Forget Vastu Worries

Hindustan Times, 28 July 2007, page 10

"Debugging our minds of scary vastu worry" is a must read for all Indians. Renuka Narayanan (renukanarayanan@hindustantimes.com)explains the rationale behind development of vastu shastra. she also mentions that vastu shashtra is different for different locations, Gangetic vastu was different from hill vastu and coastal vastu.
Why? The persons who developed the rules considered the movement of Sun, air and water in that locality and developed the rules as per the requirements of that day.

Why water well was to kept in North east in Gangetic plains? Because that's where the sun came from every morning. So that bit got warmth and light first for early morning work.

In a short line from the door and the water was the south-east, where the kitchen was located. Furthest from the fire, in a diagonal, the store was kept. In the southwest, where afternoon sun comes, family's sleeping place was kept.

All the rules were made with comfort in mind with the facilities available at that time.

Don't fret over the rules which are not applicable today. Understand the basic message. Develop Vastu of today for comfortable living.

Congratulations and appreciation to Renuka Narayanan for coming up with this very interesting insight.