What is Vastu Shastra, Five elements of Vastu Shastra, How Vastu Shastra helps, Vastu Services

June 19, 2007 18 Comments

Vaastu is the science of direction that combines all the five elements of nature and balances them with man and materials.

Vastu Shastra is a traditional Indian architecture and design system, which specifies in detail the method of designing buildings, plots and lands so that it produces positive vibrations and creates a healthy environment for the dwellers. Vastu Shastra is a Sanskrit name, where vastu means nature, surrounding or environment, and shastra is science. As the name suggests, this science is based on laws of nature.

Vastu suggests the layout of the house, the placement of the furniture, the appropriate colour scheme for different rooms and the placement of water storage tanks or other storage systems. The most important element considered by vastu shashtra experts is the topography of land and water resources. Other elements like trees, electrical poles, direction of the place, and the size and shape of the land are also taken into account. The position of the owner’s star as per his vedic horoscope is also equally important.

Five elements of Vastu Shastra

Vastu Shastra is an ancient science that helps get the natural benefits freely offered by the universe’s five basic elements: prithvi (earth), paani (water), aakash (space), agni (fire), and vayu (air), commonly called panch maha tatva or bhutas. Vastu Shastra requires that all these elements be in harmony.

Vaastu is the science of direction that combines all the five elements of nature and balances them with the man and the material. Vaastu Shastra is creating a congenial settings or a place to live or work, in most scientific way taking advantages of the benefits bestowed by the five elements called “Paancha Maha Bhootas” of the 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.

EARTH (Bhumi):- Earth, the third planet in order from the sun, is a big magnet with North and South poles as centers of attractions. Its magnetic field and gravitational force has telling effects on everything on the Earth, living and non-living.

WATER (Jal) :- This is represented by rain ,river ,sea and is in the form of liquid , solid(ice) and gas (steam , cloud ) . It forms part of every plant and animal. Our blood is nothing but water with haemoglobin and oxygen.

AIR (Vayu):- As a life supporting element, air is very powerful life source. Human physical comfort values are directly and sensitively dependent on correct humidity, air flow, temperature of air, air pressure, air composition and its content.

FIRE (Agni):- It represents light and heat without which the life will extinct. All the days and nights, seasons, energy, enthusiasm, passion, vigour is because of light and heat only.

SPACE (Aakash):- It is the shelter provider to all the above elements.

There is an invisible and constant relation between all the five elements. Thus, the man can improve his conditions by properly designing his buildings by understanding the effectiveness of these five natural forces.

The basic principle of this science is that both man and nature are composed of these elements and it is only logical that one influences the other. The magnetic effect of the earth affects us and controls the way we live. Vastu shastra believes that the human body is itself a magnet with the head as north pole corresponding to the magnetic field of the earth. Nearly 75% of our body is made up of water, the same percentage as the extent of oceans on earth. The moon exerts influence on the waters of the oceans, as a result we have tides, similarly, we cannot ignore the power that the moon and other celestial bodies have on a human body

Fire is very significant to our existence. We get heat and light or energy from the sun, which is essential for human existence. Fire is represented in our body as its temperature. Various gases in the atmosphere constitute air that we breathe and our very survival depends on this. All the planets, satellites and stars in the space have its own gravitational and magnetic force, which exert some sort of influence on our body.

How Vastu Shastra helps

Vastu shashtra helps in determining the following:
# Selection of suitable land for construction of house, office premises or factories,
# Shape of land and its effect,
# Effects of the direction of the house on your life,
# Guidance on placement of household items and business materials or tools,
# Defects within the house or of land and its effect,
# Effects of the vastu on the land-owner and his family,
# Details of placement of doors and windows and so on.

It is simpler to apply laws of vastu for a new house plan than for a structure that is already in place since one cannot undertake drastic alterations or demolition. It takes nearly six months to see the effects of vastu on your life. This time period also depends on the amount of rectification done, the percentage of defects, the topography, as well as the strength of the owner’s Vedic horoscope.

Vastu Shastra believes that you can bring peace, harmony and prosperity into your lives and home by following the guidelines therein.

Vastu Services
If you are facing inexplicable problems, which are normally not expected, then you should suspect Vaastu.

* If you are not having the peace and prosperity in the house
* If in your shop your sales is not increasing
* If in your industry machines are not running properly or always some unavoidable circumstances comes to obstruct your work

If you have any problem in

* Marriage life
* Business
* Career
* Studies
* Family harmony
* Pregnancy
* Growth of children or health

Vastu Services

* Vastu advice for the selection of the plot
* Vastu advice for the construction detail
* Vastu advice for the renovation of the building
* Residential Vastu
* Commercial Vastu
* Industrial vastu
* Spiritual Vastu
* Interior designing by Vastu Shastra
* Vastu Dosh and remedies
* Vastu for multistorey buildings
* Online Vastu
* Vastu services through plan of the area
* Vastu services through supervision
* Vastu advice for landscaping

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