Vastu Tips For Design your Pooja Room

Vastu Tips For Design your Pooja Room

Puja room in a home ensures positive energy. This energy has a great impact on the mind, body and soul of the household. In order to benefit, it is important to design the puja room as per the principles of Vastu Shastra.

This is Most important place in a home, the most positive energy comes from here. But, if you make mistakes in make with the pooja room, this will impact the energy that you are bringing into your home. In order to see the best results, keep these points in mind –

The right position of the puja room

According to the ancient study of architecture, Vastu Shastra, the northeast is the perfect location to place a puja room. The east, the north and the northeast can also be taken as the directions for the placement of a puja room. Directions other than these should be avoided. Special puja can be performed in the centre of the house. However, avoid locating the pooja room in the south.

Designing a puja room

• The floor of the puja room should be white or off-white marble.

• The cupboard for storing things should be positioned in South or West of puja room.

• It is positive to have a threshold in your puja room.

• It is vital to have a ventilator.

• White, light yellow or light blue colour can be used in the puja room.

Placement for the Idols:

Keeping idols in the pooja room is another major task. It should be done with proper consideration and planning. Vastu Shastra explains that the best direction to place all the idols is north-east, east and west directions. Always keep the idols away from north side because the worshipper sits on the south side which breaks the magnetic rule of earth.

Distance from the Wall:

All the idols must be kept in a position that there is at least an inch distance between the wall and idols. This increases the flow of air; water and incense smoke in every corner of the room and spread positive energies on all the sides of the place.

Things to avoid in puja room

• Puja room should not be placed within the bedroom

• Placement of puja room above, below or next to toilet or kitchen is not permissible as per Vastu.

• It should not be positioned under the stairs.

• Placement of broken idols in the puja room must be avoided.

• Prayers should be offered while facing the east.

• Photos of dead people should be avoided in puja room.

• There should be only one puja room in the house and it should not be used for storage and other purposes.

• Do not sleep in your puja room.