) ## 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%20Compact%20Shiva%20Lingam%2C%206in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fvietnam-white-marble-compact-shiva-lingam-6in - 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.