Jaipur holds the pride of place for availability
of marble articles. The traditional religious images form
the major products and several new items of contemporary use
are also made, such as tea & dinner sets, bowls with glasses
& many tabletop items etc.
Rajasthan has to its credit varied composition
and colours of stones and marble. Makarana city is famous
for its quality marble. It is practically all-purpose and
is used for making religious images, roofing, flooring, staircases,
platforms, tombstones, furniture and show-pieces or tableware.
The white marble is known as 'sang-e-malmal'. Marble is also
available in many colours, ranging from gentle rose and salmon
pink to soft green, from old gold to blazing saffron, from
shy lemon to chaste white. The green spotted copper coloured
tamrastone found in Sawai Madhopur is used in many images.
Dungrapur has a soft shaped stone, which because of its pilability
is used as a substitute for alabaster.
