Mysuru: A 3-feet tall idol of Lord Ganesha, carved by a city-based sculptor, is set to be consecrated at a temple in a village in Nashik district, Maharashtra.

Shilpashree Award-winning sculptor Paramesh Acharya, a resident of J.P. Nagar, Mysuru, along with his sons Sandesh Acharya and Santosh Acharya, crafted the idol from Krishna Shile (black stone).

The team worked tirelessly, completing the intricate sculpture within a month. The idol was dispatched to Nashik on Sept. 6, just ahead of the Ganesha festival.

Following the detailed carving of the Balak Ram idol by city sculptor Arun Yogiraj, which was consecrated at Ayodhya’s Sri Ram Mandir, the work of Mysuru’s sculptors has gained increasing recognition and demand.

Speaking to Star of Mysore on behalf of his father, Sandesh Acharya shared that the Ganesha idol stands 3-feet tall and 2.2 feet wide. It was sculpted at our workshop in Kotehundi on Mysuru-H.D. Kote road, using black stone sourced from Gujjegowdanapura in the district.

“Just two months ago, we crafted a Goddess Chamundeshwari idol for another temple in Nashik. This led to the current order for Ganesha idol,” he explained.

He also fondly recalled his father’s earlier achievement: “My father, Paramesh Acharya, had carved a Ganesha idol in sandalwood, smaller than a mustard seed, which earned him the Shilpashree Award, instituted by Ramsons Kala Pratishtana, in 1995.”