MODERN ARCHITECTURE-VAASTU SASTRA

The people start thinking about vastu when they start facing the problems in their lives. Many people have found the solution in vastu shastra. The principles of vastu are applied in the fields of construction and architecture. It is a traditional Indian system of design based on directions. The vastu principles are applied in temples, houses, offices, and other places. As per vastu shastra, the world is composed of five elements known as pancha maha bhoota. The five elements are Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Space.

Knowing the benefits of Vastu Shastra the site owners and builders give more importance to vastu while constructing houses and buildings. The principles of vastu shastra are very simple to learn and adopt.

 Vaastu Shastra is an ancient mystical science which has all the rational values to be implemented in the modern era. Based upon the forces of nature or the energies prevailing in the environment,  vastu sastra observes the Earth as a large magnet with two strong magnetic poles - North Pole and South Pole. The basic sources of energies in the environment or the 5 elements - Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Space known as 'Paanchbhootas' guided by the magnetic waves that moves uninterruptedly from North Pole and the South Pole. This theory is implemented in vastu for the construction of buildings by always designing the southern part of a building to be at a higher level than the northern part. This is done to facilitate the smooth flow of magnetic waves without any hindrance.

 The rationality of Vastu and its scientific implementation includes the idea and hypothesis of architectural expertise for the design and construction of a building including the placement of entities in the house and the lifestyle of the inmates. Vaastu Shastra as a science of building and architecture makes full utilization of the energies present in the environment as a guideline for building houses so as to bring good health and prosperity to its occupants and also prolonged life to the structure by withstanding the forces of nature. Vaastu stresses on the placement of energy sources in the right direction.

Though there are energies prevalent in the atmosphere, the three most significant forces are Water, Air and Fire. Vaastu Shastra emphasizes on the placement of these energies in proper section of the house to create harmony among the elements. Proper utilization of the elements of nature bring peace, health, wealth prosperity and the worldly pleasures. But if one of the elements is wrongly placed in place of another element, the energies from the elements are bound to conflict and create disturbance and disharmony.

The design structure in Vaastu is based in three principles either for construction of building, technique or the entities to be used and placed in the house. The three principles are also based on the critical feature of the structure applicable both for the interiors and exteriors.