Home Mandir in Carved Teak - Stepped Marble Platform with Om Panel

Two Levels, So Everything Has Its Place

Anyone who performs puja daily knows the small choreography of it: the principal deities need to be seen, the lamp needs somewhere steady and forward, the thali needs a surface, and the smaller murtis and the day's flowers need a place that does not crowd anything else. A single flat platform asks you to solve that afresh every morning. Two tiers solve it once. The raised back level holds the principal deities at a height where they are clearly visible from across the room, and the lower step in front gives you a working surface at exactly the right distance for everything else.

Both tiers are marble, which is the material that suits this position best: hot diyas, ghee, water offerings and daily wiping leave it looking exactly as it did the day it was fitted. The back panel behind them is carved rather than applied, with the Om worked into the scrollwork itself so the motif is part of the timber rather than mounted onto it, and the gold picked into the carving by hand. Every element is carved and polished by hand by master Indian artisans, and the photographs on this page show the actual piece.

Specifications: Carved Teak Home Mandir with Marble

The mandir as photographed is described below. Because it is made to your order, every line can be changed before production.

• Material and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-polished by master Indian artisans
• Finish: honey teak polish with gold picked into the carved Om
• Platform: two-tier stepped marble, raised upper tier with a lower step forward of it
• Back panel: carved in three sections with a gold Om worked into the centre and rosettes in the flanking panels
• Dome: tall arched shikhar rising to a kalash finial between carved corner turrets
• Pilasters: carved, with slender carved hanging lamps at each side
• Storage: carved drawer and cupboard fronts in the base cabinet
• Base: moulded carved plinth
• Options: alternative back panel motif, mirrored or marble back insert, different marble, additional drawers, canopy doors, jaali side panels
• Finish options: honey teak as shown, or natural teak, mid teak, walnut, dark teak, or wider gold highlighting
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Packing Marble Tiers and a Carved Dome

The two marble tiers travel separately from the woodwork, each laid flat on a full-bearing bed cut to its own size with edge protection at every corner, and both are seated on site during installation. Carrying them separately is what keeps them perfectly sound over a long road journey and lets our team set them level once the cabinet is in position.

The arched dome and its kalash finial stand at the highest point, so a rigid frame guard bridges above the whole roofline and the finial is individually wrapped beneath it. The carved corner turrets and the slender hanging lamps on the pilasters are wrapped and guarded separately, since both stand proud of the main body. The densely carved back panel is faced across its full area with a soft non-abrasive layer, and the base cabinet is crated on its plinth with drawers and cupboard doors immobilised so nothing shifts. Everything is rigid-crated and strapped, and your mandir arrives dent-free with the carving crisp and the marble sound.

Free Delivery Across India and On-Site Setup

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. Production begins once your specification is confirmed, and we give you a realistic completion window at that point. If you are working towards a griha pravesh, a festival or a particular muhurat, tell us the date at enquiry and we will plan the build around it.

Our team assembles the mandir in position, seats both marble tiers and levels the plinth, so it arrives fully set up and ready for you to place the deities. Share your doorway, lift and stair measurements at enquiry and we will build the piece to come in comfortably. Traditionally the mandir sits in the north-east of the home with the deities facing west or east, away from bathroom walls and out of direct sunlight, and our team will help you position it to suit whatever your household observes.

What Is Covered on This Mandir

The solid teak and its joinery are guaranteed for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the entire life of the piece with no expiry. The base cabinet carries both the marble tiers and everything placed on them, so its carcass joints are cut and pinned into solid teak rather than screwed into board, and they are covered for the full term. Termite cover has no end date because teak resists termites through the oils within the timber, which means the protection lasts as long as the wood does.

The polish, the gold in the carved Om and the marble are all serviceable surfaces, which is one of the strengths of how this mandir is built. Marble tiers lift out and new ones go in without disturbing the carving around them. The gold can be restored. The polish can be cut back and rebuilt in place rather than stripped, so the piece can be brought back to new at any point in its life. We do all of it for our own mandirs at an honest price whenever you would like it refreshed.