Vastu tips are extremely important for any
home. It ensures that positive energies enter your home and all the negative
vibes are banished. However, when it comes to festive Diwali celebrations,
these Vastu tips take on even greater importance. All though Vastu has always
emphasised on keeping your house neat and clean always but on Diwali it is said
that you should correct the Vastu of your home.
Diwali is the best among all festivals as
it brightens up lives with prosperity and happiness. Some tested and highly
effective Vastu practices are given below which will help home owners be
blessed by fortune, health, progress and peace in their lives.
As per Sthapataya Veda During the festival,
homes should be thoroughly cleaned and windows should be kept opened to welcome
Goddess ‘Lakshmi’, the celestial deity of wealth. Candles and small earthen
lamps, called ‘diyas’, should be lighten
up to welcome the deity, as also to (symbolically) banish the darkness in our
lives.
The festival symbolizes the victory of
righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness.
The word ‘Diwali’ is a colloquialism of the
Sanskrit word ‘Deepawali’, meaning ‘a row of lighted lamps’, and the festival
is aptly called ‘The Festival of Lights’. Diwali is celebrated after about 20
days of ‘Dussehra’ on the dark night of ‘Amavasya’ of the ‘Kartika’ month.
The origin of this festival can be traced
into the Hindu mythologies.
According to a section of the population,
Lord Vishnu rescued Goddess Lakshmi from King Bali on Diwali.
According to another group, Goddess Lakshmi
emerged on Diwali from the Milky Way (Ocean of Milk).
Diwali is also celebrated to mark the
return of Lord Rama from Lanka after his victory over Ravana.
It is being said when Lord Rama returned
from Lanka along with his wife Sita and brother Laxman after the victory over
Ravana the People of Ayodhya lit earthen lamps outside their house as well as
on the streets also to welcome Rama.
In South India, Diwali is celebrated to
commemorate the victory of Lord Krishna over the demon Narakasura.
Few Vastu Tips to Purify your
home this Diwali
According to Vastu, the science of
placement, can be put to good use in your home and workplace on Diwali day, not
only to bring positivity inside, but also to receive the blessings of the
reigning deities of this festival.
1) De Clutter: It is being said
that Goddess Lakshmi enters only in neat and clean house. Throw the useless old
things in your home as they obstruct the positive energy from entering in. Make
your home neat and clean this Diwali. It will pave the way for prosperity and
dissipate stagnant energy too. Make sure you keep the Entrance of the house and
Eshaan Cone ( North-East Corner) of your house absolutely clutter free. And it
would be great if you can white wash your house after decluttering.
2) Spray Salt Water: Mix rock sea salt
with water and spray this saline solution at all corners of the house. According to Vastu Shastra,
salt has a property to absorb all evil energies within the house. Add a pinch
of energy salt or ‘Sendha Namak’ while mopping the floor to ward off
negativity. Place rock salt (filled in glass bowl) in all the four corners of
your home or office.and if you can light a Salt Lamp on the entrance as well.
3) Decorate: Embellish the main door with
a Toran made with mango leaves and garland of marigold flowers to bring good
luck, happiness and success to your home. Toran symbolizes nature’s abundance
and attracts blessings of God. These days readymade Toran’s are also available
in markets if you don’t have a time to make Toran made at home you can buy
these stylish and attractive Toran’s and embellish on you main door.
4) Rangoli: Make Rangoli near the entrance
of the house and also in front of the Puja room for creating a positive
environment. Use the traditional materials viz. sand or rice powder mixed with
food colours for creating Rangoli.
5) Light up: The reason why
‘light’ is an important feature of Diwali is that it is supposed to ward off
evil spirits, bring in prosperity and energize the surroundings. It is also
believed that homes that are well-lit are always more in tune with attracting
wealth, so make sure that your home is shining nice and bright this Diwali. For
decoration, using specific colour lighting bulbs for different directions are
as follows:
• North:
Put extra blue, yellow and green colour light bulbs for decorating the house.
• East:
Use more of red, orange and yellow light bulbs.
• South:
Decorate with white, indigo, violet and red colour light bulbs.
• West:
Add more yellow, orange, pink and gray light bulbs.
6) Right way to keep diyas: The number of diyas to be
kept on the parapet and the boundary wall should be in multiples of four, as
each diya represents the reigning deities of Diwali – Goddess Lakshmi, Lord
Ganesh, Kuber and Indra. You should not separate them.
7) Jalasthana: Keeping water reservoirs in
the East direction is considered very auspicious. It will help to start new
projects and make progress in life. If you want you can place a Water fountain
in this direction. A water fountain can be extremely valuable, especially if
placed in North, East or North-East direction. Fresh water is symbolic of good
health. But, the water fountain should be proportionate in size to the room.
Place a cascade of water outside your front door, preferably on the right-hand
side of the door.
8) Place earmarked for
valuables: According
to Vastu Shastra, the North direction is ruled by lord of wealth- Kuber and is
known as Kuberasthana. This direction is the best place for keeping the
safe/locker where you keep your valuables. Keeping a statue of Goddess Lakshmi
in the safe with your valuables saves and increases them.
9) Recharge money inflow: Take three coins, wrap them
up in red cloth and place them next to a water bowl in the north. This will
charge up the north zone energy and will lead to increase in money inflow.
10) Brahmasthana: Keeping a crystal bowl
filled with water and rose petals in the brahmasthana ( Center of the
house) also brings positive vibes to
your home. Float five diyas or candles in it and light them after sunset.
11) Mirror positivity: Place
mirrors on the north and east walls of your house as they symbolically
duplicate the positive energy of kubersthana and indrasthana and bring in
knowledge and wealth.
12) Prosperity trail: Welcome Goddess Lakshmi to
the Puja room by stamping small footprints systematically from the entrance of
the house to the Puja room. These footprints are supposed to bring wealth,
happiness and prosperity in the house.
Get
your Pooja Room ready for ‘Lakshmi Pooja’ this Diwali with these Vastu tips:
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• Use
new cloths to clean the photos or idols, and use them for this purpose only.
• Put
pictures of water and ‘Kalash’ in the East or North of the ‘Pooja’ room.
• The
idols must not face the door of the ‘Pooja’ room or one another.
• Do
not keep photos of those who have passed away in the ‘Pooja’ room.
• Do
not keep two idols of the same god at the ‘Pooja’ place.
• Place
idols in the North-East direction in the ‘Pooja’ room.
• Place
the idols of the gods on a bright red new cloth.
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Direction of the Deity: According to Vastu, the statues of Goddess
Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha, Indra and Kuber must be placed in such a manner that
the face of worshipper should be towards North-East or North or East direction
while praying.
Colours
for cloths and gifts on Diwali
It would be better to avoid wearing black
colours on Diwali. Also avoid giving
black coloured clothes and other items in the gifts
Wearing of Red, yellow, purple, white,
cream, blue colours would add to the joy and cheers.
Gifts
and Sweets
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Do not give fire crackers in
the shape of the gifts to the friends or the near ones. It is not good for them
and the givers.
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This is such a festival where
gifts are exchanged and sweets and dry fruits are distributed. Distributing
sweets is always treated to be auspicious. Then why not to give sweets with the
gift items, so that even if some mistake is committed in giving the gifts then
the malefic effects be reduced.
These simple Vastu Tips would certainly
contribute towards bringing positivity in your household and best of overall
fortune and will bring your home happiness,love and prosperity.
Wishing You All a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali 2013.
May Goddess Laxmi shower her blessings on You.
Regards
Team India Vastu
