Elegant Door Designs for Pooja Rooms
Here are stunning pooja room doors that aesthetically demarcate spaces
The door of the pooja room not only separates the sacred mandir of your home but also works as an interesting design feature that can enhance the overall look of the home. Most homeowners prefer to have their prayer room within an enclosed space. The doors demarcating these spaces can be simple or can incorporate various patterns and embellishments onto them, such as glass jewels, metal engravings or wooden carvings, so as to create a more formal entrance and set the mood for prayer.
2. Pooja-room doors with jalis
A door can be fabricated with a jali design or lattice screens of one’s choice. Jalis can be made from various materials, such as wood, solid surface or MDF. This is a great way to create an interesting semi-private enclosure for the prayer room.
A door can be fabricated with a jali design or lattice screens of one’s choice. Jalis can be made from various materials, such as wood, solid surface or MDF. This is a great way to create an interesting semi-private enclosure for the prayer room.
However, one drawback of using jalis for the pooja room doors is that the edges of the patterned cut-outs catch dust easily and need to be cleaned regularly. Hence, it is advisable to avoid dense patterns in the jalis of these doors if your home is prone to dust.
3. A half-height door
This is an apt setting for the pooja room in a small home where one doesn’t want the temple to be completely blocked from rest of the home. In this example, the half-height door is just enough to keep the idols out of view. Also, the stained-glass aesthetically partitions convert this area into a vibrant and welcoming space.
This is an apt setting for the pooja room in a small home where one doesn’t want the temple to be completely blocked from rest of the home. In this example, the half-height door is just enough to keep the idols out of view. Also, the stained-glass aesthetically partitions convert this area into a vibrant and welcoming space.
4. Pooja room with glass doors
The use of glass adds elegance and grace along with a sense of connectivity that enables complete visual contact with the deity.
Glass should ideally be used for rooms where it shares its space with a dining or a living room. This keeps a sense of seamlessness without creating visual blockage.
The use of glass adds elegance and grace along with a sense of connectivity that enables complete visual contact with the deity.
Glass should ideally be used for rooms where it shares its space with a dining or a living room. This keeps a sense of seamlessness without creating visual blockage.
In this example, frosted glass provides privacy and is painted with delicate, detailed motifs to give the pooja room a decorative quality.
Note: The doorway of the temple should be at least 2 feet 6 inches wide and 7 feet high. For small spaces that are around 5 to 6 feet wide, it is advisable to opt for double-door shutters that can open out the entire width of the room.
Note: The doorway of the temple should be at least 2 feet 6 inches wide and 7 feet high. For small spaces that are around 5 to 6 feet wide, it is advisable to opt for double-door shutters that can open out the entire width of the room.
5. Doors with bells
This door incorporates a square wooden grid with a brass bells in each square of the grid. The bell decor is not only a miniature version of bells hanging in the temple ceilings but the ringing sound of the bells produced while opening and closing the door infuse a temple-style vibe within the home.
This door incorporates a square wooden grid with a brass bells in each square of the grid. The bell decor is not only a miniature version of bells hanging in the temple ceilings but the ringing sound of the bells produced while opening and closing the door infuse a temple-style vibe within the home.
5. Traditional wooden doors
Give an authentic look to your temple at home with elaborately carved wooden doors. In this example, the detailed wooden entrance door looks like a temple inside the house; it infuses an old-world charm similar to our ancient Indian temples.
Give an authentic look to your temple at home with elaborately carved wooden doors. In this example, the detailed wooden entrance door looks like a temple inside the house; it infuses an old-world charm similar to our ancient Indian temples.
6. Contemporary with a twist
How about looking beyond traditional doors? This door is embellished with hexagonal wooden inlays. Some of the hexagons rotate around a steel rod to open like tiny windows.
How about looking beyond traditional doors? This door is embellished with hexagonal wooden inlays. Some of the hexagons rotate around a steel rod to open like tiny windows.
These openable hexagonal pockets allow one to peep into the pooja room even when the door is closed.
Read more:
A Stepwise Guide to Building a Pooja Room
How to Decorate a Pooja Room at Home
Tell us:
Which door would you choose for your pooja room?
Read more:
A Stepwise Guide to Building a Pooja Room
How to Decorate a Pooja Room at Home
Tell us:
Which door would you choose for your pooja room?
This eye-catching door incorporates cut-outs of ethnic Indian motifs such as the lotus flower and the kalash (a round pot, often an element in puja and temple decorations) in MDF door panels. The gold-toned door adds much richness to this small yet stylish pooja space. Just see how a similar finish is used on the wall art and on the elevated platform to complete the look.