Vastu (వాస్తు )
Vastu is the science of direction that combines all the five elements of nature and balance them with the man and the material. Vastu Shastra is creating congenial settings or a place to live or work, in the most scientific way taking advantages of the benefits bestowed by the five elements called "Paanchbhootas" of nature thereby paving the way for enhanced health, wealth, prosperity and happiness in an enlightened environment.
The world comprises of five basic elements, also known as the Paanchbhootas. They are Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Space. Out of the nine planets, our planet has life because of the presence of these five elements.
The Directions
The importance of orientation of a building is not only for saving energy but also to have a better house design, which not only gives comfortable living but also gives good health, prosperity and wealth to the house owners/occupiers and these families. There lies a co-relation between the rotational scenario of 
the planets and the house design and their different directions with respect of NORTH. The building of any type and its construction meets the purpose if proper orientation has been given using suitable local building material. It increases not only its life span but also improves the condition of occupants. There are instances where buildings are not planned according to required local orientation were lost or deteriorated much faster than the buildings having built with proper studies of orientation. The proper orientation means the proper knowledge of all the eight directions. It is a common knowledge that the direction from where the Sun arises is known as East and where it sets as West and when one faces the East direction, towards one's left is North and towards one's right is South. The corner where two directions meet obviously is more significant since it combines the forces emanating from both the directions. SO in all, there are eight directions, North, Northeast, East, Eastsouth, South, Southwest, West, West north. Every direction has its own significance and has its own construction. The basic rules of Vastu Shastra are based on these eight directions.
Vastu is essential
Vastu forms the basics of each construction; one must follow Vastu from the initial level i.e. from choosing a plot to shift in the house. Everything should be done according to Vastu principle since Vastu is not merely a word but it is a SCIENCE and a bridge between man and nature. Vastu is followed while choosing a plot, how to choose a plot: the shape, the nature of the soil. When and how to construct a house, how to do the interiors, how to choose the color and when to shift. Vastu is such a deep science that it is a pool of information and one can have any doubts cleared with proper reasoning.
Vastu is unique
Vastu is a science that has originated from India. Feng shui is an art of harnessing energies. Though both have the same objective, the benefit of humanity but the principles are very different. I am a strict follower of Vastu as it is originated from India and it's based on our culture, traditions, geographical conditions, climatical conditions and everything for India. And Feng Shui is originated in China and based on their culture and traditions.
Vastu Vidya
Vastu is not a religion but is a vidya, a science. It has been developed thousands of years ago, in the middle time we have become so modern that we forgot our Vedic culture. Now that we are facing all kind of problems, we are coming back to Vedas.
Our ancestors had given us "Yog" but we did not take it seriously, it went abroad, renamed as "Yoga", now we are running after it and foreign countries are making a profit out of it. WHY?? Why we cannot respect our own culture. We are following their culture and they are following ours.
Vastu only teaches us to follow the rules of nature and to balance the five elements from which we all, this universe is made up of.
The system of Vastu is an admixture of science, the astronomy of astrology; it is covered with the influence of the sun, moonlight and heat, the earth's atmosphere, wind direction, magnetic field and gravitation force on human beings. It gives practical guidelines on site selection, its contouring level, the orientation of the building in relation to climatology and micro weather, arrangements of areas/rooms in relation to the different activities of the proposed building. Their proportions as well as rituals for successive stages of house building.
Vastu science is founded upon the laws of nature. The equilibrium we observe in nature is easily perceivable by us in all moving bodies, but unfortunately, we are unable to note this equilibrium in static bodies. The basic source of energy of the whole world is stored at the North and South Pole. It flows uninterruptedly from the North Pole to the South Pole in the form of magnetic waves. Therefore Southward portion of every building should be higher than the northward portion so that there may not be any hindrance to the flow of magnetic waves.
Our ancestors had given us "Yog" but we did not take it seriously, it went abroad, renamed as "Yoga", now we are running after it and foreign countries are making a profit out of it. WHY?? Why we cannot respect our own culture. We are following their culture and they are following ours.
Vastu only teaches us to follow the rules of nature and to balance the five elements from which we all, this universe is made up of.
The system of Vastu is an admixture of science, the astronomy of astrology; it is covered with the influence of the sun, moonlight and heat, the earth's atmosphere, wind direction, magnetic field and gravitation force on human beings. It gives practical guidelines on site selection, its contouring level, the orientation of the building in relation to climatology and micro weather, arrangements of areas/rooms in relation to the different activities of the proposed building. Their proportions as well as rituals for successive stages of house building.
Vastu science is founded upon the laws of nature. The equilibrium we observe in nature is easily perceivable by us in all moving bodies, but unfortunately, we are unable to note this equilibrium in static bodies. The basic source of energy of the whole world is stored at the North and South Pole. It flows uninterruptedly from the North Pole to the South Pole in the form of magnetic waves. Therefore Southward portion of every building should be higher than the northward portion so that there may not be any hindrance to the flow of magnetic waves.
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