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Vastu
Vastu
WEST (VARUN)
BATH ROOMS STORE ROOM FOR OIL, GHEE ETC. MORE OPEN SPACE
AVOID CELLAR
TOILETS WARDROBES DRESSING ROOM STORE FOR HEAVY ITEMS STAIR CASE BLOCK OVER HEAD WATER TANK AVOID CELLAR AVOID WELL
BED ROOMS SLEEP WITH HEAD ON SOUTH OR EAST STAIR CASE BLOCK LIFT AVOID CELLAR AVOID WELL
KITCHEN FACE EAST & COOK AVOID UNDER GROUND TANK AVOID WELL
SOUTH (YAMA)
EAST (INDRA)
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, VARRIOUS ROOMS SHOULD BE ORIENTED IN THE HOUSE AS PER GIVEN DIRECTIONS
NORTH
CATTLE SHED GRAIN STORE BED ROOM FOR YOUND COUPLE CATTLE SHED GRAIN STORE MEDUIOINE ROOM PUJA ROOM
ROOM
WEST
DINNING
SATR ROOM
STUDY ROOM
CHUMING CURO
TOILET
BED ROOM
KITCHEN
SOUTH
THE DIAGRAM GIVEN ABOVE SHOWS THE PROPER ORIENTATION OF VARRIOUS ROOMS AS PER VASTU SHASTRA
RESIDENCES & FLATS
EAST
BATH ROOM
NORTH
The mild rays of the morning sun East are beneficial for health The slope of the floor should be Towards North , East , or NE. Water should drain out on the North or East side.
WEST
SOUTH
EAST
LAYOUT OF A COLONY
By Examining carefully, to have a general idea about the merits & demerits of different sites.
Good sites
ROAD
SW Rounded avoided
Corner off - to be
very
To before use
ROAD
MAIN ROAD
MAIN ROAD
ROAD
N W S E
TOILET DETAILS
Wash basin & Mirror - North side wall - Good Water Closet - South side wall North South axis - Good Slope towards - North East Corner - Good
N
S W
N E
TOILET DETAILS
PROPE R PLACE FOR TOILET
*W.C. should best facing south & north (N-S Axis) Floor of the Toilet should slope towards north or east or NE Water source should in the NE corner.
SEPTIC TANKS
Septic Tank should not be directly touching the wall compound or the plinth of the House. It should be alleast 1 or 2 ft away. Of the 3 parts of the septic tank water should be in the East and the excretion in the West. The length of septic Tank should be E -W and the breadth S-N as far as possible.
ST should not be higher then the plinth level of the bldg. It should be at the ground level as far as possible .
The outlet of the ST should be in the North or West NW
THE BEST
MED IUM
LOSS OF MONEY LOSS OF BUBG
NE
LOSS OF FAME
SW
LOSS OF WIFE
SE
TOILET DETAILS
Wash basin and mirror North side wall Water closet towards South East wall GOOD BAD
BAD
Wash basin and mirror South side wall BAD Water closet West side wall BAD
BAD
BED ROOM
In the main SW corner of the SW side Bed room, heavy articles should be kept. The bed should be towards South or West of the SW corner. While sleeping if head towards: West - Name, fame & prosperity East - Mental peace, increases liking for spiritualism South - Increases wealth & Prosperity North - No sound sleep & mental sickness increases The dressing table should be to the east of the North direction. TV, heater & Electrical Appliances should be to the South East.
NORTH DRESSING TABLE TELEPPHONE
WEST
WINDOWS BEDS
WARDROBS SOUTH
T.V.
BED ROOM
* * * Main bed room for the head of the family should be South West direction. in the South or Bed room for un-married Children can be built on the East side. Bed room for Guest & Un-married Youths can be in the North West.
*
*
POOJA ROOM
Toilet should not be above or below the worship room. White or light yellow marble work in the worship room is auspicious. The colour of the walls should be white , light yellow or light blue. It should have doors & windows in the North East Lamp should be in the SE corner. The Pooja Room should have a threshold. The idol should be kept atleast an inch away from the wall. The door of the pooja room should not be made of tin or iron grills.
NORTH
NE (ESHAN)
PROPER PLACE FOR PUJA ROOM
SOUTH
STUDY ROOM
* The person should sit facing North or East side while studying.
* The study table should not be placed touching the walls, it is inauspicious. * Water pot must be placed in North -East corner only. * Colour of the walls should be sky blue , Cream, light green or white * Book shell should be placed along the North or east wall
N
FLOWER POT
NORTH
PE RC E DY SOUTH
TREASURURY ROOM
The safe should be placed on a foundation. The colour of the room - Yellow - increases wealth. The safe should not be kept under beam. Case box , safe , almirah should be placed along the South wall , such that it opens towards the North the man while opening it faces towards south Treasury room should have a threshold of atleast 1" to 2". The shape of the room preferably should be square or rectangle.
PROPER PLACE FOR TREASURY ROOM NORTH (KUBER)
SOUTH
KITCHEN ROOM
* Burner (Gas, Stove , Cooking range etc ) should be kept in the SE Corner of the room , such that while cooking the person face Towards East .
* Water should be kept in NE. * Shelves for raw Materials , utensils, commodities etc should be kept on the South & West side
N
SINK & DRAINAGE BOARD
SHELVE
E
GAS CHULLAH
NORTH
BASEMENTS
ROAD
ROAD
DINING ROOM
While eating food the head of the family should sit facing East . Others can sit facing North , East or West However nobody should sit facing South. There should be no Arches in the Room . The Dinning table should be square or rectangular not be of any other irregular shape. There should not be any attached Toilet with this room . Natural portraits & paintings makes the atmosphere happy.
NORTH
shape . It should
SOUTH
LOCATION OF DOORS
DOORS ON THE BASIS OF RASHI On the basis of Rashi of the house owner , door is Auspicious in the following direction RASHIS Cancer , Scorpion , Pisces Virgo , capricom , Gemini Libra , Acquarius , Taurus Aries , Saggitarius , Leo Direction North No. 27 28 29 East 2 3 4 South West 12 21 Name of Deity Mukhya Bhallat Som Porianya Jayant Indra Virhatkshat Varun DIRECTION East South West North Effect Gain of property & sons Enough property Peace , progress & Religious Nature Gain to females Gain of wealth, favour of Govt. Gain of wealth & sons. Wealth & sons Prosperity & Happiness
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NORTH
24 25 23 22 26 30 31 32 1
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 11 10
5 6 7 9 8
SOUTH
BASEMENT
CELLAR
CELLAR
ROAD
GOOD
N
BAD
S
ROAD
BAD GOOD
W SITE
SITE
BAD SITE
MADE GOOD
(a) Bed room (Particularly master bed room) of building should be placed in the south-west. It can be slightly deviated towards south or west, If the placement is opposite the effect will be extremely bad, lime loss of children or financial loss or ill health, There are numerous such rules developed to deal with every possible situation of lay out of a building and its relation with the sit6e and surrounding roads.
Because of the fact that stated cause and also the stated effect in a rule are repeatedly observable and testable phenomena, the statement giving cause- and - effect relationship between tow phenomena can be considered as a valid " hypothesis" for scientific investigation.
(b) The slope of the site should run down south towards north with permissible slight deviation of the slope clock wise i.e. from S-W to N-E If this satisfied, then the occupant/owner will fetch wealth, health and fame, otherwise effect will be negative.
(c) Highest part of the building should be at the south west and the lowest part at the north-east, If the rule is satisfied then it will cause owner/ occupant to uplift his health wealth and fame, This desired orientation of high-low line of building can be slightly deviated anti clock wise (from S to N to S-E to N-W) with out causing any ill- effect, But the effect will be just negative if the rule is grossly violated.
the validity of the hypothesis by observing the phenomenon in a sufficient number of cases, It is seen that both the approaches are apparently used by the proponents to prove rules of vastu even though wrong fully.
It is always advocated by the propoments of the shastra that any Vastu rule can be proved to be scientific, based on the present day knowledge
out-come of revealation by
regent visionaries of ancient India, While trying to prove any vastu rule scientifically they resort to unscientific approach. This recent
development totally related to the practice of architecture calls for serious investigation from the part of architect revealing the scientific status of this subject. This is because any untruthful guidance to the people of planning of their building may lead to wastage in term of design quality as well was money.
2. Cause-and-effect relationship Vastu rules are primarily based on " Cause-and-effect" relationship. I restrict
myself here only to vastu rules related to residential building and its site
planning including orientation. Any of the rules contains tow distinct parts of physically testable phenomena. First part is related to some kind of planning aspect of the building/house which is considered as a "Cause" and the second part is related to some kind of well being of the owner/occupant of the building/house "effect" of first. Vastu Rule = Cause + Effect. Where, cause = geometrical properties of plan particularly in relation to north direction. Let me cite here few of the vast number of commonly followed vastu rules to give an idea about the nature of the rules.
Even
if
we
accept
all
above
queries
answered
satisfactorily , one question still remains : Why matching of the magnetic field of both earth and human body will cause "disturbed sleep, tension and other connected problems" and why this will not be true when orientation of a person in other direction ? (In this connection it is to
geographic North.
(b)
infra red rays during evening hours which are harmful . Water bodies
placed at South West corners are therefore not desirable the reflected infra red rays from the water body in this direction enter the house and have adverse effect on human body .
Criticism : (i) In the morning sun emits more ultra violet rays than any
other time of a days (the statement actually made is "the sun emits ultra violet rays in the morning hours" which is not true and , therefore modified to retain the sense ) and (ii) the sun emits more infra red rays in the evening made is "the sun emits infra - red rays during evening hours". Let us check the truthfulness of these two statements on which conclusions are dependent. The amount of radiation received just outside the atmosphere of
the earth on a plane perpendicular to the sun rays is 1353 watt. per sq.
M on the average which is called "solar constant". This value , however may vary due to change in sun - earth distance in a year and also due to solar activity . But this variation is not significant and can be ignored . If sun rays enter directly from the zenith , radiation value on the surface of the earth will lie within a range of 800-950 watt / sqm depending upon the presence of turbidity in the air .
Proponents of vastu rule tend to prove the rules based on the deductive approach from modern laws of science but without following any logical steps. Some sort of falacy is always used to arrive at the conclusion, Let us take examples from book/ journals under wide circulation in the market, Below two examples are accepted as valid scientific proof of vastu rules in almost all books on vastu, But all there are founded on wrong
and important part of the body, as the North pole. If the head is directed
towards the North while sleeping, the North le of the earth and that of the human body repel each other affecting the blood circulation, causing disturbed sleep, tension and other connected problems.
Criticism:
It is well established fact that nervous system of the human body communicates with the help of electric impulses , thus
(i) Where it is proved that the entire human body the net result of these tiny magnetic fields distributed within the human body is equivalent to a magnet matching the sized of a human body? (ii) Why " heaviest and important part of the body" (i.e. head) should be have as North pole, It is to note that " the heart is the most powerful source of electric and magnetic fields in the organism" and also that" in the eye the magnetic filed induction is significantly higher that that of the brain. (iii) Moreover, North pole of a magnet is not repulsed by the North pole of the earth as claimed here, On the contrary, North pole of the earth attracts North pole of all magnets, (For this reason we find North pole of a magnetic needles pointing North pole of the earth. In fact North pole of any magnet is North seeking pole .