Major key features of park
The Gate
Entrance gates mark the boundary separating two spaces: the space of the external world and that of the intimacy of home; the space of noise and that of silence; the space of daily life and that of seclusion and reflection.
But entrances are also a point of convergence: the meeting point between an Intention to enter, and an Invitation to enter. In all who pass through them, an entrance produces a change of state.
Inspired by the Shinto Torii, the Entrance Gates to our Parks perpetuate these ancestral traditions. And they revive that invitation to cross a threshold in order to enter into other spaces and clarify our inner askings in our hearts…
Monolith
Architectural forms like our Monoliths have been found down through history and in all parts of the world. In other times such connectives between “heaven” and “earth” were sometimes referred to as the “axi mundi” or axis of the world.
Every Park of Study and Reflection has a monolith that recreates this essential axis and fixes a reference for the time and place in which the Park was built.
Meditation hall
Like the great stupas, the Halls in the Parks of Study and Reflection are hemispherical and touch the sky with the tip of their cupola.
They are spaces in which any person, believer or non-believer, can feel at home and focus on their inner world. Within this empty hemispherical space, people arrange themselves in circles.
In the Halls at the Parks of Study and Reflection, the people are the most important.The Hall has four symmetrical entrances that are protected from the exterior. An external circle provides a perfect spherical threshold.
Center of Work / Studies
The Centers of Study are the center of gravity for the Masters of the School, who watch over the development of the Parks. For them, the Centers of Study are places of inspiration. Here they find the best conditions for deepening their research and their meditation; here they may take a few days to meditate in solitude, or to interchange with others about their experiences or about their progress on their respective projects.
Fountain
In all creation myths and cosmogonical legends, water is the source of life, with its infinite attributes: nourishing, giving life, purifying, caring, bringing rebirth…
From Mesopotamia to South America, the waters are the symbol of the primordial substance from which all forms are born and to which all return.
That is why in ancient cultures water is a symbol of the sacred. The fountains in the Parks of Study and Reflection carry on this ancestral tradition.
The Residential Blocks
We have 16 rooms that can accommodate 32 people, another 15 to 18 people can be accommodated on a dormitory basis. We can finalise arrangements as soon as We start receiving information from various places within India and other countries.
We are announcing this to facilitate early ticket booking and travel plans in place for people travelling from different locations We will make all arrangements for people arriving in Mumbai Kandhroli Park Commission.