MODERN POOJA ROOM DESIGN

                       POOJA IS A SACRED PRACTICE PERFORMED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO WORSHIP, PRAY OR SHOW YOUR DUE RESPECT TO THE GOD. TO EXPLAIN BETTER, POOJA IS AN ACT OF SHOWING REVERENCE TO THE ALMIGHTY THROUGH INVOCATIONS, PRAYERS (LIKE MANTRA, SLOKAS) , SONGS, RITUALS AND SO ON. PRAISING THE GOD THROUGH  POOJA HELPS ESTABLISH A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DEITY AND THE DEVOTEE.

                       POOJA ROOM OR PRAYER ROOM IS MUST BE ON THE MOST AUSPICIOUS AND SACRED ROOMS OF YOUR HOME. BUT THIS "MOST AUSPICIOUS AND SACRED"ROOM NEEDS BE AS PER RULES AND GUIDELINES OF VASTU SHASTRA. SINCE YOU WORSHIP, KEEP RELIGIOUS TEXTS, IDOLS AND IMAGES OF DEITY'S AND OTHER GODLY BELONGINGS IN THIS ROOM, HENCE YOU MUST PROTECT THIS ROOM FROM NEGATIVE ENERGIES.

    DESIGNING POOJA ROOM IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPONSIBLE AND TRICKY ONE. THE POOJA ROOM SHOULD BE DESIGNED IN THE WAY THAT IT CREATES A HOLINESS TO SPACE. USUALLY, THE DIMENSION OF POOJA ROOM WILL BE WITHIN 5FT X 5FT AND SOME PREFERS GODS WALL ART AND SOME PREFER IDOLS.

                             IN THIS DESIGN I HAD KEPT A GANESHA IDOL AT THE TOP OF THE BASE CABINS. THE PURPOSE OF THE CABIN IS TO RAISE THE IDOL FROM THE GROUND LEVEL AND ALSO USED AS STORAGE SPACE. THE OIL LAMP BESIDES THE IDOL CREATE A TRADITIONAL LOOK AND WITH THE HANGING LIGHT IT CREATES MORE ILLUMINANCE.

                            BEHIND THE IDOL A RECTANGLE PLY WAS PLACED SO THAT THE LED CAN BE PLACED AT THE SIDES TO CREATE O LIGHT EFFECT.I ADDED THE WALL ART TO THE SIDE WALLS SO THAT IT ADD SOME SPIRITUAL TO THE POOJA ROOM

                                          POOJA ROOM

                                 

• As per pooja room vastu , north-east corner of the home is the best site for pooja place.
• East and west are second best locations.
• Keep the pooja place on the ground floor.
• In big plots or factories etc. construct pooja Ghar at center; this is very auspicious.
• Keep the idols in east and/or west of the prayer room.
• Place the idols a few inches (at least an inch) away from the wall.
• Make sure that all the idols are always in perfect condition.
• Have two shutter door of high-quality wood for the prayer room.
• Pooja Room can have doors and windows in north or east walls.
• White or light yellow colored marble work in prayer room makes it more auspicious.
• Use white, light yellow or light blue colors for walls of pooja room.
• You can place a lamp stand in the pooja room in the south-east or eastern side.
• If the roof of pooja room is pyramid shape then it’s very auspicious.
• You can place an Agnikund in the prayer room in the south-east corner.
• Keep showcases and almirahs towards the west or south walls.
• The entrance of pooja place must have a threshold.
• If the prayer area is in the kitchen then keep it in the north-east corner of a kitchen; you should face east while praying.
•  What You Must Avoid
• The pooja place should never be in south direction.
• Do not have pooja place in a store-room.
• Avoid pooja place in any bedroom.
• Never make pooja room in basement or first or above floors.
• Do not have prayer place above, below or next to any toilet or kitchen.
• Avoid pooja room or place under a staircase.
• Idols should never face south.
• Do not chisel off the wall to make a place for keeping idols.
• Never keep broken idols.
• Idols should never be directly in front of the entrance door of the prayer room.
• Never keep the idols brought from old temples in the prayer room.
• Women should not enter the prayer room during menses.
• Scenes or photos of crime, battles or of any negative emotions are a strict “no” in the pooja place. Actually, you must avoid them in your entire home.
• Do not hang photos of animals and birds in the pooja place.
• Never have photos of passed away people in the pooja area.
• Never keep a dustbin in the pooja place; it reduces the positive energy of the room.
• No one should sleep in the prayer room (except if the prayer room is in a bedroom).
• Don’t keep the items in the pooja area that do not belong there.
• Never ever – under any circumstance – conceal any money or other valuables in pooja place.