Indian homes place equal importance on pooja room door designs as they do on main door designs. With diverse and unique ethnic backgrounds, every family strives to reflect their personalities and identities in their designs. These identities can encompass religious or spiritual interests, local contexts, or other personal elements. This series of blogs, featuring 50 contextual Indian pooja room door designs, will serve as a valuable reference for the future. It offers a diverse range of styles, from traditionally intricate carvings to modern minimalist approaches.
The architects ensured that the pooja room stood out as a peaceful and distinct space. Providing a serene and sacred ambiance, the classic door details and traditional patterns overall enhance the spiritual reflection of the setting.
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Designed by: Shraddha Architects
Location: Anand
Principal Architect: Mahesh Patel, Ar. Shivam Patel, Ar. Sheenal Patel, Ar. Siddharth Patel
Photograph Courtesy: Murtaza Gandhi
The door has Indian alterations and can be moved 360 degrees to make the area more spacious, with poufs and storage concealed within the space. To make it more aesthetic and natural, we created the paintings of the divine gods from Rogan Designs.
Designed by: AN Design
Location: My Home Bhooja, Hyderabad.
Principal Designer’s: Nikita Mehta
Photograph Courtesy: Ricken Desai
Symbols representing the characteristics of Jainism are handcrafted on the wooden door. The preeminent design of the door plays an important role in creating light and shadow effects.
Designed by: Studio Imagine
Location: Akota, vadodara
Principal Designer: Ajal Shah
With its awe-inspiring triple-height ceiling, this sacred area is bathed in natural light, creating a serene and spiritual haven. To resonate with the contemporary design of the house, the modern sliding door is more flexible yet also serves the function.
Designed by: Studio West I06
Location: Kalol, Gujarat
Principal Designers: Ar. Yash Khandelwal & Shreya Khandelwal
Photograph Courtesy: 2613apertures
Sitting on the double-height ceiling of the living area with pergolas, this modern, elegant door design features non-transparent glass pieces in a wooden framework. This double-sided hinged door includes a small door handle like a miniature.
Designed by: NEW DESIGNER WEB PVT LTD.
Location: Thoraipakkam, Chennai 600 097
Principal Architect: Ar. Vyom Sinha
Photograph Courtesy: Ar.Balaguru & Ar.Sulthan
Located in the North-East, the deeply spiritual Jain client desired a modern, maximal pooja room design with a modern minimal door that is easy to maintain.
Designed by: Hitesh Mistry & Associates
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Principal Architect: Hitesh Mistry
Photograph Courtesy: Inclined Studio
Functionally, folding doors were provided to make it more spacious. Allowing the designers to freely design this area resulted in a soothing Pooja room that makes it the clients’ favorite area of the house.
Designed by: HV ASSOCIATES
Location: Vadodara
Principal Architect: Ar. Vibha Chauhan
Photograph Courtesy: 26:13 Apertures
Interiors act as interplay, balancing the warmth and solidity of the wooden elements. This circular-shaped pooja room design emphasizes the modern interpretation of mandir spaces.
Designed by: MDC Architects(Mandala Design Consortia)
Location: Manjalpur, Vadodara
Principal Architect: Ar. Mihir Ashara
Photograph Courtesy: Tejas Shah
The pooja door, adorned with printed wallpaper and intricate CNC-cut metal, serves as a focal point, infusing the space with cultural richness and artistic flair.
Designed by: ZZARNA SSTUDIO
Principal Architect: Himanshi Patel & Dipen V Patel
Like the huge arches and small design cut out in the metal screen that make a partition wall between the living and the pooja room, the mandir’s door design replicates the same using a semi-transparent arched glass piece.
Designed by: Inklets Studio
Location: Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Principal Architect: Hiral Shah
This space is defined by the wooden-framed door frame with fluted glass, which opens from the center, making it spacious. The wooden carved jharokha and pyramid-shaped wooden false ceiling are the evidently prominent design features that try to captivate the sacred feeling.
Designed by: Archaic Design Studio
Location: Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad
Principal Architect: Kalpesh Mewada
Photograph Courtesy: Rockbrand Inc
At the heart of this home lies the mandir, a sacred space that instills a profound sense of tranquility and connects to the entrance. Out of four door frames, two are fixed and the others are operable, which are functional.
Designed by: Goldie Kalda Design Studio
Location: Etkheda, Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra
Principal Architect: Ar. Goldie Kalda
Photograph Courtesy: Sudhir Parmar
Double doors in wood, Indian knobs, and fluted glass lead to the double-heighted Pooja room. The skylight area has been kept subtle with a fabric paneling to act as a backdrop.
Designed by: NIRMANAM DESIGN STUDIO
Location: VADODARA, GUJARAT, INDIA
Principal Architect: AR. BHARGAV PANCHOLI & ID.DARSHANA VORA
Adjacent to the dining area and kitchen, this fillet edged pooja room door design features fluted glass and warmth with a wooden door design and bell.
Designed by: Ganesh Design Studio
Location: Monarch Residency, Junagadh
Principal Designer: Bhargav Ladani
Photograph Courtesy: frame13.13
This linear pooja space takes a modern minimal approach, while the wood veneer doors draw inspiration from flora and fauna, with some featuring carved cutouts.
Designed by: Chaudhari Associates
Location: Pune
Principal Architect: Pooja Chaudhari & Akash Chaudhari
Photograph Courtesy: Yogesh Mahamuni Photography
Amidst a color palette of soothing pastel hues for the family home, this cornered pooja space features full two glass doors resonating with the contemporary modern house design.
Designed by: Concepto Studio
Location: Bangalore
Principal Architect: EDWIN STANLEY & ESHA STANLEY
Photograph Courtesy: Nayan Soni
This pooja room has sliding folding doors that have fabric sandwiched between the glasses. The back has been designed with gold leafing detail and onyx on a backlit marble.
Designed by: NZ Associates
Location: Godrej Anandam, Nagpur, India
Principal Designers: Naval Zamwar, Yash Jhawar, Parth Jhawar
Affirming the blend of traditional Indian elements and the comfort of contemporary are the mandir doors and their hardware that create a ‘soft modernist’ aesthetic specific to its function, beliefs, and respect for sacred spaces in an Indian home.
Designed by: The ROUGE Wall
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Principal Designers: Kinjal Kothari & Pranali Patkar
Photograph Courtesy: Akshay Mehta
Considering the client’s unwavering devotion to Lord Krishna, the designer’s thinking naturally gravitated towards the creation of a divine temple space.
Designed by: Lavina Interiors
Location: Rajkot, Gujarat
Principal Architect: Lakshme Rochwani
Photograph Courtesy: Pankaj Anand
Like the neutral color on most of the walls, the foldable pooja room door design matches and blends with the overall interior theme of the house. The doors feature intricate details in dark mahogany.
Designed by: Design Logic
Location: Shantigram, Ahmedabad
Principal Architect: Raj Jhaveri
While this modern home features elegant décor, tasteful artifacts, and colorful fabrics, the pooja room has been kept minimal. The eye-catching teak wood-carved door, along with its frame details, elevates the overall quality of the space.
Designed by: The Line Studio
Principal Designer: Rubi Baid Bhansali
Photograph Courtesy: Spiritwallstudio
Adjacent to the TV console and living area, the design of this pooja room door evokes simplicity while serving its function with double veneer doors.
Designed by: J Design Studio
Location: Gandhinagar
Principal Architect: Jagdish Patel
Photograph Courtesy: Viraj Patel
The inside of the pooja room is accentuated by a fluted wooden panel, which, when paired with the soft white light pouring down from the glass ceiling that connects the pooja room to the rest of the double height, becomes a luxe and befitting home for the gods.
Designed by: House of Ruya
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Principal Architect: Aishwarya Govind
Photograph Courtesy: phosartstudio
When contemporary modern house design is driven by minimalism, the intricate details on the pooja room door can sometimes stand out and elevate the visual appeal.
Designed by: Design Studio
Location: Vadodara, Gujarat
Principal Architect: Ar. Ruchir Sheth
‘Old is gold.’ The designers created the pooja room door from refurbished old doors. To make it more creative, they used all the old materials.
Designed by: An Designs
Location: Surat
Principal Designers: Nikita Dagli Mehta.
Photograph Courtesy: 32 Farvari Production.
Introducing geometric patterns in design details, the temple has been adapted as a design element serving as a separator between the living and dining areas to capture the spiritual essence of the space.
Location: Serenity Levish, Science city Road
Principal Designer: Kalpesh Mewada
The pooja room is concealed behind a wooden door adorned with intricate brass beadings and divine figurines carved in brass.
Designed by: Madhuri Reddy Architects
Location: Andhra Pradesh, India
Principal Architect: Ar. Madhuri Reddy
Photograph Courtesy: Hansoga photography
Translucent doors, crafted from digitally designed glass and sleek black profiles, enclose the pooja room.
Designed by: VAID Architects
Location: Hyderabad
Principal Architect: Ar. Suresh & Ar. Aishwarya
Photograph Courtesy: Sankeerth Jonnada
The pooja room is one of the brightest spaces in the home, featuring onyx wall cladding that showcases translucent waves. In addition to the glass doors at the second layer of the frame, the vertical boxes on either side resemble a contemporary take on traditional pillars.
Designed by: Aakhyaa Design Studio
Principal Architect: Ar. Ketika Nagda
Photograph Courtesy: Sanjay Borra
A serene corner dedicated to the pooja space is elegantly enclosed by two plain stained glass doors. These doors not only provide a subtle, refined separation but also add a touch of sophistication with their translucent, softly colored glass.
Designed by: Design Boutikk
Location: Hulimavu Lake, Bannerghatta, Bangalore
Principal Designer: Rinkoo Gupta
Photograph Courtesy: Anushree Bhatter
Adorn doors with fluted glass imbue the area with serenity and mystery, allowing diffused light to create an ethereal atmosphere.
Designed by: Studio Dasha
Principal Architect: Ar. Rakshith Reddy, Ar. Shanmukh Yadav & Ar. Naveen Habeeb
Photograph Courtesy: volumes
The chief point of interest in this prayer area is a cleverly designed enclosure with a top openable. The semi-circular shape carries ahead from the entrance lobby.
Designed by: Cubix Global
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Principal Architect: Prachi Jain
Photograph Courtesy: Hemant Patil
This dedicated Pooja room features beautiful marble idols of Radha Krishna, Ganpati, and Jalaram Bapa. From carvings on the wooden doors to metal wall art in the backdrop of the idols, the room exudes tranquility.
Designed by: DESIGN STUDIO ASSOCIATES
Principal Architect: Ruchir Sheth
The temple space is adorned with the rich heritage of Indian block-printed fabric from Rajasthan, transforming the sacred atmosphere into a tapestry of colors and intricate patterns. The repetitive door design features teak wood and real brass for legs and handles.
Designed by: Robust studio
Location: Timbi, Gujarat
Principal Architect: Ar. Mrugini Pandya
Photograph Courtesy: Tejas Shah Photography
The pooja room is a space where the clients were particular about the design. The amazingly carved and detailed door of the pooja room celebrates Indian craftsmanship and artisanship.
Designed by: Shreesh Design Studio LLP
Location: Jetpur, Gujarat
Principal Designers: Dishit Parsana & Haresh Parsana
Photograph Courtesy: Nilesh Joshi
Soft, indirect lighting enhances the temple’s aura, allowing the area to serve as a sacred and peaceful sanctuary. The pooja room door design exemplifies a fusion of a traditional element and modern-age material to create uniqueness.
Designed by: DNT Architects
Principal Architect: Ar. Nikhil Bankar, Dushal Thorat & Ar. Tejas Murudkar
Photograph Courtesy: Manthan Yadav Studio
The essence of the design process, embodied in the Fusion Elegance concept, was meticulously brought to life through a refined color palette and the thoughtful curation of materials. The foldable glass doors, featuring a subtle color palette, elegantly complement the pooja setup.
Designed by: Eijya Designs
Location: Sarjapura Road, Bangalore
Principal Designer: Shaily Jha
Photograph Courtesy: Kaarigar Productions
A metal hanging lamp introduces a touch of warmth. The door was left untouched since it’s a beautifully carved traditional, pure Burmese teak door and holds rustic carvings of lotus and tringle with hanging bells.
Designed by: Group Of Design
Location: Rajhans Elita, pal, Surat, Gujarat
Principal designer: Ridham Vekariya
Photograph Courtesy: Frames N Spaces
Walnut wood, symbolizing stability and permanence, can enhance the spiritual atmosphere of a pooja room by bringing sophistication and luxury to its rich, dark tones and beautiful grain patterns.
Designed by: studiorachana369
Photograph Courtesy: Noaidwin Sttudio
A family believer in ‘Radha-Krishna’ was picturing an ambiance full of traditional elements with modern facilities. The aroma of incense sticks and the rhythmic sound of a bell coming from the temple create a vibe, which is elevated through the intrinsic detailing on the temple jaali doors.
Designed by: The Design Code
Location: celebrity green ,surat, gujarat
Principal Architect: Ar. Mohan Suthar & Pavan Suthar
Photograph Courtesy: Bhavesh Raghavani
A spiritual Oriental double-panel door in a pooja room blends traditional elegance with functional design, featuring intricate carvings and motifs for a serene, spiritually uplifting atmosphere.
Designed by: Dimensions
Location: Prabha Devi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Principal Architect: Vijay Shankar Suryadevara
Photograph Courtesy: Shamanth Patil
The operable door enhances access and ventilation, while the fixed panel enhances sanctity. Bells add ceremonial elements, while semi-transparent glass and small openings create a serene, elegant, and traditional pooja room.
Designed by: Antara Design Studio
Principal Architect: Ar. Kalyani Annatharaman
Photograph Courtesy: Vikram Varma
White reflects light, enhancing the pooja room’s atmosphere and invitingness. Its simplicity and brightness promote tranquility, spiritual practices, and mindfulness.
Designed by: Studio Riba
Location: Chennai, India
Principal Architect: Ar. M. Galton Rinaldi
Photograph Courtesy: Hoshpictures
The extremely understated pooja door, articulated with brass elephant handles, added an extra touch of tradition to the room.
Designed by: Yellow Architects
Location: Kothapet, Hyderabad
Principal Architect: Ar. Vamshi Krishna Cherupally
Photograph Courtesy: Volumes
The key design sensibility is governed by the vernacular style of the region, standing as a testament to the significance of handcrafted allure and amalgamating it with contemporary technology.
Designed by: Envisage
Principal Architects: Ar. Vishal Kakkar & Ar. Meena Murthy Kakkar
Photograph Courtesy: Kuber
The pooja is designed with white marble on all sides, white sheer curtains, and glass doors. The veneer cladding that is used for the backdrop of the “Gayatri Mantra” works aesthetically well with the décor of the home.
Designed by: The Design Trove
Location: Begumpet, Hyderabad
Principal Designer: Meera Shah
Photograph Courtesy: Ricken Desai Photography
Reflecting the family’s heritage and also embracing the elegance of contemporary living. The design seamlessly weave elements from the rich tapestry of South Indian architecture into the modern aesthetics.
Designed by: Canwill Design Associates
Location: Kandivali, Mumbai
Principal Architect: Ar. Shirish Kelkar & Ar. Taruni Kelkar
Photograph Courtesy: Ar. Varad Anvekar
Enhance your home or office with this beautiful Ekhasa pooja room door design that radiates positive vibes. Its modern design and exquisite craftsmanship are sure to garner admiration and blessings.
Designed by: Uncut Design Lab
Location: Mylapore, Chennai
Principal Architect: Ar. Subhashree & Sri Ranjani
Photograph Courtesy: BRS Sreenag
The serene setting is perfect for deep meditation and spiritual connection, while this double-shutter design enhances the outdoor mandir space with its inviting warmth and elegance.
Designed by: Red Brick Studio
Location: Aundh, Pune
Principal Architect: Ar. Anil Poduval & Ar. Ankur Kothari
The custom-made ‘Pichai’ panel in the pooja room enhances the richness of the space, while the doors feature a traditional teak veneer finish.
Designed by: PSB Design Studio
Principal Architect: Ar. Prithvirajsinh Bilkha & Mr. Manvendrasinh Jadeja
Photograph Courtesy: Dhrupad Shukla
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