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The Nathdwara
Nathdwara is Shrinathji's haveli in Rajasthan, a house rather than a temple, with no spire at all. The name is here for its flat crown and the five bays beneath it.
Five bays under a flat crown, with no spire at all. A haveli's shape rather than a temple's.
- Outside
- 152 × 203 × 61 cm
- Wood
- Solid saag or sevan, carved by hand. No plywood, no MDF.
- Fits
- A flat wall 152 cm across
- Made in
- About four months, by sea
Wood
Both are solid boards, carved by hand.
Finish
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Your Nathdwara
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Includes freight, customs and Adelaide delivery. Indicative — we confirm your final price before anything is made.
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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.
Eight to ten weeks at the bench.
Five bays means five arches and five pairs of columns, with a crown that has to run straight across all of them. It is cut in sections and lined up at the bench.
Five feet of wall, and as tall as a door.
It needs 152 cm of clear wall and stands 61 cm off it. At 152 cm across it will not turn a corridor or a stairwell assembled, so it arrives in parts and goes together in the room.
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.