Part-2 Everything You Need to Know About Vastu

Bedroom Vastu- Head of the Family

South west corner– As per Vastu for Master Bedroom, it should always be in the South-West corner of the home and head of the family must occupy this bedroom.

If the house is multi-story then master bedroom in the South-West corner of the top floor is best.
Perfect place for bed in master bedroom is towards South or West wall, so that while sleeping the person’s head is towards South or West and legs towards North or East.

Sleeping Direction as per Vastu Shastra

1. Sleeping with legs towards the east gives name, reputation & richness.
2. Sleeping with legs towards the west gives mental harmony & augments fondness for spiritualism.
3. Sleeping with legs towards the north, increases prosperity and opulence.
4. However, one should not sleep with legs towards South as he will not have a sound sleep. There will be bad dreams, bad thoughts in the mind. Heaviness in the chest can also be sensed occasionally. South direction is Place of Yama (the Lord of Death). Mind sickness will increase and there is possibility of lessening of life span.

  Bed alignment to any corners is unsuitable.

  Vastu shastra says that the master bedroom should only be used by married couples.

  West or North side is suitable for attached bathroom, changing room or bath tub etc.

  The bathroom should not face the bed directly and the door of the bathroom must always be kept closed.

  East, North or West walls are best spot for entrance door of master bedroom. Avoid entrance on South wall.

  Make sure the door of the bedroom is of single shutter and always opens completely without any noise.

  East or North walls are good for windows in the bedroom.

  South-West corner of the master bedroom should always be occupied.

  Best place to keep heavy wardrobes, shelves or almirah is the South-West corner of the master bedroom.

  A mezzanine floor in South or West wall is tolerable in the bedroom.

  Never place safe in bedroom. If unavoidable then place the safe away from the North-East, North-West, South-East and South-West corners and East and West directions.

  If the safe is kept towards the South wall and opens towards the North then it’s very auspicious.

  Place dressing table with/without mirror in the North or East wall.

  If a mirror is in the bedroom with/without dressing table then make sure than none of the body part is visible in the mirror while sleeping on the bed, else the same body part will develop medical problems.

  Please avoid TV, PC or laptops in the bedroom (I know it is hard, but that’s the way it is).

  Put TV (if you can’t control yourself), heater and other electrical appliances in the South-East of the bedroom.

  Hang a beautiful and pleasant painting or any portrait on the wall so that it is easily seen as someone enters the bedroom.

  Vastu bedroom tips say that plants, fish aquariums or any other life forms are a strict “NO” in bedroom.

  If a bedroom is in the West side of the home then it’s best for children.

  As per bedroom vastu Shastra, unmarried children or guests can use a bedroom in the East.

  Lay beds in the children’s bedroom in the South-West so that a child’s head is in East or South direction.

  As per Vastu Shastra do not place any bedroom in the South-East direction of the main building as it leads to unnecessary quarrels (this does not means that there are necessary quarrels also

 ) between husband and wife, inefficient expenditure increases and the couple has to face lot of difficulties.

  However still if a bedroom is present in the South-East direction then use it as an office or unmarried son’s bedroom.

  Do not have any bedroom in the North-East direction as this is the place for deities and if a bedroom is present in this site then one faces many mishaps and sickness in the family increases.

  Also if a married couple sleeps in a North-East bedroom then they have to face long-term diseases.

  Avoid any bedroom in the center of the home.

  Use light rose, gray, blue, chocolate, green etc as wall colors for bedroom.

  Stay away from use of marble stones (white and yellow colored) in the newly married couple’s bedroom.

Children Room as per Vastu Shastra

• West direction is ideal for children room and must be place 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.
• Door of children room should not directly face the bed.
• South-west direction is best for placing furniture while avoid any kind of furnishing in middle or centre 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 children room as they effect 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 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 children room are best at East or North.

Guest Room as per Vastu Shastra

Colors for Guest Room

• White
• Coral Red
• Lighter shades of Pink
• The guestroom is best in Northwest as this corner represents air and thus most unstable corner of the house.
• The bed should be placed in the South/West part of the room.
• Bed should be placed in such a way that they sleep with head towards South
• All the electronic items should be on theSoutheast wall of the room.
• The door of the bathroom should not be exactly opposite to the bed.
• There should not be any beam running over the bed.

The cabinets should be designed on the South/West wall.

Pooja Room as per Vastu Shastra

What You Must Follow

1. As per pooja room vastu, north-east corner of home is best site for pooja place.
2. East and west are second best locations.
3. Keep the pooja place on ground floor.
4. In big plots or factories etc. construct poojaghar at center; this is very auspicious.
5. Keep the idols in east and/or west of the prayer room.
6. Place the idols a few inches (at least an inch) away from wall.
7. Make sure that all the idols are always in perfect condition.
8. Have two shutter door of high quality wood for prayer room.
9. Pooja Room can have doors and windows in north or east walls.
10. White or light yellow colored marble work in prayer room makes it more auspicious.
11. Use white, light yellow or light blue colors for walls of pooja room.
12. You can place a lamp stand in the pooja room in south-east or eastern side.
13. If the roof of pooja room is pyramid shape then it’s very auspicious.
14. You can place an Agnikund in the prayer room in south-east corner.
15. Keep showcases and almirahs towards west or south walls.
16. Entrance of pooja place must have a threshold.
17. If the prayer area is in kitchen then keep it in the north-east corner of kitchen; you should face east while praying.

 What You Must Avoid

1. The pooja place should never be in south direction.
2. Do not have pooja place in a store-room.
3. Avoid pooja place in any bedroom. However if there is no option then use the north-east corner of the bedroom as pooja place (but remember this is the last and least favored option). Also remember that while sleeping or lying on bed your feet should not point towards this corner.
4. Never make pooja room in basement or first or above floors.
5. Do not have prayer place above, below or next to any toilet or kitchen.
6. Avoid pooja room or place under a staircase.
7. Idols should never face south.
8. Do not chisel off the wall to make place for keeping idols.
9. Never keep broken idols.
10. Idols should never be directly in front of the entrance door of prayer room.
11. Never keep the idols brought from old temples in the prayer room.
12. Women should not enter the prayer room during menses.
13. Scenes or photos of crime, battles or of any negative emotions are a strict “no” in the pooja place. Actually you must avoid them in your entire home.
14. Do not hang photos of animals and birds in the pooja place.
15. Never have photos of passed away people in the pooja area.
16. Never keep a dustbin in the pooja place; it reduces positive energy of the room.
17. No one should sleep in the prayer room (except if the prayer room is in bedroom).
18. Don’t keep the items in the pooja area that do not belong there.
19. Never ever – under any circumstance – conceal any money or other valuables in pooja place.