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Kamlesh Shah Designs, Inc. June 13 2012 1 Liberty Way Cranbury, NJ 08512 609 655 9908 Tel 609 655 9909 Fax [email protected] www.ksdarchitects.com

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW______________________________________ 1 of 4____ Project Understanding: Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple (SSBT) of DFW intends to build a temple utilizing various functions and its adjacencies and orientation inspired by Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Shirdi, India. The temple is to be accessible to 600 devotees through one or several entrances and should be able to accommodate up to 1200 devotees. The proposed site is almost a square except the North East Corner which bends approximately 30 degrees to the South with a grade depression on the North West corner. The site improvement will require a 6 feet high brick wall in the North end of the property along the service road. The site improvement shall meet the requirements of City of Plano. The temple shall be designed considering Hindu Vaastu principals and shall take advantage of prevailing weather for both natural energy as well as energy efficiency. Additionally the building shall be designed considering phased construction and future expansion capabilities. The project design will include spaces required for the temple based on the program provided by the temple trustees and other ancillary spaces required for the function of the temple. Some of the spaces are as listed below:

• Main Mandir – 8,000sf • Gurusthan – open patio 16’x32’ • Dwarkamai – 756sf • Chavadi – 756sf • Pujari room (Priest’s work, storage and lay down areas) – 336sf • Kitchen and Dining Hall – 2,800sf • Shoes/Coat Racks/Hand wash and Drying area ‐200x2 = 400sf • Toilet facilities – 400x2 = 800sf • Temple Offices/Gift/souvenir shop and Library – 2,800sf • Multi‐purpose hall with stage (for Classrooms, meditation/bhajans..) ‐ 21,222sf • Priest’s residence (future current classrooms) – 800sf • Exterior landscaped garden with walking paths, benches and fountains



Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW_______________ Page 2 of 4_

• Mechanical rooms – in basement • Storage spaces – in basement • Video/IT room – in basement

Temple Design Approach: The temple is a one story building with a basement;

• First floor area at 22,222sf and • Basement floor area at 21,222sf.

The basement can be built as a shell during the first phase and interior build‐out can follow in the future during second phase. The temple design and interior spaces within the temple are designed based on the principals of Vaastu and the program provided by the temple trustees as listed above in the project understanding above. Orientation and Layout of Building: The temple is oriented such that the main façade and the entrance are facing East. The Main Mandir entrance wall is designed to be the tallest wall of the temple building with high clerestory glass to allow the morning sun shine on Baba’s idol. The main entrance doors are the tallest among the doorways to the temple. There are separate entrances to Dwarkamai, Main Mandir and Chavadi from the exterior. Gurusthan, a raised patio with a tree (NEEM) in the middle, is situated behind Baba’s idol as a symbol of the fatherly figure (Guru) to Baba. There are separate doors leading to Gurusthan from the Main Mandir. The main dome is situated directly over Baba’s idol with smaller domes located at the entrances to the dining and office areas. The temple’s arrangement naturally frames the entrance to create a monumental approach while enclosing the visitors within the outstretched arms of the two wings, inviting and welcoming the devotees to join Baba for prayer.



Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW_______________ Page 3 of 4__ The parking area is located on the East of the complex with the vehicular roadways surrounding the temple on all four sides. A colorful garden decorated with trees, shrubs and plants lines the walkways leading to the temple. The walkways intersect at a large water fountain in front of the temple entrance. An additional walkway surrounds the temple for devotee’s Parikrama. There will be landscaped birm to mass the parking lot from Plano Parkway The temple façade is designed in a manner that the decorative stone/fiberglass ornamentation (“Indianization”) can be applied in the future without impact on the operation of the temple. Interior Space Layout: As suggested on in the Vaastu principles, the main entrance to the temple is designed in a manner that upon the entry by the devotees, Baba’s idol is not visible. The shoes and cleansing area is situated on either end of the entrance with a colonnade of interior decorative columns separating the Main Mandir area from the entrance area. Baba’s idol is situated facing East and located on a raised platform with access to the platform from the sides. The Main Mandir will have a decorative vaulted ceiling with ornamental colonnade. Behind the stage is a Pujari Room in which decoration, Prasad and other ceremonial items can be stored and staged. There is a clear path around the stage (Baba’s idol) for devotees’ Parikrama On either side of the Pujari room are the doorways to leading to Gurusthan.



Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW_______________ Page 4 of 4__ The Main Mandir is flanked by Dwarkamai and Chavadi with their entrances from the Main Mandir as well as from the exterior. There is an open hall in front of both Dwarkamai and Chavadi for devotees to congregate. On the South side of the building is a kitchen and dining facility with restrooms for both men and ladies. The dining hall can be accessed from the Main Mandir via a wide hallway as well as directly from the exterior via a vestibule. Access to the basement facility will be also be provided from the dining area. The dining hall will have natural light and cross ventilation by exterior windows. On the North side of the building will be an open area which can be used as a multi functional space in phase one and can be converted into temple office, library, gift/souvenir shop and storage space once the basement build out is complete. Phase Two: Build out basement for classrooms, meditation room, lecture and performance hall, small kitchen and restrooms.

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