Hand-Carved Wooden Pillars, Doorways & Pooja Mandapams
Bring sacred South Indian architecture into your home with our GI-certified pillars, temple-style doorways, and mandapams.
A set of exquisite wooden pillars, recently sold for a traditional interior decor project. The video shows their polished finish and the intricately carved details on the capitals, ready to add structural beauty and heritage to a home.
This video showcases a recently sold decorative pooja mandapam, standing 57 inches tall. It features a traditional dome and pillars carved with Yaazhi figures, creating a complete and sacred space for home worship.
A video detailing the Hamsa and floral design patterns carved into an 8-foot wooden door entrance frame. These intricate details transform a simple doorway into a grand and welcoming statement piece.
About Pillars, Doorways & Pooja Mandapams
For our 8-foot Chettinad pillars, we craft them in three interlocking parts, the base, shaft, and capital, to ensure safe transit. You will need a local carpenter to perform the final mortise and tenon joinery on-site, a standard procedure for these traditional elements that ensures they stand sturdy against your floor and ceiling.
Our architectural elements are built to last using seasoned Vagai or Country Wood, chosen for its strength and ability to hold fine detail. Because we are preserving the traditional Chettinad style, every pillar and doorway frame is chemically treated to be termite-resistant before it leaves our workshop in Thammampatty.
Why GI-Certification Matters
Our work carries the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, which serves as an official guarantee that your piece was created using the authentic techniques passed down through generations in Thammampatty. When you select a mandapam or a door frame from us, you are not buying a factory-made item. You are acquiring a piece of South Indian temple history.
Material and Assembly
We prioritize structural integrity. Our mandapams are constructed from heavy, solid wood slabs, often featuring high-relief carvings of Yaali or floral motifs that are hand-chiseled rather than machine-routed. Because of the size and weight of these pieces, which can range from 15 to 35 kg for panels and up to 68,000 INR for pillars, we use reinforced wooden crates for all shipments. This packaging strategy minimizes damage during transit. Whether you are outfitting a dedicated prayer room or looking for a grand entrance, our pieces are designed to anchor your space with tradition.
Sengottuvel
We are Sengottuvel Wood Carvings from Thammampatty, carrying forward a century of heritage in every chisel stroke. Our work is not about mass production; it is about preserving the South Indian temple carving tradition for modern homes. When you choose our pillars or mandapams, you are choosing authentic, GI-certified art that holds the soul of our ancestors.
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