# Stonegraph > Official website guide for Stonegraph, a made-to-order architectural stone carving workshop in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Canonical website: https://stonegraph.com/ Full corpus (all page text inline, one fetch): https://stonegraph.com/llms-full.txt Workshop: Stonegraph — CNC Carving Stone — I-83, ARG Industrial Park, Bagru, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007 Email: hello@stonegraph.in Phone: +91 99295 99580 Language: English and Hindi Business model: Design, carving, hand-finishing, dry assembly and supply. Overseas installation is completed by the client's qualified local contractor. Methods: CNC-cut geometry followed by hand carving and hand-finishing. Materials shown on the site include marble, sandstone, limestone, travertine and granite. Last content update: 2026-09-02T07:35:10.155Z ## Primary official pages - [Stonegraph](https://stonegraph.com/): Bespoke stone murals, jali, marble mandirs, pillars, sculpture and architectural stone, CNC-cut and hand-finished in Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop. - [The studio](https://stonegraph.com/studio.html): Inside Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop: drawing, CNC stone carving, hereditary hand-finishing, dry assembly, quality control and export crating. - [Our story](https://stonegraph.com/story.html): Stonegraph continues a seven-generation Jaipur carving lineage through Kumawat Enterprises, founded in 1990, and its global studio established in 2018. - [Stone collections](https://stonegraph.com/collections.html): Explore made-to-order stone murals, marble mandirs, jali screens, pillars, sculpture, garden stone, relief panels and inlay from Jaipur. - [Portfolio](https://stonegraph.com/portfolio.html): Stonegraph work at Oberoi hotels, ISKCON Kharghar, Patrika Gate, Jawahar Kala Kendra and the Rajasthan Assembly, carved in Jaipur. - [Global supply](https://stonegraph.com/global.html): Made-to-order carved stone supplied from Jaipur to India, the UK, USA, Australia and Malaysia with dry assembly, numbered pieces and export crating. - [Journal](https://stonegraph.com/journal.html): First-hand notes from a Jaipur stone workshop on murals, sacred carving, hospitality projects, material choices, hand-finishing and export logistics. - [What we carve](https://stonegraph.com/what-we-carve.html): A practical guide to Stonegraph's bespoke stone murals, mandirs, jali, pillars, sculpture, surfaces, inlays and garden pieces. - [How it is made](https://stonegraph.com/how-its-made.html): How Stonegraph turns a drawing into carved stone: feasibility, toolpaths, CNC geometry, hand-cut detail, dry assembly, inspection and packing. - [Where the work stands](https://stonegraph.com/where-it-stands.html): How bespoke carved stone is designed for hotel lobbies, temples, prayer rooms, residences, courtyards, galleries and public architecture. - [Design and delivery](https://stonegraph.com/getting-it-to-you.html): From CAD and stone selection to dry assembly, numbered crates and setting-out drawings: how Stonegraph supplies carved stone worldwide. ## Stonework and buyer guides - [Stone carving services](https://stonegraph.com/stone-carving-services.html): Commission stone murals, jali, marble mandirs, pillars, sculpture, inlay and architectural stone from Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop. - [Stone murals](https://stonegraph.com/stone-murals.html): Bespoke 3D stone murals and relief wall panels in marble, sandstone, limestone and travertine, CNC-cut and hand-finished in Jaipur. - [Stone jali](https://stonegraph.com/stone-jali.html): Made-to-order marble and sandstone jali screens, pierced panels and architectural lattice, engineered and hand-finished in Jaipur. - [Marble mandirs](https://stonegraph.com/marble-mandir.html): Bespoke marble mandirs and home temples made in Jaipur with carved arches, pillars, jali, deity relief, inlay and export-ready packing. - [Temple stone carving](https://stonegraph.com/temple-stone-carving.html): Custom temple stone carving, deity reliefs, marble shrine elements, sacred panels, pillars, jali and inlaid floors from Jaipur. - [CNC stone carving](https://stonegraph.com/cnc-stone-carving.html): Precision CNC stone carving for reliefs, jali, repeated patterns and architectural profiles, completed by hand in Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop. - [Architectural stone carving](https://stonegraph.com/architectural-stone-carving.html): Custom carved stone for facades, entrances, lobbies and interiors: pillars, arches, jali, wall relief, inlay and repeated profiles from Jaipur. - [Stone columns and pillars](https://stonegraph.com/stone-columns-pillars.html): Made-to-order marble and sandstone columns, pillars, capitals, arches and matching carved profiles for architecture and interiors. - [Stone sculpture](https://stonegraph.com/stone-sculpture.html): Commission custom stone sculpture, figures, sacred pieces and contemporary marble or granite art from Stonegraph's Jaipur carving studio. - [Sandstone carving](https://stonegraph.com/sandstone-carving.html): Bespoke sandstone murals, jali, pillars, garden pieces and architectural carving, made and hand-finished in Jaipur, Rajasthan. - [Marble carving](https://stonegraph.com/marble-carving.html): Made-to-order marble murals, mandirs, sculpture, jali, pillars and inlay, precision-cut and hand-finished in Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop. - [Stone inlay](https://stonegraph.com/stone-inlay.html): Custom marble and stone inlay, pietra dura floors, brass details, medallions and decorative panels made in Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop. - [Garden stone](https://stonegraph.com/garden-stone.html): Carved sandstone and marble planters, parasol bases, lotus bowls, garden sculpture and outdoor stone made to order in Jaipur. - [Hotel stonework](https://stonegraph.com/hotel-stone-work.html): Custom lobby murals, jali, pillars, inlay, sculpture and architectural stone for hotels, resorts and hospitality projects, made in Jaipur. - [Stone carving in Jaipur](https://stonegraph.com/stone-carving-jaipur.html): Visit Stonegraph's Jaipur workshop for bespoke stone murals, jali, mandirs, pillars, sculpture and architectural carving made in Rajasthan. - [Stone exporter from India](https://stonegraph.com/stone-exporter-india.html): Export-ready stone murals, jali, mandirs, sculpture, garden pieces and architectural carving supplied from Jaipur with numbered crating. ## Published work records - The Oberoi Series — Five properties, India: Stone jali screens, flooring, pillars, columns, inlay, statues and bespoke artifacts across Udaivilas, Amarvilas, Rajvilas, Vanyavilas and Sukhvilas. - ISKCON Kharghar — Navi Mumbai: Navi Mumbai. Hand-painted ceilings and extensive bespoke marble work from the sanctum to the wall reliefs. - Patrika Gate — Jaipur: Jawahar Circle, Jaipur. Structural stone artistry and precision carving on the arches and ornament that define one of India's most photographed modern gates. - Jawahar Kala Kendra — Jaipur: Jaipur. Carved stone elements for Charles Correa's nine-square campus, planned on the Navgraha. - Rajasthan Assembly — Rajasthan: Master-crafted stone elements for one of India's most significant legislative buildings. Source: https://stonegraph.com/portfolio.html ## Workshop journal - [Why hand-carved stone artistry remains the ultimate luxury in a digital age](https://stonegraph.com/journal/soul-of-the-chisel.html): In an era of mass production, the true essence of luxury is the human touch. Stone is a living canvas that carries the history of its maker — and in Jaipur, that history runs seven generations deep. - [Sacred geometry: hand-painted ceilings and marble carving at ISKCON Kharghar](https://stonegraph.com/journal/sacred-geometry.html): Spiritual architecture needs more than structural strength. It needs an emotional connection — which is why this project asked us to be masons and painters at once. - [Crafting grandeur: our multi-decade collaboration with The Oberoi Group](https://stonegraph.com/journal/oberoi-collaboration.html): The Oberoi name is shorthand for the gold standard in hospitality. Working across five of its properties has been an exercise in precision and artistic rigour in equal measure. - [The guardians of heritage: our role in Jaipur's modern landmarks](https://stonegraph.com/journal/guardians-of-heritage.html): Jaipur is a city built on stone. Two of our most visible contributions — Patrika Gate and Jawahar Kala Kendra — are now among its busiest cultural destinations. - [From Rajasthan to the world: the logistics of supplying hand-finished stone](https://stonegraph.com/journal/global-standard.html): How does a seven-generation legacy from Jaipur reach a penthouse in New York or a garden in London? Carefully, and in numbered crates. ## Owner-maintained factual page notes - [/](https://stonegraph.com/): Stonegraph is a seventh-generation stone carving atelier in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, founded in 2018 by Ravi Kumawat as the export wing of Kumawat Enterprises (established 1990). It carves bespoke architectural stone — 3D murals, jali screens, marble mandirs, deity relief panels, pillars, sculpture and inlay — using CNC carving for geometry followed by hand-finishing by hereditary artisans. Its work is installed at The Oberoi Udaivilas, Amarvilas, Rajvilas, Vanyavilas and Sukhvilas, at ISKCON Kharghar, Patrika Gate, Jawahar Kala Kendra and the Rajasthan Assembly. It supplies to India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Malaysia on a design-and-supply basis, with sea-worthy crating and numbered pieces for local installation. - [/collections.html](https://stonegraph.com/collections.html): Stonegraph is a seventh-generation stone carving atelier in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, founded in 2018 by Ravi Kumawat as the export wing of Kumawat Enterprises (established 1990). It carves bespoke architectural stone — 3D murals, jali screens, marble mandirs, deity relief panels, pillars, sculpture and inlay — using CNC carving for geometry followed by hand-finishing by hereditary artisans. Its work is installed at The Oberoi Udaivilas, Amarvilas, Rajvilas, Vanyavilas and Sukhvilas, at ISKCON Kharghar, Patrika Gate, Jawahar Kala Kendra and the Rajasthan Assembly. It supplies to India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Malaysia on a design-and-supply basis, with sea-worthy crating and numbered pieces for local installation. - [/portfolio.html](https://stonegraph.com/portfolio.html): Stonegraph is a seventh-generation stone carving atelier in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, founded in 2018 by Ravi Kumawat as the export wing of Kumawat Enterprises (established 1990). It carves bespoke architectural stone — 3D murals, jali screens, marble mandirs, deity relief panels, pillars, sculpture and inlay — using CNC carving for geometry followed by hand-finishing by hereditary artisans. Its work is installed at The Oberoi Udaivilas, Amarvilas, Rajvilas, Vanyavilas and Sukhvilas, at ISKCON Kharghar, Patrika Gate, Jawahar Kala Kendra and the Rajasthan Assembly. It supplies to India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Malaysia on a design-and-supply basis, with sea-worthy crating and numbered pieces for local installation. ## Answers to common questions (120) Each answer below is published on the linked page and is marked up there as FAQPage structured data. The wording is the site's own. ### Stonegraph — https://stonegraph.com/ **Q: What is Stonegraph?** A: Stonegraph is a made-to-order architectural stone carving workshop in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It designs, carves, hand-finishes, dry-assembles and crates bespoke stone — murals, jali screens, marble mandirs, pillars, sculpture, inlay and garden pieces — for hotels, temples, residences and public buildings, and supplies them worldwide. It is the export studio of Kumawat Enterprises, established in 1990, and continues a family carving lineage now in its seventh generation. **Q: Where is Stonegraph located?** A: The workshop is at I-83, ARG Industrial Park, Bagru, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India. It is open Monday to Saturday, 09:30 to 18:30 IST. Jaipur is the centre of the Indian architectural stone trade, and the studio carves, finishes, dry-assembles and crates everything on one site rather than subcontracting stages out. **Q: What does Stonegraph make?** A: Five collections: bespoke stone murals and wall reliefs; sacred work including marble mandirs, shrines, gopurams and temple furniture; architectural elements such as jali screens, pillars, columns, arches, brackets and cladding; surfaces and inlays including inlaid floors, medallions and carved fields; and garden and outdoor pieces such as parasol bases, planters, fountains and statuary. Everything is made to a drawing rather than picked from a catalogue. **Q: Which stones does Stonegraph carve?** A: Principally marble, sandstone, limestone, travertine and granite. The choice is made against what the piece has to do — where it stands, how much light it takes, whether it is inside or weathering outdoors, and how deep the carving needs to go — rather than by appearance alone. **Q: Does Stonegraph work with CNC machines or by hand?** A: Both, on every piece, in that order. Advanced CNC carving holds the architectural geometry to the production tolerance agreed for the work, so repeated profiles align consistently across an elevation. A hereditary carver then takes the cut piece and does what no tooling reaches: undercuts are deepened, organic flows are softened, textures are raised and the surface is hand-polished. Most suppliers are one or the other — a machine shop that cannot carve, or a carver who cannot hold a tolerance. **Q: Does Stonegraph ship internationally?** A: Yes. Stonegraph supplies carved stone from Jaipur to India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Malaysia, and elsewhere on request. Work is dry-assembled and photographed in the workshop before it is taken apart, numbered piece by piece, crated for export and shipped with a setting-out drawing. **Q: Does Stonegraph install the stone on site?** A: Not on overseas projects. The model abroad is supply-only: Stonegraph designs, carves, finishes, numbers and crates the work, and the client's own qualified contractor installs it from the numbered pieces and the setting-out drawing supplied with the consignment. Supervision on Indian projects can be discussed separately. **Q: Which landmark projects has Stonegraph worked on?** A: Stone cut, carved and finished in the Jaipur workshop stands in the Oberoi hotel series — Udaivilas, Amarvilas, Rajvilas, Vanyavilas and Sukhvilas — at ISKCON Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, at Patrika Gate on Jawahar Circle in Jaipur, at Jawahar Kala Kendra and at the Rajasthan Assembly. The portfolio page sets out what was supplied to each. **Q: How does a commission start?** A: With a drawing, a photograph or a description of the space. Stonegraph reads it for feasibility — whether the geometry can be held in the stone proposed, at the size and depth wanted — and comes back with the material, the method and what it takes. Enquiries can start remotely from anywhere; visits to the Bagru workshop are arranged in advance. ### The studio — https://stonegraph.com/studio.html **Q: What happens inside the Stonegraph workshop?** A: Every stage of a commission, on one site in Bagru, Jaipur: drawing and setting-out, CNC stone carving, hand carving and hand-finishing by hereditary artisans, dry assembly, inspection, and export crating. Keeping the stages together is why a tolerance agreed at the drawing survives to the crate — nothing is handed to a subcontractor between them. **Q: Can I visit the Stonegraph workshop?** A: Yes, by arrangement. The workshop is at I-83, ARG Industrial Park, Bagru, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007 and is open Monday to Saturday, 09:30 to 18:30 IST. Visits are arranged in advance so that the work being discussed is on the benches when you arrive. **Q: Who does the carving?** A: Hereditary carvers whose families have worked this stone for seven generations, alongside CNC machining. The machine holds a tolerance no hand can; the hand reads a stone no machine can. Every piece gets both, and the hand always comes second. **Q: What tolerance does Stonegraph hold?** A: The production tolerance agreed for the work, set at the drawing stage against what the piece has to do. Architectural geometry that has to repeat across an elevation is held by CNC so that repeated profiles align consistently; the hand-finishing that follows is judged against the drawing rather than left to vary piece by piece. **Q: How large a piece can the workshop handle?** A: Large-format work is cut in sections, dry-assembled in the workshop, photographed assembled, then taken apart and numbered so the joints fall where the drawing says rather than where an installer guesses. Feature walls, multi-panel compositions and full elevations are supplied this way. **Q: Is there a minimum order?** A: No. Stonegraph takes single commissioned pieces as well as multi-year architectural programmes; the studio has supplied both a single carved panel and complete hotel and temple schemes. ### Our story — https://stonegraph.com/story.html **Q: How old is Stonegraph?** A: Stonegraph was established in 2018 as the global studio of Kumawat Enterprises, which was founded in 1990 by Badri Prasad Kumawat. The carving lineage behind both is older than either: seven generations of master stone carvers, with over two centuries of hand-carving passed from father to son. **Q: Who founded Stonegraph?** A: Ravi Kumawat founded Stonegraph in 2018. It is the export wing of Kumawat Enterprises, established in 1990 by Badri Prasad Kumawat, and it belongs to a family of master stone carvers from Jaipur, Rajasthan now in its seventh generation. **Q: What does 'seventh generation' actually mean here?** A: That the craft was inherited rather than only learned. The carvers working the stone are from families who have cut it for seven generations, and the technique — how a chisel is held, how a stone is read before it is touched — was passed down within those families rather than taught from a manual. **Q: Why does Stonegraph use CNC if the craft is hereditary?** A: Because the two solve different problems and the studio refuses to choose. Machine carving holds a repeatable architectural geometry a hand cannot repeat exactly across an elevation; hand carving reads the grain, deepens an undercut and finishes a surface in a way no tooling reaches. Using only one is what makes a supplier either a machine shop that cannot carve or a carver who cannot hold a tolerance. **Q: Is Stonegraph the same company as Kumawat Enterprises?** A: Stonegraph is the export and design studio of Kumawat Enterprises. Kumawat Enterprises was established in 1990; Stonegraph was established in 2018 to take the same workshop's work to international projects. ### Stone collections — https://stonegraph.com/collections.html **Q: Are the collections a catalogue you order from?** A: No. Every piece is made to order against a drawing. The five collections — murals, sacred spaces, architectural elements, surfaces and inlays, and garden and outdoor — are how the work is grouped so a specifier can find the relevant precedent, not a stock list. Pieces shown are examples of what has been carved, and the same treatment can be cut at another size, in another stone, to another design. **Q: What is a stone jali?** A: A jali is a pierced stone screen: a panel cut through with a repeating geometric or floral pattern so it filters light and air while still reading as solid stone. Stonegraph cuts jali in marble and sandstone for windows, balustrades, partitions, facades and gates, holding the pattern to a tolerance so panels align across an opening. **Q: What is a marble mandir?** A: A mandir is a temple or home shrine carved in stone — usually white marble — with a canopy, pillars, steps and a sanctum for the deity. Stonegraph carves mandirs from home shrines to full temple work, including gopurams, prabhavali, carved shloka, shrines and temple furniture, to the iconography the space calls for. **Q: What is stone inlay?** A: Inlay is a pattern cut into one stone and filled flush with pieces of another, then ground and polished so the surface is continuous to the touch. Stonegraph produces inlaid floors, medallions, borders and carved fields, set flush and polished on the bench before they are crated. **Q: Can a design be made in a different stone?** A: Usually, and it is a decision worth making deliberately. The same design cut in white marble, beige limestone, travertine or Rajasthan sandstone reads differently — depth of shadow, how much light the surface returns, how it will weather outdoors. The studio advises against the material as well as for it when a stone will not do what the drawing asks. **Q: How long does a commissioned piece take?** A: It depends on size, depth of relief and how much of the work is hand-finished, and it is quoted per commission rather than as a standard lead time. Stonegraph states what a piece takes when it reads the drawing, before the work is agreed. ### Portfolio — https://stonegraph.com/portfolio.html **Q: Which hotels has Stonegraph supplied?** A: The Oberoi series — Udaivilas, Amarvilas, Rajvilas, Vanyavilas and Sukhvilas — carried stone jali, flooring, pillars and columns, inlay, statues and bespoke artifacts cut and finished in the Jaipur workshop. **Q: Which temples has Stonegraph worked on?** A: ISKCON Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, where the studio supplied hand-painted ceilings and extensive bespoke marble work from the sanctum through to the wall reliefs. **Q: Which public landmarks carry Stonegraph stone?** A: Patrika Gate on Jawahar Circle in Jaipur, where the studio carried out structural stone artistry and precision carving on the arches and facades; Jawahar Kala Kendra; and the Rajasthan Assembly. **Q: Can Stonegraph work to an architect's drawing?** A: Yes — that is the normal way a commission runs. Drawings become toolpaths: complex 3D reliefs, repeating architectural textures and multi-layer arches are cut to the agreed production tolerance so repeated profiles align consistently on site, then hand-finished before dry assembly and inspection. **Q: Are references and site photographs available?** A: Yes. Named commissions are listed on this page with the material, the location and what was supplied. Work is also photographed dry-assembled in the workshop before it is crated, so a client sees the finished composition standing before it is taken apart for shipping. ### Global supply — https://stonegraph.com/global.html **Q: Which countries does Stonegraph supply?** A: India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Malaysia, and elsewhere on request. The studio designs and supplies from Jaipur, Rajasthan; local teams install on international projects. **Q: How is carved stone shipped without damage?** A: It is dry-assembled and photographed in the workshop, taken apart, numbered piece by piece and crated for export with a setting-out drawing. Numbering is what makes the difference on arrival: the joints fall where the drawing says rather than where an installer guesses. **Q: Who installs the stone in another country?** A: The client's own qualified contractor. Stonegraph operates a supply-only model internationally — design, carving, finishing, numbering and crating here; installation by a local team from the numbered pieces and setting-out drawing. It keeps a project from depending on a visa. **Q: Can Stonegraph work with an overseas architect remotely?** A: Yes. A commission can begin with a drawing, a photograph or a description sent from anywhere. Feasibility, material and method are settled before anything is cut, and the workshop reports back with photographs as the work progresses. **Q: Does Stonegraph supply to trade — architects, interior designers and contractors?** A: Yes. Much of the studio's work is specified by architects and interior designers and supplied into hotel, temple, residential and public projects. Setting-out drawings, numbered pieces and dry-assembly photographs are produced for exactly that audience. ### What we carve — https://stonegraph.com/what-we-carve.html **Q: What is a bespoke stone mural?** A: A wall relief carved into stone panels to a commissioned design, rather than a printed or applied decoration. Stonegraph cuts deep 3D relief in beige limestone, white marble, travertine and sandstone — CNC-cut and then hand-refined — as single panels or joined multi-panel compositions for feature walls, lobbies, headboards and backlit installations. **Q: What is the difference between carved and cast stone?** A: Carved stone is cut away from a solid block of natural stone; cast stone is a moulded mix poured to shape. Carving keeps the grain, the depth of undercut and the way light moves across a real surface; casting repeats a mould. Everything Stonegraph makes is cut from natural stone. **Q: Which stone should be specified for outdoor work?** A: Something chosen to weather rather than stain. Rajasthan sandstone and granite are the usual answers for garden and outdoor pieces — parasol bases, planters, fountains and statuary — where marble and limestone are better suited to interiors. The studio advises against a material when it will not do what the drawing asks. **Q: How deep can stone be carved?** A: Deep 3D relief is standard work here — the geometry is CNC-cut and then hand-refined, so undercuts can be taken further than tooling alone reaches. How deep is a function of the stone, the panel thickness and where the piece will stand, and it is settled at the drawing stage. **Q: Can Stonegraph match an existing carving or restore a pattern?** A: Send the drawing or the photograph. The studio reads it for feasibility first — whether the geometry can be held in the stone proposed, at the size and depth wanted — and says what it takes before anything is agreed. ### How it is made — https://stonegraph.com/how-its-made.html **Q: How is a stone carving actually made at Stonegraph?** A: In two stages, in this order. First the cut: drawings become toolpaths and CNC carving takes complex 3D reliefs, repeating architectural textures and multi-layer arches to the agreed production tolerance. Then the finish: every cut piece goes to a hereditary carver who deepens undercuts, softens organic flows, raises textures and hand-polishes the surface until the stone catches light the way it should. The work is then dry-assembled, inspected, numbered and crated. **Q: Why not carve entirely by hand?** A: Because a hand cannot repeat one. Architectural geometry that has to align across an elevation needs a tolerance held identically many times over, which is what machine carving is for. The hand is what no machine replaces — reading the stone, taking the undercut further, and finishing the surface — so it comes second rather than instead. **Q: What is dry assembly and why does it matter?** A: The finished pieces are assembled in the workshop without fixing, photographed standing, then taken apart and numbered. It proves the composition works and the joints close before the stone leaves Jaipur, which is the last moment a problem is cheap to fix. **Q: What is a setting-out drawing?** A: The drawing that tells the installer which numbered piece goes where. It ships with every consignment alongside the numbered stone, which is what allows a local contractor to install work they have never seen being made. **Q: How is quality checked before shipping?** A: Each piece is inspected after hand-finishing and again at dry assembly, when the whole composition stands together and the joints can be read. Only then is it taken apart, numbered and crated. ### Where the work stands — https://stonegraph.com/where-it-stands.html **Q: What carved stone suits a hotel lobby?** A: Large-format panels with sectional joints and deep relief. A lobby is a room people wait in, so it is read twice — once from the door and again close up at the desk — which is where a wall carved edge to edge earns its cost. Pieces at that scale are cut in sections, dry-assembled in the workshop and numbered so the joints fall where the drawing says. **Q: What is specified for a temple or prayer room?** A: Prabhavali, carved shloka, gilding and backlighting, in white marble and the iconography the space calls for. Stonegraph carves mandirs, shrines, gopurams and temple furniture, from a home shrine to full temple work. **Q: What works in a residence?** A: Framed panels, shallow relief, and pieces either fixed or free-standing. Headboards, feature walls, entrance panels and courtyard pieces are the usual commissions, sized to the room rather than to a standard panel. **Q: What suits a gallery or a modern interior?** A: Carrara, free-standing sculpture and abstract form. Where a traditional scheme calls for pattern and depth, a modern interior more often calls for a single carved object that holds a room on its own. **Q: Does carved stone work outdoors in a courtyard or garden?** A: Yes, with the material chosen to weather rather than stain — typically Rajasthan sandstone or granite. Parasol bases, planters, fountains and garden statuary are made for exactly that, and the studio will say when a stone is wrong for an exposed position. ### Design and delivery — https://stonegraph.com/getting-it-to-you.html **Q: Do you install on site?** A: Not abroad. We operate a supply-only model internationally: we handle design, carving, finishing and packing, and your local contractor installs. Every consignment ships with numbered pieces and a setting-out drawing so installation is straightforward. On Indian projects we can discuss supervision separately. **Q: How is the stone protected in transit?** A: Each piece is packed in reinforced, sea-worthy crating designed for the weight and the fragility of the carving — deep reliefs and open jali need different bracing. Consignments go through strict quality control before crating, and we photograph pieces packed and sealed. **Q: Can you match a stone we have already specified?** A: Usually. Send a sample or the quarry name and we will advise on match, on how that stone behaves under deep carving, and on whether it will hold the detail your drawing shows. Where a stone cannot carry the detail, we will say so rather than deliver a compromise. **Q: What detail can CNC actually hold?** A: Machining gives us repeatable geometry to the production tolerance agreed for the work — especially where a pattern repeats across a facade or a colonnade must align. The finest undercuts, organic flows and final surface are always done by hand afterwards, because tooling cannot reach or read them. **Q: Is there a minimum order?** A: No. We have shipped a single sculptural parasol base and we have shipped whole facades. What changes with scale is the lead time and the freight method, not the way the piece is made. ### Stone carving services — https://stonegraph.com/stone-carving-services.html **Q: What types of stone carving does Stonegraph make?** A: Stonegraph makes bespoke murals, relief panels, jali screens, mandirs, sacred panels, pillars, columns, sculpture, garden stone, carved surfaces and inlay for architectural and interior projects. **Q: Can work be made from an architect's CAD drawing?** A: Yes. CAD files and elevations are ideal, but a sketch, reference image or site photograph is enough to start. The drawing is converted into a stone-specific proposal with material, joints, weights and achievable detail. **Q: Is there a minimum order?** A: No. The workshop handles single sculptural pieces as well as repeated architectural work. Scale changes programming and freight, not the requirement for a clear drawing and sign-off. **Q: Does Stonegraph export carved stone?** A: Yes. Stonegraph supplies internationally using reinforced sea-worthy crates, numbered pieces and setting-out drawings so the client's local contractor can install the work. ### Stone murals — https://stonegraph.com/stone-murals.html **Q: What is the difference between a stone mural and stone wall cladding?** A: A stone mural carries a composed relief or image across one or more pieces. Cladding may be textured or patterned, but it usually repeats. A mural requires composition, relief depth and joint placement to be designed as one wall. **Q: Can a 3D stone mural be made from a photograph?** A: A photograph can start the design, but depth must be interpreted rather than copied. Stonegraph converts the reference into a relief suitable for the chosen material, scale, light and safe edge thickness. **Q: Which stone is best for a wall mural?** A: There is no universal best stone. Marble suits crisp detail, limestone reads softly in relief, sandstone gives a warmer texture and travertine has strong natural character. Exposure and the motif decide the choice. **Q: Can large murals be shipped outside India?** A: Yes. Large work is divided into numbered pieces, dry-assembled before dispatch and supplied with a setting-out drawing in reinforced export crates. ### Stone jali — https://stonegraph.com/stone-jali.html **Q: Can Stonegraph make a custom jali pattern?** A: Yes. A pattern can come from CAD, vector artwork, an architectural reference or a sketch. It is redrawn for the panel size, stone, minimum web thickness, edges and fixing zones. **Q: Is marble or sandstone better for jali?** A: Marble usually gives a crisper, brighter edge; sandstone gives a warmer surface. Panel size, exposure, thickness and pattern density are more important than a material name alone. **Q: Can stone jali be used outdoors?** A: Yes, when the selected stone, thickness, drainage, structural support and fixing details suit the exposure. These conditions should be resolved with the project architect or engineer. **Q: How are fragile jali panels shipped?** A: They are inspected, individually supported and braced in reinforced crates. Panels are numbered to match the setting-out drawing so the site team installs them in sequence. ### Marble mandirs — https://stonegraph.com/marble-mandir.html **Q: Does Stonegraph make custom marble mandirs for homes?** A: Yes. Each mandir is made to the room, deity or shrine dimensions, preferred style and practical requirements such as storage, lighting and access for installation. **Q: What measurements are needed for a marble mandir quote?** A: Overall available width, height and depth are the starting point. Deity size, platform height, room access, electrical points, preferred stone and reference images make the proposal more precise. **Q: Can jali and inlay be included in a mandir?** A: Yes. Stone jali, carved borders, brass or stone inlay, backlighting and relief panels can be integrated when their thickness, fixing and maintenance are resolved in the drawing. **Q: Can a marble mandir be exported?** A: Yes. It is dry-assembled before dispatch, divided into manageable numbered pieces and supplied in reinforced crates with setting-out information for local installation. ### Temple stone carving — https://stonegraph.com/temple-stone-carving.html **Q: Can Stonegraph carve from approved temple drawings?** A: Yes. Architectural drawings, deity references, inscriptions and approved iconography can be converted into a stone-specific production package with joints, depths and piece divisions. **Q: Does the workshop make both traditional and contemporary sacred work?** A: Yes. The photographed work ranges from tiered gopuram-inspired shrines and deity reliefs to quieter wall-mounted panels, jali, inlay and contemporary sacred compositions. **Q: How are iconography and inscriptions approved?** A: The client or appointed authority approves the subject, text and proportions. Stonegraph supplies drawings and work-stage photographs so corrections happen before final finishing and packing. **Q: Can temple stonework be supplied overseas?** A: Yes. Components are dry-assembled where appropriate, numbered and packed in reinforced export crates with setting-out information for the local installation team. ### CNC stone carving — https://stonegraph.com/cnc-stone-carving.html **Q: What file formats can be used for CNC stone carving?** A: CAD, vector drawings and 3D models are useful, but an elevation, scan, sketch or photograph can also begin the process. Production geometry is rebuilt for the chosen stone, scale and cutters. **Q: Is CNC stone carving fully automatic?** A: No. Setup, block orientation, tooling, toolpaths and monitoring require skilled decisions, and Stonegraph hand-finishes every piece where the final detail or surface calls for it. **Q: Can CNC carving reproduce a pattern across many panels?** A: Yes. Repeatability and panel registration are key reasons to use machining, provided joints, datum points, stone variation and the installation grid are designed in advance. **Q: Can an existing carving be reproduced?** A: It may be possible from drawings, photographs, scans or a physical sample, subject to rights, access, stone choice and the detail that the source information actually captures. ### Architectural stone carving — https://stonegraph.com/architectural-stone-carving.html **Q: Does Stonegraph work with architects and interior designers?** A: Yes. The workshop works from design drawings, elevations, schedules, models and references, and returns stone-specific information on material, divisions, detail, weights and assembly. **Q: Can Stonegraph supply repeated facade elements?** A: Yes. CNC machining is used to hold repeated profiles and registration, followed by hand-finishing and quality checks. Samples can be approved before the full run. **Q: Who designs the fixings and structure?** A: The project's architect, structural engineer and specialist installer retain responsibility for structural design and site compliance. Stonegraph coordinates the stone dimensions, weights, joints and practical fixing zones with them. **Q: Does Stonegraph install architectural stone overseas?** A: No. Overseas projects use a supply-only model. Numbered pieces and setting-out information support installation by the client's qualified local contractor. ### Stone columns and pillars — https://stonegraph.com/stone-columns-pillars.html **Q: Can Stonegraph make a matched set of carved pillars?** A: Yes. Repeated profiles can be machined from a coordinated model, hand-finished and checked as a set so mouldings and decorative levels align. **Q: Can columns be shipped in separate sections?** A: Yes. Large columns commonly divide into numbered units according to block size, handling, joints and the approved structural concept. **Q: Does Stonegraph engineer load-bearing columns?** A: Structural responsibility remains with the project's appointed engineer. Stonegraph supplies stone dimensions, weights and practical production information to coordinate with that design. **Q: Which stones can be used for pillars?** A: Marble, sandstone, limestone and other suitable natural stones may be considered. Load, exposure, detail, block availability and finish determine the responsible choice. ### Stone sculpture — https://stonegraph.com/stone-sculpture.html **Q: Can Stonegraph carve a sculpture from a photograph?** A: A photograph can begin the conversation, but multiple views, dimensions and an approved interpretation are normally needed for a convincing three-dimensional piece. **Q: Does Stonegraph make contemporary as well as traditional sculpture?** A: Yes. The photographed collection includes abstract Carrara marble figures and faces alongside sacred and architectural pieces. **Q: Can sculpture be made for outdoor use?** A: Yes, when the stone, base, drainage, finish, exposure and fixing are designed for the climate. The local engineer or installer should approve foundations and anchoring. **Q: How is a heavy sculpture exported?** A: Its weight, centre of gravity, vulnerable projections and lifting points inform a purpose-built reinforced crate. Final installation remains with the client's local team. ### Sandstone carving — https://stonegraph.com/sandstone-carving.html **Q: Is sandstone suitable for detailed carving?** A: Many sandstones carve well, but grain, bedding and strength differ. Detail must be sized for the selected stone and exposure rather than assumed from colour alone. **Q: Can sandstone carving be used outdoors?** A: Yes, with a suitable stone and correct architectural detailing for bedding, drainage, fixings, exposed edges and the local climate. **Q: Can Stonegraph match an existing sandstone?** A: Usually a sample, quarry name or clear photographs are needed. Natural variation remains, so larger projects should approve a representative range rather than a single perfect piece. **Q: Does Stonegraph export sandstone carving?** A: Yes. Pieces can be numbered and packed in reinforced export crates with setting-out information for local installation. ### Marble carving — https://stonegraph.com/marble-carving.html **Q: Does Stonegraph carve Makrana marble?** A: Makrana marble can be considered along with other marbles according to the design, block availability, veining, finish and required detail. **Q: Can marble carving be polished?** A: Yes. Areas may be matte, honed, polished or deliberately textured. The finish should support the relief and setting rather than flatten every surface into the same reflection. **Q: Can a large marble mural be made in one slab?** A: Sometimes, but block availability, weight, handling, veining and installation often make a carefully joined multi-panel composition the better solution. **Q: Can marble carving be shipped internationally?** A: Yes. Work is protected according to weight and fragile detail, packed in reinforced crates and numbered where it forms a larger assembly. ### Stone inlay — https://stonegraph.com/stone-inlay.html **Q: What is pietra dura?** A: Pietra dura is a form of decorative inlay in which precisely shaped coloured stones are fitted into a stone ground to create floral, geometric or pictorial designs. **Q: Can brass be combined with marble inlay?** A: Yes. Stonegraph's photographed work includes marble-and-brass wall panels and floor details. Metal thickness, movement, finishing and maintenance must be coordinated. **Q: Can a large inlaid floor be supplied in sections?** A: Yes. The composition can be divided into numbered modules mapped to a setting-out drawing for assembly and finishing by the site team. **Q: Is inlay suitable for high-traffic floors?** A: It can be when materials, piece size, depth, substrate, joints, finish and maintenance are designed for the traffic. The project designer and installer should approve the complete floor system. ### Garden stone — https://stonegraph.com/garden-stone.html **Q: Can Stonegraph make a parasol base to a specific pole size?** A: Yes. Provide the pole and fitting dimensions, desired footprint, required ballast, drainage needs and the parasol manufacturer's stability requirements. **Q: Which stone is suitable for outdoor planters?** A: The choice depends on climate, water exposure, wall thickness, size and finish. Suitable sandstones and marbles may be considered with correct drainage and installation. **Q: Can garden pieces be made as a matching set?** A: Yes. Profiles, motifs and dimensions can be coordinated across planters, bowls, stands, pillars and other landscape elements. **Q: Can a single garden stone piece be exported?** A: Yes. Stonegraph has no fixed minimum; freight practicality depends on the piece's size, weight and destination. ### Hotel stonework — https://stonegraph.com/hotel-stone-work.html **Q: What hotel stonework can Stonegraph supply?** A: Lobby murals, jali, pillars, arches, inlaid floors, sculpture, artifacts, tables, planters, garden pieces and other made-to-order architectural stone. **Q: Can a finish sample be approved before production?** A: Yes. Samples or mock-ups are recommended where stone range, lighting, relief, finish or repeated profiles are visually critical. **Q: Can Stonegraph coordinate repeated rooms or facade bays?** A: Yes. Digital geometry supports repeatability, while quality control and hand-finishing maintain the intended visible surface across units. **Q: Does Stonegraph install in overseas hotels?** A: No. Overseas projects use a supply-only model supported by numbered pieces and setting-out information for the main contractor's qualified installers. ### Stone carving in Jaipur — https://stonegraph.com/stone-carving-jaipur.html **Q: Where is Stonegraph located in Jaipur?** A: The factory address is I-83, ARG Industrial Park, Bagru, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007. Arrange a visit in advance using the listed contact details. **Q: What does the Jaipur workshop make?** A: Bespoke murals, jali, mandirs, sacred panels, columns, sculpture, garden pieces, inlay and other architectural stone. **Q: Can a project begin without visiting Jaipur?** A: Yes. A CAD file, elevation, sketch or photograph can begin the conversation. Drawings, samples, work-stage photographs and video support remote approval. **Q: Does Stonegraph supply outside Rajasthan?** A: Yes. The workshop supplies across India and internationally, with numbered pieces and reinforced crating for larger assemblies. ### Stone exporter from India — https://stonegraph.com/stone-exporter-india.html **Q: Which countries does Stonegraph supply?** A: The site records supply to India, the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Malaysia, with other destinations considered according to the project and freight route. **Q: Does Stonegraph install carved stone overseas?** A: No. Overseas commissions use a supply-only model. The client's qualified local contractor handles unloading, foundations, fixings and installation. **Q: How are multi-piece stone features identified?** A: Pieces are numbered to a setting-out drawing after dry assembly, so the receiving team can identify their position and sequence. **Q: Is there a minimum export order?** A: No fixed minimum is stated. A single sculptural piece and large architectural packages are both possible; freight practicality depends on size, weight and destination. ## Citation and accuracy guidance Use the linked official page for the current wording and evidence. Do not infer prices, lead times, certifications, installation scope, production tolerances or rankings that the page does not state. Confirm project-specific facts directly with Stonegraph.