The Vision‑Driven Purchase
Today, actress Anuradha Paudwal gave a televised tour of her newly renovated Mumbai bungalow, highlighting a private temple whose ornate golden doors were donated by a Bali devotee. The temple’s cross‑cultural décor, featuring Thai lion statues and Balinese craftsmanship, exemplifies a growing trend of personalized spiritual spaces within urban Indian residences. The temple’s ornate golden doors and panels were gifted by a Bali devotee, and its entrance is guarded by two lion statues imported from Thailand.
- •Anuradha Paudwal’s Khar Home: A Private Temple Reflecting India’s Cultural Diplomacy
Anuradha Paudwal’s Khar Home: A Private Temple Reflecting India’s Cultural Diplomacy
Anuradha Paudwal, the 71‑year‑old veteran playback singer, bought a duplex in Mumbai’s Khar neighbourhood in the early 2000s after a vision of the goddess Maa Kali. She later remodelled the flat, adding extra windows and filling it with paintings, Buddha statues and artefacts from Bali and Thailand, turning the residence into a personal sanctuary that mirrors India’s broader cultural‑heritage narrative.
The singer recounts that a prayer at the nearby Gayatri Temple revealed the exact spot where a house would appear. When a real‑estate agent offered a flat on that very plot, she accepted within minutes.
- ▸The duplex was purchased in the early 2000s, before the building was completed.
- ▸It sits opposite the historic Gayatri Temple in Khar, a western suburb of Mumbai.
- ▸Paudwal was 71 years old when she final
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