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Compact · On a shelf or a bench. For a flat or a first home.

The Lalbaug

Lalbaugcha Raja is the Ganesha of Lalbaug, a market area of Mumbai. This piece carries the name because Ganesha is carved into its crest arch.

The smallest size we make, with a figure cut into the crest above the bay.

Outside
76 × 114 × 38 cm
Wood
Solid saag or sevan, carved by hand. No plywood, no MDF.
Fits
A flat wall 76 cm across
Made in
About four months, by sea
The LalbaugNatural Matte on saag (teak) · no extras
$1,390No extras

Wood

Both are solid boards, carved by hand.

Finish

Same price whichever you choose. The image on the left changes with it.

Fitted before it ships

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Your Lalbaug

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Total$1,390

Includes freight, customs and Adelaide delivery. Indicative — we confirm your final price before anything is made.

Place an order

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From order to your door

Your piece is carved for you. That takes about four months.

Pieces leave Ahmedabad by sea on a sailing we book for you. We send photographs at four points: when the order is confirmed, when carving starts, when it is finished, and when it is on the ship.

Next sailings
Order by 12 Octobersails 1 Novemberdelivered late February
Order by 9 Novembersails 1 Decemberdelivered late March
Order by 14 Decembersails 5 Januarydelivered late April
The craft

Eight to ten weeks at the bench.

The crest arch is where the work is. Ganesha is drawn onto the board from the workshop's own template, then cut with chisel and mallet on the floor. The same drawing is used for every Lalbaug, so what you saw is what gets cut.

In your home

Narrower than a doorway, and waist-high.

It needs 76 cm of clear wall and stands 38 cm off it. Compact pieces are made for a bench or a low shelf rather than the floor, so measure from the surface it will sit on, not from the carpet.

A mandir belongs in the north-east corner of the home — the ishan kon. Where that corner is not free, an east or north wall does. You face east to pray, so the murti faces back west.

This is the same for every piece we make, so it is said once here rather than on each one.