New Delhi, July 20 -- When asked to design a new series of hotels for religious tourism in 2012, architect Shimul Javeri Kadri turned to the very sites of the project for design cues. The client, Marasa Hotels, was looking at Tirupati, Rishikesh and Bodh Gaya as centres to develop for pilgrims. Bodh Gaya, for instance, is a quintessentially Buddhist town punctuated by monks and the sounds of chanting, says the Mumbai-based architect. But what struck her was the architecture of the area, which abounds in bricks....