Telangana micro artist Ajay Kumar creates microscopic Ganesha idol on tip of human hair

Warangal micro artist Ajay Kumar Mattewada has created a 150-micron Lord Ganesha idol on a strand of human hair. The intricate sculpture, featuring a tiny chain and laddu, took about 30 hours to complete for this year’s Vinayaka Chavithi

Warangal: Perched at about 3,000 feet on a remote hilltop in the Bailadila mountain range of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, the three-feet-tall ‘Dholkal’ Lord Ganesha stone idol, dating back to the 10th-11th century, fills visitors with awe and reverence.

The same feeling is evoked when one looks at a microscopic idol of Lord Ganesha created by Warangal’s internationally renowned micro artist Ajay Kumar Mattewada. He has sculpted an extremely minuscule Ganesha idol that sits on the tip of a strand of human hair.

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The idol, an awe-inspiring work of micro art, measures just 150 microns in height and is sculpted on a human hair approximately 100 microns in diameter. Remarkably, even the tiny chain around Ganesha’s neck and the laddu held in his hand have been intricately crafted.

The miniature idol can be seen clearly only through a microscope. Speaking to Telangana Today, Ajay Kumar Mattewada said it took approximately 30 hours to create the extraordinary sculpture to commemorate this year’s Vinayaka Chavithi.

It may be recalled that he created a micro sculpture of Lord Ganesha in a dancing posture on the tip of an eyelash to mark Ganesha Chaturthi in August 2025. It measures just 0.37 mm (370 microns) in height.

Ajay Kumar has already created history by becoming the first artist in the world whose miniature sculptures of Sir C.V. Raman, Dr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, crafted inside the eye of a sewing needle, were officially sent into space.

The micro sculpture, mounted inside a miniature rocket model made of 18-karat gold, was carried into space aboard Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket on July 18, 2026. It now travels in low Earth orbit, completing approximately 16 revolutions around the Earth every day.

Ajay Kumar, who has been dedicated to the field of micro art for over 40 years, has earned national and international recognition. With his latest creation, he has once again demonstrated that precision, patience and craftsmanship can produce wonders in the world of micro art.