Ganesh Showpiece in Natural Gemstones, Front Facing

Ganesha drawn face on in fifty three natural gemstones, framed in walnut and standing on its own engraved base. Given at a griha pravesh, at Ganesh Chaturthi, or for a new office, and it arrives certified and gift boxed.

A front facing Ganesh showpiece for a pooja room, an entrance console, a mandir shelf or a desk. The face and trunk are laid in rhodolite garnet, a deep raspberry pink that shifts toward red as light moves across it. The crown is blue topaz with a single peridot at its centre, and one large rhodolite pear forms the tilak.

Every stone is placed by hand onto cream suede, then framed in solid walnut and set on its own engraved stand. Nothing is glued to a printed outline. The artisan works stone by stone, judging each against the last, which is why no two pieces are ever quite identical.

Ganesha is the remover of obstacles and the one invoked before anything begins, which makes this a natural choice for a housewarming gift, a Ganesh Chaturthi gift, a new mandir, a new business, or the beginning of anything that matters.

In the tradition, rhodolite garnet is used in Vedic practice as a stone of Rahu, associated with drive and worldly ambition. Blue topaz is linked to Guru, the teacher, and peridot to Budh, associated with intellect and clear speech. These are traditional associations rather than claims about what a stone will do.

This is an object for a room, not a stone to be worn. Made in small numbers in New Delhi, certified, insured and gift boxed.