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Where craftsmanship meets stone. Maheshwari Impex creates and supplies custom stone murals and jallis (decorative carved stone screens) in Bangalore — for building elevations, interior feature walls, temple architecture, landscape features, and artistic installations.
Stone jallis are decorative perforated stone screens — carved from sandstone, marble, or granite in geometric, floral, or arabesque patterns — that allow filtered light and air to pass through while creating extraordinary visual texture. They are a defining element of Indian and Mughal architecture, found at monuments like the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, and Humayun’s Tomb. Stone murals are carved, mosaic, or painted stone artworks applied to walls, floors, or architectural surfaces. In Bangalore, both are used for building elevations, interior feature walls, temple architecture, garden features, and luxury residential applications.
Stone jali panels integrated into a building’s elevation create visual rhythm, architectural identity, and a unique relationship with light that makes a building genuinely memorable. Popular for Bangalore villa elevations in heritage neighbourhoods and for distinctive commercial façades.
Jali panels in compound walls simultaneously provide privacy screening, ventilation, and decorative effect — replacing solid brick or plaster walls with a surface that is both more beautiful and more functionally sophisticated. Very popular in Bangalore’s larger independent houses in Sadashivanagar, Jayanagar, and Rajajinagar.
Stone jali screens used as interior partitions — between living and dining areas, or as a foyer screen — create visual separation without acoustic isolation, and fill the space between rooms with ever-changing light patterns. Extraordinary in effect; permanently installed; unique to each project.
Stone jali is an essential element of traditional temple architecture in Bangalore and Karnataka. Maheshwari Impex has an established tradition of supplying carved stone jali, relief panels, and architectural stone elements for Bangalore’s temple construction and restoration projects.
Freestanding stone jali screens in gardens create focal points, filtered views, and architectural character in outdoor spaces. Used as garden partition walls, decorative garden screens, and feature backdrops for water features and planting areas.
Stone jali panels in restaurant and café interiors are increasingly popular in Bangalore — creating private dining atmospheres, dappled light effects, and a connection to Indian craft heritage that immediately elevates a venue’s design identity.
The stone jali — a perforated screen carved from sandstone or marble — is one of Indian architecture’s most sophisticated inventions. The great Mughal jali screens of Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal, the ornate stone lattices of Rajasthan’s haveli windows, the pierced screens of South Indian temple mandapams — all demonstrate the jali’s capacity to transform solid stone into a medium of light, shadow, and air.
A jali creates something no solid wall can: a surface that changes throughout the day as sunlight moves across it, casting constantly shifting geometric shadow patterns into the space behind. In the morning, a south-facing jali throws long geometric shadows into a room. By midday, the pattern shortens and intensifies. By evening, the slanting light creates dramatic diagonal shadows across an interior floor. The jali is, in effect, a clock made of stone — marking time through the movement of light and shadow.
Stone murals extend this heritage into pictorial and abstract expression — carved relief panels, marble mosaic compositions, and sandstone pictorial panels that bring artistic narrative to architectural surfaces.
At Maheshwari Impex, we supply and commission both traditional and contemporary stone jallis and murals for Bangalore’s most architecturally ambitious residential, commercial, and institutional projects.
A stone jali is a decorative perforated screen carved from natural stone — typically sandstone, marble, or granite — in geometric, floral, or arabesque patterns. The perforations allow filtered light and air to pass through while creating extraordinary shadow patterns. Stone jallis are central to Indian and Mughal architecture and are experiencing a strong revival in contemporary Bangalore’s residential and hospitality design.
Sandstone is the most traditional and workable material for jali carving — it allows intricate pattern cutting with fine, sharp edges. Marble is used for the most refined and prestigious applications. Granite is preferred for exterior jali panels requiring maximum weather resistance and durability.
Stone jali prices in Bangalore vary widely by material and complexity. CNC-cut sandstone jali panels start from ₹300 per sq ft. Hand-carved sandstone jali ranges from ₹400–₹2,000 per sq ft. Premium hand-carved marble jali ranges from ₹600–₹5,000+ per sq ft. Contact Maheshwari Impex for a design consultation and quotation for your specific project.
Yes. Sandstone jali panels for outdoor use should be sealed with a penetrating stone sealant before installation and re-sealed annually. Granite jali panels are naturally very weather-resistant for outdoor applications. Marble jali is best used in covered or sheltered exterior positions rather than in full monsoon exposure.
CNC-cut stone jali panels: 2–4 weeks. Hand-carved sandstone jali panels: 4–8 weeks depending on size and complexity. Large marble jali commissions: 8–16 weeks. Lead times vary by current order volumes — contact Maheshwari Impex early in your project timeline.
Yes — Maheshwari Impex has an established tradition of supplying decorative stone elements for temple construction and restoration in Bangalore and Karnataka, including jali screens, carved relief panels, mandapam wall panels, deity frame carvings, and architectural stone elements. Contact us for temple project consultation.
