A marble mandir for home is essential, especially in Indian households as it symbolizes divinity and elegance. Marble is known for its unmatched luxury and timelessness over the years. Given its versatility, durability, and a sense of purity, marble offers a pleasant aura to your home. This article explores 15 creative ideas and tips to incorporate a marble mandir for home. Discover new styles and decor ideas that could transform your mandir home from ordinary to extraordinary.
Opt for an all-white marble mandir setting for your home, matching the overall white marble theme of the interiors. Adding a pop of bold color to the deity creates an even more attractive aura to the home.
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Designed By: Tejomaya Architects & Interior Designers
Location: Pune, India
Principal Architect: Ar. Ekta Ahuja
Photograph Courtesy: Sagar Mandal
Incorporating marble in the background and adding lighting illuminates the space while worshiping. While highlighting the deity, lights can also underline the magnificence of the marble.
Designed By: Imagine Design Studio
Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Principal Architect: Ar. Ankit Mittal & Jaishree Bihani
Photograph Courtesy: Aashendra Gour Photography
Carve jaali (lattice) panels in your marble, especially arches and frames, to produce unique patterns. These patterns when played with light, create interesting shadows, adding to aesthetics.
Designed By: Vinit Poonia Architects
Location: 723, sector 8, Jind, Haryana
Principal Architect: Ar. Vinit Poonia
Photograph Courtesy: Āvesani Architectural Studio
Include materials like wood in elements like doors, shelves, drawers, etc., The combination of wood and marble offers a traditional and warm look while highlighting the elegance of the marble.
Designed By: Design Studio Associates
Location: Vadodara, Gujarat
Principal Architect: Ruchir Sheth
Photograph Courtesy: Harsh Gajjar & Team
Intricately carve the marble patterns with timeless and nature-inspired floral patterns to add decor and elegance to the stone. Floral motifs add freshness to your mandir while blending function with ornate beauty. Moreover, these artistic patterns offer a wide range of customization and create a royal look for the mandir.
Designed By: Upscale Architects
Location: Swarnamani, Kolkata
Principal Architect: Ar. Pragya Bharati
Photograph Courtesy: Somsubhra Roy
A tiny marble mandir in the garden or exterior of your home creates a pleasant and peaceful environment for worship. This also highlights the marble’s presence amidst other exterior materials of the house.
Designed By: Aura
Location: Shahabad, Haryana
Principal Architect: Ar. Tawish Tayal
Photograph Courtesy: Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
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Create a floating effect in the interiors with shelves away from the floor. This gives a modern and contemporary look to the mandir. Additionally, ensure to choose quality marble that balances the floating effect.
Designed By: NZ Associates
Location: Godrej Anandam, Nagpur
Principal Designers: Naval Zamwar, Yash Jhawar, Parth Jhawar
Photograph Courtesy: Photographix
Minimal designs with plain backgrounds and crisp colors never go wrong. Such designs help you achieve a perfect and modern look with minimal ornamentations, while highlighting the natural shine of the marble.
Designed By: The Mark Decor
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Principal Designer: Khushboo Shah
For small and limited spaces, especially in apartments, designing a mandir that fits in the available space is crucial. Two-tiered marble shelves like these offer a simple and functional look while not compromising on elegance.
Designed By: The ROGUE Wall
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Principal Designers: Kinjal Kothari & Pranali Patkar
Photograph Courtesy: Akshay Mehta
Add a small water body of any kind—fountains, ponds, etc., to add a cozy and aesthetic touch to the marble mandir. This offers a peaceful yet joyful environment to the users and guests.
Designed By: CozyNest Interiors & Desquare Architects
Location: Whitefield, Bangalore
Principal Designers: CozyNest Interiors & Desquare Architects
Photograph Courtesy: B.SQUARE Creative
Add gold accents to the marble in the form of claddings, paintings, deities, etc., It adds luxury and elevates the brightness of the space as well as the marble.
Designed By: Interiors By Ar. Manasi Bhatt
Location: Hiranandani Powai, Mumbai
Principal Architect: Ar. Manasi Bhatt
Add uniqueness to your marble mandir with steps, creating interesting levels. This adds grandeur to the space while showcasing the versatility and quality of the marble.
Designed By: Design Studio
Principal Designers: Sejal Modi, Mayur Pithadiya & Jitendra Singh Matharoo
Photograph Courtesy: Tejas Shah
Decorate your marble surfaces with a variety of ornamentations, accessories, and artworks to achieve a maximal and grand look. This replicates the look of an original mandir bringing a majestic feel to the space.
Designed By: Designers Touch Architects
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Principal Architects: Ar. Rahul D Jain & Ar. Pooja Jain
Photograph Courtesy: Lanchi Jain
Enhance your mandir design with silver backdrops, accents, and minimal marble arches. These blend to create a statement that is rich and eye-catching. The true essence of a marble, moreover could be conveyed with these combinations effortlessly.
Designed By: Zero Degree Design
Location: Surat
Principal Architect: Ar. Harvy Vichare
Photograph Courtesy: Noaidwin Sttudio
Install a separate minimal unit for marble that acts as a mandir. This is suitable for compact homes considering the lack of space and flexibility to position the mandir. The simple mandir in this house is decorated with ornamentations to represent grandeur as well as a temple aura.
Designed By: Prashant Parmar Architect | Shayona Consultants
Location: Shahibaug, Ahmedabad
Principal Architect: Ar. Prashant Parmar
Photograph Courtesy: Studio 16mm by Sahaj Smruti
In conclusion, a marble mandir in a home offers the qualities of spiritual and traditional pleasantness at depth and is extremely elegant. Marble is nature’s beauty with infinite longevity, indicating purity and tranquility and making it an ideal choice for a religious shrine. Its timeless appeal, combined with intricate craftsmanship, makes a mandir a cherished centerpiece in any home, enhancing the sacred environment while blending beautifully with modern or traditional interiors. Thus, the variety of designs that fit a marble mandir makes it a perfect match for any home decor since it blends utility with aesthetics.
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