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Assumptions in vastu : Truth and fallacies in #VASTU

🦜 Most of the modern Vāstu lays emphasis on kitchen, rooms, facilities etc. This is considered Vāstu according to modern thoughts and even by common people. However, this is not given any preference in real granthas. In

fact it does not occupy even a single chapter in certain granthas. This shows that choosing rooms or kitchen or pooja room is not Vāstu. A widely accepted concept which is not real Vāstu.
🦜 Kitchen-A common thought is that it should always occupy SE section. However, all major

granthas unanimously give it NE or Vayu area. SE is mentioned in only single book which is not in order of first preference. I have seen Vastuśastris beating the bush by emphasizing kitchen to be located in SE.
🦜There is no mention of dakṣiṇāvartī or vāmāvartī stairs. All

this wise coining is done by modern Vāstu.
🦜There is no mention of facilities in any books. The loo used to be situated outside houses in outer periphery. So, the modern thought of its positions is all false.
🦜 There is a very common trend of designing the floor with highs and

lows. Some wise people have coined the concept of keeping NE on lower level then others. See what the books tell us:
प्राग्भवति मित्रवंरं मृत्युभयं दक्षिणेन यदि वृद्धिः ।
अर्थविनाशः पश्चादुदग्विवृद्धिर्मनस्तापः.
If the floor of a house be raised in the east, the owner would

be at loggerheads with his friends; if in the south, fear of death; if in the west, loss of wealth; and in the north, mental affliction.
Actually, the construction and floor all should be kept at single level. The view of flag staff in SW and raising it is the brainchild of

modern gimmicks.
🦜Feng shui is a very base science and it is not a part of Vāstu. In fact, it does not even stand in comparison to vastness of sthāpatya. The pyramids, mirrors, tortoise, bamboo trees, yantras are actually stunts of conman. They have no relation to Vāstu.
🦜the

concept of temple was meant for Kuladevtā. The temple with other ḍevthas create the famous ḍevālaya vedhā in house. This is in exact opposition of modern Vāstu.
🦜 The topography is the most important part of Vāstu which has been given larger space in all granthas. I have

never seen a single Vāstuśāstrī paying attention to topography.
🦜the concept of directions in modern Vāstu is wrong. However, this wrong concept is followed by all common man and almost all Vāstuśāstrī. The dik śodhana is there for a reason but nobody pays a heed. Time and

again people tell me that so and so part of their house lays in South or so. The real dik and magnetic dik are two different things.
🦜Jyotiśa occupies the major part of Vāstu. Some people made it a point to undermine this but granthas speak for themselves. Jyotiśa

occupies a major part of all Vāstu granthas. A Vāstuśāstrī should study jyotiśa properly. The houses are adopted by nakshatra and varna. Both these parts & Muhurta, concept of doors, āyādī, several vedhās etc. are not possible to understand without understanding proper jyotiśa.

In fact, you cannot understand Vāstu without understanding proper jyotiśa.