[India Today] How innovations are changing our puja rooms

The article titled “How innovations are changing our puja rooms”  discusses the evolving trends in the design and use of puja rooms in Indian homes. Here are the key points:

– **Household mandirs** have become a key design element for an apartment’s overall aesthetics.
– People are investing a lot of effort and money in designing their puja rooms.
– The prayer rooms have changed to such an extent that a visitor might not be able to see the deity in the first place.
– Innovative products like **havan cups** and **dawn-to-dusk wicks** have simplified puja rituals and save time.
– For instance, Bhavna Chaddha, legal head at the Claridges Hotels and Resorts, converted the study of her four-BHK flat in Greater Noida into an elegant puja room with the help of an interior designer.
– Even those who don’t perform puja rituals daily are going for exquisite puja cabinets and corners in their flats.
– For interior designers, the puja room is now as important as the kitchen.
– Items used for rituals have undergone a huge change — from a wick that burns from dawn to dusk to havan cups to incense sticks made from temple flowers.
– Innovations, a changing psyche, and the rise in incomes have changed our puja rooms.

Source: Conversation with Bing
How innovations are changing our puja rooms – India Today.
https://www.indiatoday.in/sunday-special/story/puja-room-design-pooja-interior-designer-havan-dhoop-cups-samagri-agarbatti-products-online-navratri-2526873-2024-04-14.