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1976
Melamparampil Group
Parent · Holding
Kerala
The family business at the heart of every concern in the group — the parent from which Kohinoor Floors, Mel Floorings and Living Stone all descend.
The Studio · Est. 2003
A family in stone,
A family in stone,
since 1976.
Living Stone is the editorial-grade studio of the Melamparampil Group of Concerns — a family business that has been working in natural stone, in Kerala, for nearly half a century. We are sister to Kohinoor Floors and Mel Floorings, and we share a Sri Lanka marble processing unit, an Aluva fabrication facility, and showrooms across the state — held to a single, uninterrupted standard.
50·yr
Group Heritage
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Sister Concerns
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Countries · Operations
1,000+
Projects Delivered
— 50 years 1976 — 2026
"Calacatta — bookmatched"
Carrara, Italy · Block selected on-site
We do not see ourselves as merchants of stone. We see ourselves as keepers of a fifty-year promise — that when a Kerala family opens our door, what they touch, take home and live with for the next thirty years will be exactly what we said it was.
The Melamparampil Family
Living Stone · Kohinoor Floors · Mel Floorings
The Group
Four houses, one family.
The Melamparampil Group of Concerns operates as four interlinked houses — a parent and three working sister companies. Slab, fabrication and installation flow seamlessly between them, under a single family standard.
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Italian marble, granite, granite tiles, marble tiles, Johnson Cera wall and floor tiles, decorative stones — South Kerala's long-standing flooring authority.
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Mel Floorings
Sister · Natural Stone Flooring
Kerala
A specialised flooring concern within the group, focused on natural stone supply and installation.
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2003
Living Stone
You are here · Atelier · Slab Gallery
Kochi · Thiruvalla
The group's editorial-grade atelier — quarry-block selection, curated slab inventory, bookmatching, fabrication and installation under one roof.
The Chronology
Half a century, measured in stone.
Six moments that shaped the group — and the standard we hold ourselves to today.
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1976
A family begins, in stone.
The Melamparampil Group is established as a family business in Kerala. The state's post-construction boom is years away; the family commits to natural stone as the long-game material.
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1983
Kohinoor Floors opens.
The first sister concern in flooring takes root. South Kerala discovers Italian marble, granite tiles and a level of finish that hadn't been seen locally.
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1990s
Sri Lanka — overseas processing.
A marble processing unit is set up at the Export Processing Zone, Mirigama. The group begins importing block and processing in-house — bypassing middlemen, controlling grade.
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2000s
Aluva — vertical integration.
Cutting, shaping and polishing facility at Industrial Development Area, Muppathadom. Slab → floor, all under one roof. A rarity in Kerala then. A rarity now.
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2003
Living Stone — the atelier.
A more curated, editorial counterpart to the flooring business. Quarry-block selection in Italy and Brazil. Bookmatched walls, statement islands, the slab gallery experience.
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Today
A half-century in stone.
1,000+ projects delivered. Four sister concerns. Two countries. One uninterrupted family standard — the same one we've been keeping since 1976.
The Footprint
Quarry to floor, in-house.
Most Kerala stone businesses are middlemen. We import block, process it in our own Sri Lanka unit, fabricate at our Aluva facility, and install through our own teams. Six locations across two countries — every step under our own roof.
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Showroom · Flagship
Kochi
Kerala
The slab gallery — entire collection in person under accurate lighting.
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Showroom
Thiruvalla
Kerala
Residential and architect-collaboration studio for central Travancore.
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Showroom (sister concern)
Trivandrum
Kerala
Kohinoor Floors — Killy, Kattakada · near Pankajakasthuri Herbal Garden.
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Showroom (sister concern)
Cochin · Maradu
Kerala
Kohinoor Floors — Bye-pass Road, near Vyttila Junction, Ernakulam.
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Cutting · Shaping · Polish
Aluva · Muppathadom
Kerala
Industrial Development Area — group-wide fabrication facility.
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Marble Processing
Mirigama
Sri Lanka
Export Processing Zone — overseas marble processing unit.
What We Believe
Four non-negotiables.
Standards we keep when nobody is watching, because the stone outlasts the conversation.
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Provenance over Promise
We name the quarry, the block, the country. Every imported slab arrives with a certificate of origin and absorption. If a dealer can't name the quarry, the slab isn't what they say it is.
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Slab over Photograph
Stone cannot be sold from photos. Veining, undertone, the way light catches a face — these only resolve under accurate gallery lighting. We hold the inventory, not just a catalogue.
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Climate before Aesthetic
Kerala's 80%+ humidity destroys the wrong stone. We'll steer you away from a beautiful slab if it won't survive your floor — and we'll explain why, every time.
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Discretion as Default
Some of our most-prized residential commissions will never be photographed for our portfolio. The client's privacy is not negotiable. The work speaks for itself.
Manifesto
We are not in the business of selling stone.
We are in the business of helping you choose well, once.
Most of what passes for stone in Kerala today fails within a decade. Wrong material for the climate. Wrong grade for the price. Wrong sealer for the season. The work that survives — that you'll pass on to your children — comes from one decision made well, by people who care.
In the Family
Our sister concerns.
For ceramic and vitrified flooring, marble tile work and decorative stone outside our specialised slab gallery, we direct clients to our long-standing sister concern.
Sister Concern · Est. 1983
Kohinoor Floors
Italian marbles, granites, granite and marble tiles, Johnson Cera wall & floor tiles, and decorative stones — supplied across South Kerala. Showrooms at Maradu (Kochi) and Kattakada (Trivandrum), with the group's cutting and polishing facility at Aluva.
Mel Floorings Pvt. Ltd.
Specialised natural-stone flooring concern within the group.
Melamparampil Group
Holding family business of the group, founded 1976.
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Walk our
Walk our
slab gallery.
Bring your floor plan, an inspiration image, or just your hands. We'll walk the inventory with you under accurate gallery lighting and find the right material for your space, your climate and your standard.