# Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Khatu Shyam Ji Seated Singhasan Murti, 18in > Shyam Baba seated in darshan on a carved singhasan throne, made to order in cool white Vietnam marble at 18 inches. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-khatu-shyam-seated-singhasan-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. ## Shyam Baba seated in darshan Khatu Shyam Ji is Barbarika, son of Ghatotkacha and grandson of Bhima, who gave his head in daan before the Mahabharata war and was blessed by Krishna to be worshipped through Kali Yuga by Krishna's own name. Because that story belongs to a youth, the murti is carved young: a boyish, beardless face, softly rounded cheeks and the steady half-smile that devotees at Khatu know as Haare ka Sahara, the support of the defeated. This piece shows him seated in full darshan on a singhasan, the right hand raised in ashirwad and the left resting easy on the knee, both feet forward on the lotus step of the throne. The identifying marks are carved rather than painted on: a tall mukut crowned with a single peacock plume, the vertical tilak on the forehead, and two long garlands falling to the waist. There is no flute in these hands. The flute belongs to Krishna's own iconography, and Shyam Baba is shown here giving blessing. ## The singhasan and the aureole The throne is cut from the same block as the figure rather than assembled from parts, so the scrolled armrests, the pillared sides and the moulded seat read as one continuous run of stone. Behind the shoulders rises a carved prabhavali, a lotus-petal aureole worked in fine concentric bands, which is what gives an 18-inch murti the presence of a shrine instead of a shelf figure. The lotus-petal base underneath keeps the feet raised clear of whatever surface the murti stands on, the way a murti is meant to sit. ## Vietnam white marble, softly polished Vietnam white marble is a bright, cool, neutral white, cleaner and less creamy than Makrana, with a fine crystalline grain and very little veining. It takes a soft satin polish that glows under a diya instead of throwing a hard mirror reflection, which suits a murti that will be dressed, garlanded and touched daily. At 18 inches tall and roughly 40 kg, the piece is sized for a home mandir shelf or a wall niche, and it takes two people to lift into place. ## Make it yours Every piece is made to order. Tell us the height your mandir will take, whether you want the aureole left plain or deep-carved, and whether the tilak, the plume and the garland edges should be picked out in colour or left as bare stone. We design the brief with you, hand it to the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur, and follow the work through to your door. A commission at this size runs about eight to twelve weeks. If your date is tighter than that, ask us before you settle for another size: the sculptors we work with sometimes have a piece already carved, and we will send you photographs of the actual statue. ## Specifications - **Material:** Vietnam White Marble - **Finish:** Soft polish (satin) - **Colour:** Natural White - **Height:** 18 inches - **Width:** 11 inches - **Depth:** 9 inches - **Weight:** 40 kg - **Ideal for:** home temple, pooja room, gifting to a Shyam Baba devotee 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-khatu-shyam-seated-singhasan-18in.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 Khatu Shyam Ji Murli Form Murti, 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-khatu-shyam-murli-form-12in) - [Handcrafted Vietnam White Marble Barbarika on the Blue Horse Murti, 18in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/vietnam-white-marble-barbarika-leela-ghoda-18in) - [Handcrafted Makrana White Marble Khatu Shyam Ji Shish Darshan Murti, 12in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-khatu-shyam-shish-darshan-12in) ## 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%20Khatu%20Shyam%20Ji%20Seated%20Singhasan%20Murti%2C%2018in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fvietnam-white-marble-khatu-shyam-seated-singhasan-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.