The Temple of Steps in Nandyal, India designed by Sameep Padora & Associates features two tower-topped shrines made of local black limestone arranged around a central moat, along with an elongated building containing facilities and quarters, reinterpreting traditional Hindu temple designs. The complex also includes a water tank next to the temples following historic precedents of addressing the shrines and bathing pond at the entry.
The Temple of Steps in Nandyal, India designed by Sameep Padora & Associates features two tower-topped shrines made of local black limestone arranged around a central moat, along with an elongated building containing facilities and quarters, reinterpreting traditional Hindu temple designs. The complex also includes a water tank next to the temples following historic precedents of addressing the shrines and bathing pond at the entry.
The Temple of Steps in Nandyal, India designed by Sameep Padora & Associates features two tower-topped shrines made of local black limestone arranged around a central moat, along with an elongated building containing facilities and quarters, reinterpreting traditional Hindu temple designs. The complex also includes a water tank next to the temples following historic precedents of addressing the shrines and bathing pond at the entry.
The Temple of Steps in Nandyal, India designed by Sameep Padora & Associates features two tower-topped shrines made of local black limestone arranged around a central moat, along with an elongated building containing facilities and quarters, reinterpreting traditional Hindu temple designs. The complex also includes a water tank next to the temples following historic precedents of addressing the shrines and bathing pond at the entry.
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Temple of steps by Sameep Padora & Associates Nandyal
Sameep Padora & Associates has designed a Hindu temple complex partially surrounded by a moat for the village of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The architecture studio created the stepped temples from local black limestone slabs to create a modern take on the traditional Hindu temple forms
The complex contains two tower-topped shrines, along with an elongated building that contains a kitchen for preparing offerings, public toilets and the priest's quarters. Alongside the temples is a water tank, known as a Pushkarini.
"The planning of our temple carries forward the historic precedent of temple plans which addresses the two shrines and the bathing pond for the deity at the entry,"
