The kitchen feeds your stomach and the pooja room feeds your soul. As such, a mandir is an essential part of almost every Indian home. From grand marble pooja units to traditional wooden ones, there is a wide variety of home mandirs you can choose from. But the best designs are ones that fit your budget, no matter how tight. In this article, we show you 14 stunning pooja room designs, all under ₹50K.

#1: A Multifunctional Pooja Unit That Is Perfect for Small Homes

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The partition was custom-designed to separate the foyer from the living room

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹30,000

What Makes This Unit Special

  • The pooja unit is placed against a custom-designed partition with display racks that segregates the foyer and living room
  • Thereafter, our designer placed the unit on a Livspace modular unit that has custom upper drawers for pooja samagri

How to Decorate This Unit

Use the racks to display pooja-related decor items.

#2: A Contemporary Pooja Room With a Frosted Glass Door

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A mandir with frosted glass doors is a great option for modern flats

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹18K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • The pooja unit is wall-mounted which is a great option for small homes. Moreover, this also makes the design low maintenance
  • The unit comes with two deep drawers for storing pooja samagri

How to Decorate This Unit

Since the design is contemporary, keep it simple by hanging a pair of bells.

#3: Traditional Wooden Charm That Is Both Custom and Modular

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Pooja units in wood are a favourite among Indian homeowners

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹20K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • This wall-mounted unit is modular but the doors are customised
  • Wooden panelling matches the lofts in both colour and grain effect

How to Decorate This Unit

Use the space above the storage cabinet to place pooja thalis and flowers.

#4: A Pooja Unit on a Wall Shelf

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Narrow shelves on the wall is an easy and space-efficient way to display your idols

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹27K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • This wall-mounted mandir has a jaali enclosure
  • Apart from the ledge for the idol, it also comes with smaller shelves
  • Moreover, a drawer is added for storage

How to Decorate This Unit

Hang bells around the unit and use the smaller shelves to place idols or diyas.

#5: A Sleek Pooja Unit With a Jaali

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This gorgeous mandir unit comes with an onyx-tile backsplash

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹30K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • This mandir comes with an onyx-tile backsplash
  • The backsplash also has rose-gold T-profiles on either side
  • Finally, the sides are jaali and there is ample space for storage

How to Decorate This Unit?

The backsplash is the highlight so do not cover that space. Instead, you can place lamps, diyas and flowers.

#6: A Pooja Unit With Display and Storage Space

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A pooja unit with open display is great for showcasing pretty lamps

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹23K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • The unit comes with a ledge and both open and closed storage
  • Backpanel with Om artwork accents the ornate brackets

How to Decorate This Unit

Use the ledge and open shelf to display decor items.

#7: A Pretty Pooja Room When There Is No Space for One

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A compact wall-mounted unit with floral motifs to elevate the look

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹22K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • The frosted glass doors reduces cleaning time and the unit also comes with custom shelving
  • The jaali on the sides allows ventilation
  • There is a switchboard inside the unit for lighting up during festivals

How to Decorate This Unit

There is a switchboard inside, so you can decorate the space with string lights.

#8: A Box-Shaped Wall-Mounted Pooja Unit

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Jaali and wood is the perfect combination for a pooja unit

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹32K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • There is provision for a spotlight on top
  • The sleek drawer is great for storing pooja samagri

How to Decorate This Unit

Decorate the unit with candles and flowers or small, hanging bells.

#9: A Vastu-Compliant Pooja Room

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This vastu-compliant pooja room is built into a niche

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹18K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • To comply with vastu principles, this pooja unit is built into a niche near the main door
  • There is a PVC-sheet finishing on the walls, fitted with a backlight
  • It also has a retractable bamboo screen for privacy

How to Decorate This Unit

Since this design is quite ornate, opt for heavy, intricate brass lamps as decor.

#10: A Minimal Pooja Design for Your Home

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All you need is a sleek storage unit to recreate this minimal pooja unit design

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹30.5K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • The design is modern while the decor adds a dose of tradition
  • The low design makes it perfect for people who like to sit down and pray
  • The wall has an interesting texture, and removes the need to decorate the unit further

How to Decorate This Unit

Hang bells around the unit and place diyas as well as decor.

#11: A Traditional and Stunning Mandir Design

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The CNC cut jaali frame around the mandir adds some ‘oomph’

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹11K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • This standing mandir comes with four drawers for extra storage
  • The body is made of an MDF board while the mandir itself has a wood-like laminate
  • The CNC-cut jaali frame looks stunning

How to Decorate This Unit

Use the display racks to place lamps and decor.

#12: A Multifunctional Pooja Unit in the Kitchen

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The soft shade of green of the mandir perfectly complements the all-white kitchen

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹34K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • This mandir has been carved out of a tall unit by adding jaali doors
  • There are two small shelves on the sides inside the mandir

How to Decorate This Unit?

Place small, metallic diyas on the shelves.

#13: A Wall-Mounted Child-Friendly Pooja Unit

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The height at which this wall-mounted unit has been installed makes it child-friendly

Cost of Pooja Room: ₹20K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • The wall-mounted unit is built at such a height so that children cannot reach it easily
  • The CNC-cut designer shutters ensures that children cannot play with the diyas inside

How to Decorate This Unit

You can hang bells on either side of the mandir.

#14: A Compact, Wall-Mounted Mandir Design

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The wallpaper has a pretty Indian motif that serves as a great backdrop for the pooja unit

Cost of Pooja Room: Starting from ₹47K

What Makes This Unit Special

  • This unit has an arched front design and a jaali enclosure
  • There is a provision for a ceiling light and base drawers for storage

How to Decorate This Unit

Try to place this unit on a wall with a wallpaper that has an Indian design for the desi touch. You can also hang bells.

We hope this list of low-cost pooja units under ₹50K inspired you. Also check out 25+ small pooja room designs for your home.

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