 Vastu shastra (vastu sastra, vastu veda, vastuvidya, Thachu Shastra, Thatchu Shasthra, "shastra of construction", "architecture") is an ancient doctrine which consists of precepts born out of a traditional view on how the laws of nature affect human dwellings.The designs are based on directional alignments. It used to be applied in Hindu architecture, especially for Hindu temples, and covers other domains, including vehicles, vessels, furniture, sculpture, paintings etc. The foundation of Vastu is traditionally ascribed to the sage Maamuni Mayan (Mahaa-muni Maya, a daanava/demon reformed by tapasyaa/austerities) in South India, and Vishvakarman in North India. Vastu experts usually call it construction science, however main-stream scientists, and architects, consider Vastu as more of a superstition and pseudoscience.
While Vastu had long been essentially restricted to temple architecture, there has been a revival of it in India, in recent decades, notably under the influence of late V. Ganapati Sthapati, who has been campaigning for a restoration of the tradition in modern Indian society since the 1960s. While the fields are related, Shilpa Shastra explicitly deal with sculpture – forms, statues, icons, stone murals etc. The doctrine of Vastu Shastra is concerned primarily with architecture – building houses, forts, temples, apartments and other buildings.
General Vastu Tips for Home & Office !
- Construct your house in such way it admits bright light into the main doorway.
- It is really advisable to allow 5 doors of a maximum opening.
- Setting television in the bedroom area is not recommended.
- Keep the plants and water sport far from your bedroom.
- Never split bed sheet and bed mattresses.
- Set your house furniture in the form of circle, square or as octagon.
- Keep the corners bright.
- It is good to fix an image of bright sun in the southern wall of the living area.
- Construct your bedroom, where wind must blow from south to west.
- Your house dinning hall must never get exposed to the entrance door of the house.
- Setting a mirror in the kitchen room is not recommended
- Do not place the mops and brooms in the kitchen. Keep it far aside.
- It is good to keep the doors of your toilet and bathroom closed most the time.
- It is good to set your windows opened towards out face.
- Growing of pricking plants like cactus in your house is not advisable and recommended.
- It is good to place the fish aquarium in the southeast corner in your living area.
- It is good to stick a happy family photograph or picture inside your living room.
- Growing of high trees such as Banyan, Thorny trees and Pipal is not good and recommended.
- Ensure that the lift gate is not set in face of the entry main gate of your house.
- Building your house rooms in shape of oval, or circle or triangle is strictly not advisable.
- Your house should never be in disturbed by any obstructive buildings.
- Ensure that your house is good with right air circulation and water source.
- Your latrine seat must be kept facing towards northern south.
- It is good to sit facing the doorway, while you sit in your office.
- It is good to set a mountain wallpaper behind you in your office.
- Never keep a ladder that faces towards west or north, as it makes waste of money.
- Never wear torn clothing, withered flowers, as these will prevent the goddess Lakshmi entering into the home.
Vastu For Office
- The place of seat arrangement for managers, executives and directors must be located in south, west and southwestern direction of the office premises
- As per the Vastu principles it is really good to set the accounts department in southeast direction.
- The appropriate place to set the reception is in the northeastern direction of the office.
- With respect to Vastu principles, it is good to seat the employees facing the north or eastern direction
- The central portion of the office must be set empty
- As per the Vastu principles, it is good to place rectangular desk for the MD
- Placing bore-well or fixing tank in the direction of south is not really recommended. This will affect the owner with less and insufficient cash flow.
- The best and right direction of keep the storeroom is on the northwest and southeast location.
- It is recommended to set the marketing department in the direction of northwest
- Fixing of some idols or images of god and goddess in the right location of mirrors will bring you improved financial gains.
- Setting a water fountain in the location of northeast of the office premises is really good and recommended.
- Placing an aquarium containing 1 black fish and 9 gold fish in the location of northeast of the office premises is really good and advisable.
Vastu For Home
Puja Room:
While setting the puja room, you must have to consider all these following Vastu principles in order to achieve the exact holiness to your dwelling.
- Place the idols of the god and goddess in the right direction
- Stick close with the door placement
- Strictly avoid using the proscribed raw material while constructing the puja room
- Stick with the right number of door and windows that is described in the Vastu principles
Bed Room:
Bed room is a place where you windup all your worries and tensions thereby stay relaxed with pleasant memories. So, it is really essential to design your bedroom with great care sticking very closer to the Vastu principles. The direction, which you face while sleeping will badly affect your physical workout in your everyday activity. If you have constructed your bedroom with the inappropriate structure that stands out of Vastu principles will badly disturb your sleep and make you to turn restless. Moreover, you often get clashes and misunderstandings with your better-half. Along with, you might experience everlasting health troubles.
Essential Vastu tips for your home bedroom :
- The right direction to set your master bedroom is on south-west
- Ensure to place your heads positioning towards the direction of South corner. Placing heads towards North is not recommended, as it will badly disturb your sleep
- Keep your bedroom away from setting diving idols
- Constructing your bedroom with the shape of rectangle or square is dearly recommended, as it bestows peace and good fortune
Kitchen Room :
Kitchen room is a place, where you cook your everyday food. You must have to consider quite several factors, while constructing your home kitchen. You must be very considerable in placing the sink, location of the gas, refrigerator, gas cylinder, and other more.
Essential Vastu tips for your home kitchen room :
- The right place to set your kitchen is in the south-west corner. If you never find an apt position, then you can avail the alternative of locating it in the north-west corner.
- Building kitchen in North-east, mid-west, mid-north, mid-south, south-west or in the centre is strictly not recommended, as they are out of Vastu norms.
- Ensure that the cooking area never touches the sidewall of northern or eastern side.
- The right location to cook food is by setting it on the direction of east.
Bathroom :
Similar like other room, you must give close attention while you construct your home bathroom. The best location to construct the bathroom is the eastern part of the home. If you never find the right appropriate place to set your bathroom, then you can avail the Vastu remedy by placing geyser in the south-east corner.
Vastu For Plot
A plot or land site should never be purchased from - people who became insolvent, troubled from leprosy, lunatics or people who are not in country etc.
Likewise, sites that are given in donation to temples, assigned to watchman of colony or village, lands possessed by charitable trusts and sites with no title deed should not be bought. Also, lands holding boulders, worm hills, ant hills, skeleton and bones etc should not be gained.
In what direction should a plot or land site face? The direction of the plots plays a very important role in its construction. Different directions are beneficial for various types of persons and organizations. Let's take a look on them. Plots which face the East direction are considered good for philosophers, professors, scholars, teachers, priests etc whereas plots that face the West direction helps the people who truly support the society. Also, plots facing the North are good for people in administration, power and who function for the government and the plots facing South are considered best for the business class and people who work in business concerns.
An extremely important factor where light is to be thrown is at the
surroundings or environment of the plots. If the environment is not good, the resulting problems come in many ways. Hence, it is crucial to look at the following aspects :
- It is best to construct plots where lands are fertile with plants and greeneries.
- A big canal or the river located on the North Side and its waters flowing from West to East, is a good sign. The same way if the river is on the East side with water flowing from South to North, is also considered good.
- If there are mounds of Earth, big boulders, hills etc towards the South West, Southern and Western sides of the site or plot, it is good. Otherwise, it would affect the progress.
- It should be ensured that no cemetery, tomb or graveyard lie close to the plot either front or back.
- Also, plots near to temples have a chance to affect
the inmates.
- Plots having temple towards its right causes material loss, on the left causes sorrow and grief and in the front it causes obstruction to develop.
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