Paxal Marbles & Granites

Paxal Marbles & Granites is situated at No. 106/7, right near the Kodigehalli Gate at the 5th Mile on Bellary Road. It’s a spot where the traffic never seems to stop, with everyone heading toward the airport or back into the city. Our yard is right in the middle of all that movement. We have these big slabs of marble standing in rows, and they look like giant books waiting to be read. The granite is stacked near the back. Because we are so close to the main road, everything gets covered in a layer of grey soot from the buses, so we spend half our morning with a water hose washing down the slabs so people can actually see the colors. It’s heavy work, and we use a lot of iron bars and rollers to get the stone onto the trucks. Our little office cabin is mostly used for storing our lunch boxes and the ledger. There isn't much ceremony here; we just show people what we have in stock. The sun can get really brutal in the afternoons, reflecting off the polished surfaces, so we usually wear caps and try to stay in the shade of the bigger stacks. We know the other shop owners around here, and we all complain about the same traffic problems. It’s just a regular yard where we do regular work, keeping the stone moving from the trucks to the customers' sites.