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Guiding Design Principles

• In Temple Master Plan, the movement of the devotee
from the outer noisy world cutting across the different
layers to the inner serenity & tranquillity – the deity...

• Inner sanctum or Garbha Griha – the place of the deity is
always at the centre.
• At the centre of the temple, typically near the deity,
is mere hollow space with no decorations, symbolically
representing PURISA.
• LOTUS, being the symbol for many religions - Hinduism,
Buddhism, Jainism, Bahaism and many others and is a
symbol of beauty, youth, life, non - attachment, purity,
spontaneity, passion, love, compassion etc.
• The 5 elements of nature - water, earth, light, wind
& space which are the basics of life to become the 5
defining open spaces of the built Architecture.
• Hence LOTUS became the inspiration for the building
form with 8 as its basic geometry.
• The project being spiritual in its background & context,
the inspirations from temple architecture & planning,
forms the basic design principles.
• The underlying principle in a Hindu Temple Architecture
is built around the belief that “All things are one,
everything is connected”.
• Symmetry driven structure depicting perfect geometric
shapes like circles & squares.
• The daily schedule of the patients and visitors at this
centre is such that they have to visit the various blocks
very frequently resulting in intertwined movements among
the various blocks.
• Since these movements happen throughout the day,
covered corridors connecting all the primary blocks
becomes essential.
• This also leads into an introvert, compact and well
connected layout

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