Here are few important points to be considered, while making a kitchen: According to Vastu Shastra, the kitchen should

not be placed under or above Pooja Room, Toilet, or Bed Room. Kitchen should be located in south-east of the home as fire prevails in south-east direction. The kitchen door should open in North, North East or East direction in clockwise manner. The cook should face the East or North to avoid any financial losses. The cooking stove must be placed in the South East corner (the place of Lord Agni). Fire and water do not go together. Therefore, Vaastu recommends that your sink and taps should not be close to the cooking stove. If your refrigerator is kept inside the kitchen, then it should be placed in the South West direction. Vaastu recommends south-east directions for electrical appliances. According to Vaastu, any toilet or bathroom should not share a common wall with your kitchen. The Dining table should be in the North West. While taking food one should only face towards east or north for good digestion. The kitchen is an important part of any home and it is therefore essential that it is constructed and designed the right way. The tips mentioned here will surely help you to do so and attract positive energies at all times. Vastu also suggests guidelines for placing various files and documents that are crucial to the business. Shelf in the South-west corner for Income tax file Shelf in the north-west corner for the Import and Export file Shelf in the north-west corner for Litigation file Entrance Door as per Astrological Favourable Position It is advisable to fix the main door by selecting the favorable position as per vastu. Selection following the sign (rashi) or constellation of the owner of the building is not recommended, as the structure may remain even after the death of a particular person and other may continue to live in that place. Good Positions: 1. North - North-East Ensures Financial gains 2. East - North-East Endows with Enlightenment. 3. South - South-East Ensures improvement 4. West - North-West Ensures Success. Bad Positions: 1. North - North-West Instability 2. East - South-East Adverse effect. 3. South - South-West Financial constraints and ill health of women. 4. West - South-West Financial loss degradation of men. General Rules 1. The height of doors should be twice or more of their width, in general. 2. Doors should be study and made of good wood. 3. Various metals can be used to strengthen the main doors by steel and to decorate by brass. 4. Doors can have a maximum of five frames (shalakhas) 5. Main doors are best placed in the fourth grid from your right (out of nine grids) on each side as you see the building from outside. 6. Avoid doors in the middle. 7. Mahadwara should be biggest, strongest and most decorated. 8. Main door with two shutter is recommended The patients cots can be placed such that their heads are to the South. This way, the magnetic energies coming from the various sides and the polarity induced in the body vibe with each other to maintain a balanced blood circulation in the body, thereby strengthening the healing and curative properties of the body.

The great sage Garga is said have said that one should lie with his head placed southward if he wanted to live long. Sage Markandeya says that one is strong and lives long by placing one's head to the South.