Counter View on Vaastu

 

Vaastu shashtra principles seem to be an interpretation of those who learnt it. When teachers explain a subject students will interpret it differently. Likewise those who learnt vaastu shashtra must have interpreted it differently. The basics of architecture are geometry. Ancient gurus might have taught geometry, architecture and everything superstitiously. The only difference is now we learn everything scientifically. Every superstition has a scientific reason too. If you think properly you can understand that some beliefs are meaningless. Vaastu purusha mandala, the earth which is a globe is shown as a square platform. Vaastu purusha is believed to be lying on the entire earth with his head in the north east and legs in the southwest. Another belief is that vaastu purusha is lying from east to west and changing position throughout the year. If so, how come a separate vaastu purusha occupies every piece of plot and every foundation of the houses? If vaastu purusha occupies the entire earth a fraction of his body will not be there in a plot or a house. Vaastu experts themselves have different opinions. When some say there is planetary influence in vaastu others say it doesn’t have. And some say vaastu flaws can be corrected by placing crystals, yantras, etc. Others say the flaws cannot be corrected by these things. They should observe and study things instead of going by superstition. These vaastu gurus make their own rules and instill wrong notions and fear in people’s brain. What they preach themselves cannot practice. They distort the geometry and make the houses inconvenient. They make architects and designers do what is not possible. Architects will get confused by the advice of the vaastu gurus and people will have fear to live in such houses which are not vaastu compliant. People seem to be more vaastu conscious these days because of these vaastu preachers. If only they understood it is geometry and it can be done how it is possible to do. It is like solving jigsaw puzzles. We arrange rooms in a geometrical design and construct the walls. Thus we will have a geometrical structure as our shelter. If the geometry is not done properly house will not be comfortable. I believe geometry defects are vaastu defects. Our aim is to make a shelter. It should be safe and comforatable and we decorate it with our creative sense to look good. Houses were built with the materials available then and how it is possible to build. If we build houses according to vaastu principles there will be only one design and the same type houses. That’s why houses of poor families are seen same type in our village. According to the culture, tradition and family profession houses were built before. Exterior designs of the houses vary from state to state and countries to countries. Architecture is evolving as everything else with ages and with the materials available. Only large houses can be built according to the vaastu principles. So vaastu is meant for the rich. Small houses and flats cannot be totally vaastu compliant. Even if you do penance standing on one leg you are not going to achieve it. These vaastu principles nullify our creative sense. Some vaastu principles that they advise are ridiculous and impractical. I believe only in geometry, not in vaastu. But I follow certain rules when I design.

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West Facing Villa-3-F F

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West Facing Villa-3-G F

Baby Names--13

Names starting with—V


Male                                       Female


Vatsal                                      Vandana
Varun                                      Varsha
Vallabh                                    Vallabhi
Vasant                                     Vasanti
Vindu                                      Vasundhara
Vikas                                      Vasuda
Vikram                                   Vasudha
Vijay                                      Vaaruni
Vidur                                      Vaasanti
Vinamra                                  Vijaya
Vinay                                      Vinita
Vineet                                     Vibha
Vinod                                     Vimala
Vipul                                      Vishakha
Vibhu                                     Vrunda
Vimal                                     Vaijayanti
Virat                                      Vaishali
Vivek                                     Vaishnavi
Vishad
Vishakh
Vishal
Vishrav
Vismay
Vaibhav
Vrajesh
Vyom

Baby Names--12

Names starting with—T


Male                                        Female


Tanmay                                    Tanuja
Tushar                                      Tanvi
Tejas                                        Tapti
Tosh                                         Tarpini
Toshit                                       Tara
Trishanku                                 Teeja
                                                Tushara
                                                Trupti
                                                Trusha
                                               Teja
                                               Tejasi
                                               Tejomayi
                                               Tripura
                                               Triveni
                                               Treya


Names starting with—U


Male                                           Female


Ujaas                                         Ujaala
Ulkarsh                                      Udadhi
Uttam                                        Uma
Utpal                                        Urmila
Ulsuk                                        Urvara
Uday                                        Urvashi
Udaar                                      Urvi-ja
Udit
Udhyot
Upendra
Ullas
Upmanyu


Names starting with—Y


Male                                         Female


Yatharth                                   Yamuna
Yadu                                        Yashoda
Yash                                       Yashodhara
Yamini
Yogita

Baby Names--11

Names starting with—S-2


Male                                       Female


Sankarsh                                 Sanjeeda
Sanket                                    Satyabhama
Sanjay                                    Satyavati
Santokh                                  Samiksha
Sachi                                      Sameera
Sachhidanand                         Sayana
Sachet                                    Sarala
Satanad                                  Sarsa
Sadanand                               Sarsiruha
Sattam                                   Sarita
Sanandan                              Saroj
Sanat-kumar                         Saryu
Samarth                                Sarvapriya
Sameer                                 Sarvari
Sarit                                     Salika
Sarup                                   Saloni
Sarur                                    Savita
Sarekh                                 Savni
Saroruh                               Sindhu-ja
Sarju                                   Siti
Saral                                   Siddha
Saras                                  Smita
Sarvesh                              Sukruti
Salil                                    Suchitra
Sahdev                               Sudeepti
Sahal                                  Sudha
Savan                                 Sunanda
Sindhuj                               Suniti
Siddharth                            Suparna
Suchit                                 Suparni
Sudarshan                          Supriya
Sudhir                                Subhadra
Sudas                                Subhrata
Sudev                                Sumitra
Sudhesh                            Sumedha
Sudhang                            Surbhi
Sudhanshu                        Surasari
Suparn                             Surangana
Subal                               Suravati
Subir                                Suruchi
Subhash                           Surupa
Sumant                            Surekha
Suman                             Sulochana
Sumukh                           Suvarna
Sumedh                           Sushma
Surath                             Suhela
Surshreshth                     Smriti
Suruj                              Somavati
Surendra                        Swadha
Suresh                            Swamini
Sushil
Sushrut
Sushen
Suhas
Suhel
Srunjay
Sohan
Saurabh
Swet

Baby Names--10

Names starting with—S-1


Male                                    Female

Shantanu                             Shagufa
Shavur                                Shachi
Shatadru                             Shatabhisha
Shatabhish                          Shatarupa
Shatanand                          Sharanya
Shatrughn                           Shabari
Shamak                             Sharika
Sharad                              Shikha
Sharishth                           Shiti
Shivi                                  Sheetal
Sheetanshu                        Shubha
Shubhang                          Shubhangi
Shailendra                         Shailaja
Shobhan                           Shaivya
Shyam                              Shobha
Shyamsunder                    Shobhna
Shravan                            Shyama
Shreekant                         Shyamla
Shreedhar                        Shraddha
Shreeharsh                       Shreeja
Shrey                               Shreya
Shreyas                           Shweta
Shreshth