Swastik Showpiece in Natural Gemstones

A Swastik with each arm drawn in a different natural gemstone, framed in walnut and standing on its own engraved base. The most occasion specific piece we make, and the most natural housewarming gift there is.

Peridot green, pink tourmaline, blue topaz and amethyst take one arm each, with four small citrine rounds marking the quadrants between them. Giving each arm its own colour is unusual, and it is the reason this piece reads as four directions rather than as a single figure. Twenty seven stones, fewer than any other piece we make, each one larger and doing more work.

Placed by hand onto cream suede, framed in solid wood, set on an engraved stand. The swastik is drawn at thresholds, on ledgers at Diwali, and above doorways at a griha pravesh. It is the most domestic of the sacred symbols, which is why it makes such a natural housewarming gift.

Chosen as a griha pravesh gift, a housewarming gift for parents or in laws, a Diwali gift for a family or a client, or for a pooja room, an entrance, a study or a reception counter.

In the tradition, peridot is associated with Budh, pink tourmaline with Shukra, blue topaz with Guru, amethyst with Shani, and citrine with Brihaspati. Five stones for five grahas, one to each arm and the centre. 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.