Naresh Kumawat — monumental sculpture


THE PHILOSOPHY

Not just craft -a dialogue between devotion and permanence.

Every commission begins as a study of place, story, and belief. What follows is shaped for scale, for reverence, and for the long shadow of time - so that a nation can etch its values into history, and a people can refuse to be forgotten. Sanatan values, meeting modern vision.

At Koradi, Nagpur

Museum gallery with large sculptural forms

At New Parliament of India

Classical marble sculpture detail in warm gallery light
Large marble sculpture in a dramatic dark gallery

MONUMENTAL SCALE

The work is meant to be stood beneath-not merely looked at.

At 369 feet, the Statue of Belief is among the tallest statues on earth. Scale like this is not bravado -it is devotion, made visible from miles away and intimate up close.

6000

Monumental sculptures

80

Countries

369

World's tallest Shiva

03

Generations of craft

Portfolio

Selected works

Samudra Manthan Mural

Monumental

Samudra Manthan Mural — Brass mural · 80 × 9 ft New Parliament, New Delhi

Statue of Social Justice

National & Civic

Statue of Social Justice — Dr. B. R. Ambedkar · 206 ft Vijayawada

Inner Parikrama Murals

Devotional

Inner Parikrama Murals — Bronze Ram Mandir, Ayodhya

Namaste, Namo Ghat

Monumental

Namaste, Namo Ghat — Namaste, Namo Ghat

Ram-Nishad Raj Milap

Devotional

Ram-Nishad Raj Milap — Bronze · 51 ft Shringverpur

Kashtbhanjdev Hanuman

Devotional

Kashtbhanjdev Hanuman — 54 ft Bronze Salangpur, Gujarat

Parshuram

Devotional

Parshuram — 54 ft Bronze Parshuram Kund, Arunachal Pradesh

Koradi Hanuman

Devotional

Koradi Hanuman — Hanuman Ji, Jhaku Temple, Shimla

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

National & Civic

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar — Bronze · Supreme Court of India & Geneva

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Commissions

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose — Foundational Clay Model India Gate, New Delhi

Commission paths

From a single block to a nation's landmark.

Monumental & Devotional

Temple deities and monumental statues conceived for pilgrimage, faith, and permanence — engineered to stand for centuries.

National & Civic Memorials

Leaders, freedom fighters, and martyrs, rendered with likeness and dignity for institutions, cities, and public squares.

Portraits in Bronze & Panchdhatu

Life-size and larger-than-life busts and figures, from national icons to global statesmen — cast to last for generations.

FEATURED SCULPTURE

Rashtra Prerna Sthal-Lucknow

65-foot bronze statues of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee at the Rashtra Prerna Sthal, Lucknow. A tribute to the architects of modern India — each face rendered with the dignity and presence a nation remembers them by. Unveiled by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi Ji.

Commission inquiry
Rashtra Prerna Sthal-Lucknow
Height
65 ft each
Location
Rashtra Prerna Sthal, Lucknow
Opened
25 December 2025 · Drag to rotate 360°. Scroll to zoom

THE LEGACY

Three generations of craft. One unbroken devotion.

Sculptor studio with stone, tools, and warm light
NATION'S PRIDE

Inside Parliament & the Supreme Court

The Samudra Manthan mural in the new Parliament. The Ambedkar bronze at the Supreme Court. The Netaji Bose model at India Gate. Humbled that my work stands where the nation makes its history.

MONUMENTAL SCALE

From 14 Feet to 823

From a bronze bust to the proposed 823-ft Ram at Ayodhya, my studio casts up to 10 tonnes a day across a 9-acre foundry.

GLOBAL LEGACY

Mentioned on Mann Ki Baat by PM Sir

Lord Ram in Canada and Valmiki in Italy - cited by the hon'ble Prime Minister himself. Indian craft, recognised on the world stage.

Sewa

Some works are not commissioned. They are owed.

India's fallen soldiers and unsung freedom fighters sculpted and gifted to their families without charge. A bullet can take a breath; it cannot take a memory. What the nation must never forget, I carve in stone.

370+
martyr memorials
80+
unsung freedom fighters
Memorial statue of a fallen soldier, sculpted in seva

Recognition

Honoured by the highest offices of the nation.

Works unveiled and recognised by the Hon'ble President, Prime Minister, and Chief Justice of India · Featured on Mann Ki Baat · Commissioned through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) · Guinness World Record & Limca Book of Records holder

Hon'ble President of India
Hon'ble Prime Minister
Chief Justice of India
ICCR
World Records
National Honours
Civic Recognition
Cultural Recognition

From the atelier

What the chisel learns.

Field notes on material, memory, and the long patience a commission demands — written between the drawings and the dust.

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03 September 2026

The first six weeks are only listening

Before scale, before stone, before a single drawing — a study of the place, the story, and what the community needs the work to hold.

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03 September 2026

Four generations, one discipline

Matu Ram worked with a hammer and a hand drill. The studio now ships worldwide. What passed down was never the tools — it was the standard.

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03 September 2026

Reading a face before carving it

A martyr's family brings three photographs and a lifetime of memory. Neither is a likeness. What the studio listens for before the first cut.

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Let's get in touch

Begin a commission.

For institutions, temples, trusts, and patrons seeking a work of scale, devotion, and permanence.

Studio

Matu Ram Art Centres Pvt. Ltd.
Plot No. 388, Sector 8, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon 122052

nk@templesmac.com