వాస్తు VASTU FOR DIFFERENT ROOMS

6. Vasthu Advice for Dining Room: Vastu tips for Dining Room

Vastu for Different Rooms:

1. Vastu for Basement:

The basement is a need of every house today, but according to Vastu basement should be avoided in residence because low room/space or empty space under the house is not considered auspicious. However seeing the requirement of people, basement, if made in house, should not be used for living or sleeping purpose. This place compliments with basic rules of Vastu which must be followed in order to discard negativity that may arise due to the basement in a house.

Some rules for basement

Although any vacant space beneath the residence is prohibited in Vastu Shastra, yet if this place is constructed in a house it must correspond to Vastu principles. Here are some of the basic guidelines for the basement:

Primarily basement should be built in Northern or eastern direction of the house as according to Vastu principles there should be more space in east and north than south or west.

The purpose of the basement should be either for storage or other things rather than living or any other recreational purpose.
Place all the junk stuff including heavy equipment in the southern and western direction while making sure the shape of the basement is regular i.e. square or rectangle. An ill shape basement can cause inevitable losses and hinders the health of people.
About 1/4 of the area of the basement should be above ground.
Proper height of a basement should be at least 9 feet.
Heavy stuff must not be kept in north or east of the basement.
Paint your basement with light and subtle colors and avoid dark tints.

2. Vastu advises for Bathroom:

A Vastu complaint living place provides inmates a disease-free and barrier-free house followed by peace, harmony, and progress. Bathroom and toilet are basic sections of the house sometimes made anywhere which tends to give negative energy because both the places have a specific location according to Vastu principles. Bathrooms constructed in anywhere in the house leads to complications and severe problems related to health and finance.

Thus it becomes important to abide by Vastu principles when renovating or constructing a bathroom or toilet in the house so that the results won’t disturb inmates further. Vastu rules for bathroom are as follows:

Ideally, a bathroom can be placed in the Eastern portion of the house.
Fitting of pipes for drained water should be provided in North-east.
The toilets should be constructed to the west of the building or the north-west side.

Shower and taps in the bathroom can be attached on the Northern wall which is also suitable for the mirror.
If there is an attached toilet in the bathroom itself then WC should be on the West or North-west side and few inches above the ground.
Geyser should ideally be placed in the South-east corner.
Bathtub must be located in West portion and provision for washbasin could be made in North-east.
Overhead tank should be in South-west.
There should be windows or ventilators in the east or the north.
The bath should be taken on the west side.
Choose bright and soothing colors for bathroom walls.
The mirror should always be on the East wall.
The dirty linens should be placed in the West Side of the bathroom as setting rays are very harmful to bacteria and kill them.
If there is almirah, it should always be on the Southwest Side of the bathroom.
The slope of the bathroom floor should be towards north and east so water drains to the northeast side of the bathroom.
The suitable directions for keeping the washing machine are southeast and northwest.

3. Vasthu Advice for BEDROOM:

The Vastu plays a major role in placement and designing of the master bedroom. The way you sleep with your head in a different direction and your placement of the bed is a major decision which must be taken properly with utmost care. Here are some basic points one must adhere to get peace and prosperity in your bedroom.

The master bedroom should always be located in the Southwest part of the house as Southwest represents the element Earth which implies the heaviness, which makes it as the ideal place for the master of the house.
This is not at all suitable for children room, guest room, servant room or any other room.
A great deal of attention should be paid to bedrooms in a house. One should sleep with head towards South, East or West and never in the north.
There should not be any beam crossing over the bed. If it exists, proper rectification should be done immediately otherwise the health will be affected.
The bed placed should be on the South/West walls and if not there, it should be kept at least 4” away from the walls.
The heavy almirah should be on the South/west wall.
The construction material for the bed should be the wood and the wrought iron beds should be avoided.
All the electronic gadgets should be placed at a distance from the bed as the Electromagnetic waves emitted by them interferes with the sleep.

There should not be any mirror in front of the bed.
The shape of the bed should be regular and any irregular shape should be avoided.
The bed should never be placed in front of the bedroom door.
The mattress used on the double bed should be a single one.
The door of the bedroom should never produce the creaking noise.
The color scheme for the bedroom in Southwest direction should be in any earthy tone like browns, shades of almond, all families of earthen color.

4. Vastu Advice for Children Rooms:

Children room is a hub of recreation, fun, and frolic; however, some basic things should be taken care of to make your child an all-rounder. Vastu complaint room suggests placing everything at its proper location according to the corresponding direction such as study table, bed, bathroom, and clock, and window, door and so on. Proper placement of things instills positive thinking in children’s mind to work harder and making then cheerful.

Every parent is keen to see their child’s progress in every sphere of life while there are some negative things that every house has due to Vastu defects which affect children behavior and mind. Improper placement of things transforms children into a brat, stubborn and low in concentration pushing their parents to get on nerves. Converting your child’s room with Vastu set of rules can perhaps give you positive results making your child obedient and progressive.

Some basic tips of Vastu for children’s room are as follows:

West direction is ideal for children room and must be placed there.
Keep the bed in South-west portion of room and let your child sleep with head towards South or East direction for peace of mind.
The door of children room should not directly face the bed.
South-west direction is best for placing furniture while avoiding any kind of furnishing in middle or center of the room which creates obstruction.

Keep all the furnishing 3” away from the wall.
Cabinets and closets should be placed in South or West direction.
Avoid recruiting TV, computer/laptop in the children room as they affect child concentration. But seeing today’s scenario and compulsion computers should be located in North and Television in South-east.
Avoid any exposed mirror in the children room and do not place any kind of mirror in front for bed.
Study table should face East, North or North-east.
Study area should be clutter free in order to boosts concentration and clutter-free ambience is good for generating new ideas.
Good lights should be placed in South-east direction while avoid sharp lamps on study table which begets strain.
To add freshness in your child’s mood brush up his room with Green or Blue hue.
Doors in the children room are best at East or North.

5.Vastu Tips for Couple's Bedroom:

Couple’s bedroom should be such that the ambiance effects in strengthening the relationship created out of nuptial bonds. Newly or years of the married couple doesn’t matter, but what matter is their eternal ties and to maintain good relationship Vastu says to construct bedroom with proper consideration. The bedroom is a hub to unwind stress and carry out different activities of life, and for a couple choosing bedroom inappropriate direction is important for many reasons such as to prevent the untimely death of a spouse, bad health, miscarriage in women, better and early conception, etc.

Couples bedroom should ideally be located in North-west^{* conditions apply} or Southwest portion of the house.
North-west is ideal if a couple is not elder in the family while South-west is most ideal if the couple is elder. ^{* conditions apply}
Avoid South-east corner for couple’s bedroom as it can lead to frequent clashes and quarrels.
Couples must sleep with their head towards South and feet in the North.
Do not keep the exposed mirror in the couple’s bedroom.
A television screen, computer screen, and other exposed mirrors should be veiled when not in use.
If possible, avoid TV and computer in the couple’s bedroom because the electromagnetic rays and vibrations from electronic objects create stress and tension.
Any kind or size of the mirror should be shunned in the couple’s bedroom especially in the front of the bed and even at the side of the bed.
Fresh flowers should be kept in the couple’s bedroom which symbolizes blooming of love and fragrance of flowers help to keep the relation afresh like always.
Do no install scary or nude pictures and images in the couple’s bedroom.
Avoid North-east for couple’s bedroom because this place is called as Eshaan corner ideal for worship room and constructing bedroom can have undesirable effects on couple’s married life such as untimely death of a spouse, health diseases and miscarriage or problem in conceiving.
Couples bedroom can have light and bright colors on the wall which help to create a better understanding among partners.

Managing interiors with the Vaastu is a bit creative job but if everything is planned carefully, one can open the doors of prosperity for themselves. Now we will discuss dining room in detail.

The dining hall should be placed in the West corner, as the setting rays will kill all the harmful bacteria present in the stored food.
The dining can also be made in the East direction of the house, as the morning sun rays are very good for the health.
The dining table should be a perfect square/rectangle.
Dining table should not be sticking to the wall.
If you want to place a fridge in the dining room, it should be in the southeast direction.
While eating the members should face the east, north.
The washbasin should be on the Northeast side of the room.
The main door of the house and of the Dining Room should not face each other.
The dining should not be adjacent to the toilet.
The door of the Pooja room/ toilet should not open in front of the dining area.
If the console has to be placed near dining for storage of crockery and utensils, it should be on the South/West wall of that area.

7. Vastu Advice For Drawing Room:

The aim of Vaastu is to make us live in harmony with nature taking advantage of the magnetic fields, gravitational effects, etc. of the earth, the rainfall, the galaxy and the whole of nature and the universe and duly invoking the blessing of the Gods of the directions. Every room has eight directions again, so one must be aware of the facts about how to design the rooms.

Drawing Room should be in the east or north so one can get the morning sunlight and positive vibrations.
The door of the drawing-room should be in the East or West.
The sitting arrangement of the head of the family should be facing the east or in the north direction.
The heavy articles of furniture or decoration should be in the west or the south direction because weight is the element of Southwest corner.

The heavy chandelier should not be at the center of the room to make the Bhrmasthaan light.
As far as possible TV should be in the southeast portion of the drawing-room as all electrical gadgets should be in SE quadrant, the fire zone.
The portraits of God or waterfalls are hung in the northeast corner.
Stuffed animals should be in the northwest corner.
Furniture of this room should not be circular, triangular, egg-shaped hexagonal or odd shapes. It should be square or rectangular.
Portraits of birds, animals, women, weeping children, scenes from the wars, etc. should not be displayed in the room as they give the gloomy feelings and thus the negative vibes.
The color of the walls and the tiles used in this room should be white, yellow, blue or green. As far as possible it should not be red or black.
No photograph of God should be hanged above the entrance door, from outside.
The fireplace, if designed, should be done in the Southeast part of the living room.

Bazigarr (బాజిగర్ - తెలుగు బ్లాగు.)

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Monday 26 August 2019