VASTU SHASTRA TIPS FOR POOJAROOM

 

Vaastu Tips For Your Pujaroom

 

Pooja room should be designed carefully because when you do meditation, you should gain the positive energies and then you can feel charged. If it is in wrong direction, then no matter how much meditation you do, you will not feel charged. There are certain rules which one must follow before the commencement of designing a pooja room.Many people tend to ignore a separate pooja room but we must not sideline the need to make a place for God. Thus by creating a room for worshipping, we are creating a room to get charged with positive vibrations every morning and that energy will energize our environment, mind, body and soul. Our work efficiency will increase and so the progress, prosperity and peace.

 

Proper direction and orientation of puja room
The pooja room should always be situated in the North, East or the Northeast side of the house.
A Pooja room should never be made in a bedroom or on a wall adjacent to the bathroom wall.

 

Proper direction and orientation while worshipping
One should face towards East/North while worshipping.
While worshipping, the legs of the idol should be at the chest level of the person worshipping depending on the position, whether standing or sitting.

 

Proper placement of cabinet or slab
Nothing should be stored above the cabinet or slab here the God's idol is placed.

 

Proper entrance to puja room
One shall not enter the pooja room for any purpose without washing his legs and hands. Cleaning the feet by rubbing them against each other is prohibited. The left hand must clean them and the water must be poured by the right hand. Reared side of the feet must always be cleaned first.

 

Proper placement of things in Puja room
In pooja room, copper vessels only shall be used particularly where water is collected.
Triangular pattern of any God should not be drawn in the Pujaghar.
Lamp stand should be placed in the Southeast corner of the pooja room.
Silver or gold plates or items can be used for any purpose in pooja room. Usage of iron and stainless steel items in pooja room is strictly prohibited.

Colour scheme for Puja room
The colour of walls of pooja room should be white, lemon or light blue and the marble used should be white.

 

Placement and direction of Doors
The worship room should have doors and windows in the north or the east
The doors of the pooja room should not be made of any metal.

 

Placement of Agnikund
The Agnikund should be in the southeast direction of the worship room. The sacred offerings to the fire should be made with the face towards the east

Placement and direction of Idol
The idol should not be exactly in front of the entrance gate.
The idols should not be kept at a place obtained by chiseling off the wall or touching the wall. They should be kept at least an inch away from the wall.
Idols of God or their pictures should be placed on a high platform built on four legs.
Ideally there should be no idols in the worship room. But if one wish to keep, the height of the idol should not be more than 9"and less than 2".