A Quick Overview of Vastu Shastra

Since ancient times, Vastu has been implemented while constructing residential, commercial and religious structures. Many of us believe that Vastu Shastra will help you in changing your future or kill the evil powers or curses, which is not true. Vastu shastra is a science that helps you in building a structure which allows you to absorb all the positive forces from the environment.

In our environment 5 elements exist, they are,

Aakash (Space)

Agni (Fire)

Jal (Water)

Vayu (Air)

Bhumi (Earth)… and every element have its own significance in our life. Vastu helps us in structure planning so that we can fetch maximum out of every component.

When you consult  Vastu shastra Expert, he tells you to build the bed room, dinning area, kitchen etc. in particular direction. It’s because, there is a significance of 5 elements in our life and depending upon their reception on the plot, position of every room is decided.

All the five elements have strong relation with each other and Vastu balance their relation with person and materials. A quick overview for placement of different rooms in the house

• North – treasury
• Northeast – prayer room
• East – bathroom
• Southeast – kitchen
• South – bedroom
• Southwest – armory
• West – dining room
• Northwest – cowshed.

It is often said that to make our structure Vastu compliance, we can either use Yantra / Crystals or demolish the structure to reconstruct it. However, there are way outs which you can adopt by consulting Vastu expert or getting important Vastu tips from him.

Some handy tips to analyze how compliance your house is to the Vastu

-         There should be an open courtyard in the center of the house. If not available, living room should over more of the central zone of the building

-         Entrance from north east zone

-         Kitchen should be in South East Corner

-         Bed room should be in Southern, Western or south-west corner

-         Toilets should be south and south-east, south and south-west, west and south-west, west and north –west.

-         Number of risers in the staircase should be in odd number

-         Pooja room should be in the North-east zone. Its door should have double shutters and four frames.

-         All the roof and floor level should slope towards North, East and North-east corner

-         Using motifs like images of Gods in decoration of doors is prohibited