At Shaligram.com we carefully
select through our professional and knowledgeable team the
flawless lot of Makrana Marble stone to carve beautiful idols,
Statues, Murtis and exotic temples. In the entire process
of selection we reject the Makrana Marble stone which has
waves, different colour fibre and which has rough texture.
the selection process is very complex, but we don't compramise
on the quality even if the prize of raw material is slightly
higher. by carefull selection of good quality Makrana Marble
the idols can be given perfect shape, smothness, polish which
enhances the beauty of the statue.
At Shaligram.com the selected
pieces of Makrana Marble are carefully washed and handed over
to the skilled artisans who have been in this proffession
from the last seven generations. We take pride in mentioning
that these artisans are exceptionally talented and are one
of the best in the world. With their simple tools like chisels
and hammers and dextere hands they convert a simple looking
Makrana Marble piece into an awesome and sacred statue/Idol
of Ganesha, Lors Shiva, Lord Krishna, Maa Durga, etc. Then
these beautifully carved idols are polished to give a marvellous
finish. Polishing the statue actually smoothens the outer
texture of the idols thus adding to more beauty. Every precation
during polishing operation so that the idol is not damaged
and gives a very natural fragrance to the statue.
At At Shaligram.com after the
polishing of the statue is complited, the idol is ideally
painted which gives the realy beauty and charisma to the idol.
The idol is decorated with beautiful dress and supurb jewellery.
The jewellery increases the beauty of the idol manifold time
more. A care is taken that the paint used is of highest quality
and the dresses are elegant and the jewellery perfectly matches
the mood of the idol. For jewellery, we have seprate department
which manufactures mukuts of gems, heavy dresses with gold
and silver designs, which when installed on the murti, increases
the beauty of the statue immensely.
AAt Shaligram.com once idols
are painted and dressed exquisitely, the idols are ready for
despatch. The packing of the idol is of paramount importance
has if the idols reaches damaged to the devotees, the whole
tidious process of carving the idols from a raw stone is defeated.
Hence packing is done by the professional packers in the best
possibel manner. In the packing process the idols are first
given packing near hands and legs and other weaker portions
which are more susceptable to damaged. Then they are raped
with the bubble paper and suitable coverd by thermocole sheets.
There are after they are put into wooden box and tied in the
erect position so that there is no chance of damage to the
idol even if it is not handled properly. Suitable warnings
like "Fragile, Handle carefully", arrow markings
etc. are painted on the boxes. Final shape of the package
is dipicted in the picture.
