Santnagri

INTRODUCTION
The Santnagri Project was conceptualized as a mega interpretation center for the life and living of the great saints of India. Santnagari shall
exhibit the teachings of the Saints across time, layers of history, religion and region, forming a project of international peace, harmony and
enlightenment. The underlying vision of Santnagri is to create an opportunity and forum to expose people to the life and lessons of the great
saints of India.

AIM
To design an interpretation center of saints and their way of living of all cultures of India and so breaking barrier between different religion and
cultures

OBJECTIVE
• To provide a space where one can understand way of living of sants
• To provide a sustainable environment
• To incorporate biophilic design
• To provide interactive spaces between sants and the learners
• Offer a sheltered space where individuals from different foundations can meet, talk and particularly hear each out other
NEED FOR THE PROJECT
1. To create awareness about our cultural heritage.
2. To propagate the message of the great saints of India, across geography, religion and time.
3. To develop a world class Spiritual Tourism Site in a format that is attractive to the younger generation as well as international visitors.
Santnagari is expected to attract both tourists and researchers.
4. To create a center of pilgrimage to preserve, promote and tell the world about India's high tradition of 'Live and Let Live'.
5. To induce development and employment opportunities in the Sabarkantha are through this Mega Tourism Project.

METHODOLGY
• To know about the living of sants and proposing spaces accordingly
• Implementing biophilic design principles
• To do literature case studies, so to understand the requirements and program

SCOPE
As project is about the living of sants, and has mega infrastructure so from residential to institutional buildings can be designed and
learned. Local architecture of the particular place can be known and implemented.