Proper placement of the home temple is what matters in Hindu customs and Vastu Shastra. According to Vastu Shastra, the proper location for a home temple is in the northeast corner.

Your home temple should not have any damaged or chipped idols. Also, your home temple room should ideally not have chiselled or broken walls --- and the idols should not touch the walls of the room.

A home temple is the first place people go to when they are sad, disappointed, angry with life and God, or even just happy when something goes right for them. A home temple, or the Puja room at ...

In some homes, multiple small temples are built, each one for different gods and goddesses. With a temple at home, one has to perform daily puja rituals just like it is done in a bigger temple.

In India – where the home temple, even if it is just a nook in an apartment, is a cultural norm – the idea is evolving.