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Vaastu related to Construction
Construction
Construction should not stop once it begins. Workers should not be unnecessarily
pushed to speed up their work; work for the day should stop at sunset. No construction
should be done at night. A qualified engineer should always oversee the construction.
Building materials should be stored in the southwest corner of the property during
construction. The storage area or structure can also be built in the southeast corner,
at least 1m (3 ft) from the property boundary. The guard should stay in a house
in the southeast corner. Thieves will be a danger if the guard stays in the northwest
corner, and the guard should not stay in the southwest corner.
Order of construction: the well, the storage house, and then the
boundary wall.
Building Material
Only new bricks, wood, and materials should be used when building a new house. Materials
from an old building should not usually be used to build a new one in case those
old materials repeat negative incidents that occurred in the old house. There is
unhappiness in using old things. If there are old materials available, better to
sell them and
use the money to buy new materials. Wood from thorny trees should
not be used, as it will have a negative effect. Materials that have
been stored
for a long time should also not be used. Iron grills should only be used when needed.
Shape of the Land
The best properties are either square or rectangular. If the plot is not a perfect
rectangle, it is best if at least the southwest and southeast sides of the land
are at 90º angles from one another. The southwest side of the quadrilateral should
definitely not be extended past the southeast side, even if that means giving away
a portion of the plot. Land that extends past the northeast side of the quadrilateral,
however, brings wealth, happiness, and good name. Land extending on the northeast
side is very good. Extensions on any other side are inauspicious. Extensions of
the northwest side will cause you to lose money and peace. If the land is cut in
the corner this is not good. If possible the land to fill in the missing corner
should be purchased. If the land is cut short on the northeast side it is very bad
and is not aspicious; do not purchase it. It is like a headless body. Round, oval,
and triangular plots should be avoided. The house should not be built in the shape
of a diamond, with the corner facing north. L-shaped plots are also inauspicious
and should not be purchased.
It is good if the plot is narrower at the entrance and wider at its rear, but the
opposite is not good.
Inside the Building
Furniture, such as sofas, should be placed in the southeast, south, or west sides
of a room. The house’s owner should sit facing north or east, and his guests should
sit facing west or south.It is best that the northeast corner of each room in the
house be left empty. If furniture must be set in the northeast corner, it should
be set 15cm (six inches) from the wall.
Do not align doors within the house. One door should not lead directly into another.
It is best when a student studies that he face north, northeast, or east. Therefore
a table in a study room should be placed in the south or west sides of the room.
Books should be stored in the southwest side of the room.
Do not keep money in a place facing south.
When one prays, he should face either north or east.
Beds should face either west or south to insure that when a person rises in the
morning, he is facing either north or east. While asleep, one should place his head
to the south, east, or west, not north. If one’s place of worship is in the bedroom
(in the northeast), one should sleep with his head facing east to avoid pointing
his feet toward the altar.
Mirrors should be placed on the north or east walls, not on the south or west walls.
Do not keep broken mirrors in the house.
Clocks should be placed on the west, north, or east walls.
Clothes should be washed in the southeast corner of the house.
Medicine should be kept in the northeast corner of the house, and a person should
face northeast while taking it. It is best to nurse those who are ill in the southwest
corner of the house, although the northwest corner is also good.
Rainwater and wastewater should leave the house from the northeast side. It should
flow west to east or south to north. There should be an even number of columns and
beams in the house, not odd.
Doors should generally be made from a single piece of wood and should open on the
left side. A television can be placed in the southeast side of a room.
An overhead water tank should be located in the southwest side of a building.
Stairways should be on the south, southwest, or west sides of a building.
Certain pictures should not be hung in a house such as nudes, animals fighting,
captured elephants, hunting scenes, trees without fruits or flowers, snakes, owls,
bats, vultures and pigeons.
Entrance Gate and Main Door
The main door of the house should be larger than the other doors entering the house.
The main door should have two shutters and open to the inside of the building. Teak
is a good material for the entrance door.
It is best that a house has two entrances. The exit door should be smaller than
the entrance, and it should have only one shutter. If there are two external doors
for the house, they should not be set in a straight line. When one enters the house,
there should not be a wall in front of the entrance. There should be a door that
opens to the next room. A shadow should not fall on the main door.
The main door of the house should not be below ground. Neither should the main door
be in the center of the house, nor in the extreme corners. If the door is set in
the north wall, move it east of center; if it’s in the east wall, move it north
of center. If it is set in the south wall, it should be moved east of center; if
it is in the west wall, move it south of center. Some authorities say that if the
house’s entrance is in the west wall. It should be centered.Some Vastu authorities
say that to figure out where to place a main door, divide the house into nine parts.
The door should be in the fourth section of the house from the left hand side. From
the right side of the house, the entrance is in the sixth division from the right.
The main door should not be situated across from the main door of another house.
The entrance doors of two houses should not be exactly opposing one another. Neither
should two houses share a common entrance.
If the entrance of the house is to the south, there should not be a balcony or verandah
in front of the door. It is good to set gates to both the property and the entrance
to the house on the north or east sides. It is also all right to have the main door
on the west wall.
It is not advised to have the main entrance on the south side. It is considered
auspicious if the entrance to the property and the main door of the house are on
the same side. It is not considered good if the main door to the house is on the
opposite side to the entrance of the property. There should not be an underground
tank, septic tank, or canal under the main entrance.
There should not be any abandoned, wrecked buildings in front of the main entrance.
It is good to decorate a house’s entrance with pictures or statues of Laksmi, Ganesh
or Kuvera and auspicious signs such as OM or the Swastika. Inauspious pictures should
not be on the door. Doors should have thresholds. Shoes should not be kept in front
of the door, but to the side.The door should not be slanted, sliding, or circular.
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