By
Brijendra S. Shrivastava, India
Jyotirvid Brijendra S. Shrivastava. Honorary
Director Apara Jyotisham, Member Board of Studies
in Jyotirvigyan Jiwaji University Gwalior. He
specializes in Medical Astrology and Career
Counseling through horoscopic cosmogram and
teaches Samhita, Vaastu, Astronomy and other
branches of Astrology of UGC approved PG course
in Astrological Science at Jiwaji University Gwalior.
Author has presented more than 50 research papers
in universities, national & international forums of
science, engineering, technology, medical science,
astronomy, astrology and vedic sciences. He has also
published in prestigious Journals etc. including
Science India (recipient of award from the Prime
Minister in 93rd Science Congress). He is regularly
writing on subjects which include literature and art,
law and sociology, science spiritualism, cosmology
and panchang reform. Life member of Gwalior
Academy of mathematical Sciences and IIPA Delhi.
The author is rewarded with several national and
international honors. He is working on a project of
popularizing sky watching astronomy with his own six
inch telescope and editing first ever astronomical
annual event calendars depicting colorful sky events.
Introduction
I
n Vaastu of today, south facing main
gate or even any other facility in south
direction of a house is increasingly
blamed for every problem in life of house
owner. This is due to ignorance or incorrect
interpretation of classical texts of Vaastu
and partly it is also to maintain fear
psychosis of south facing main door for
extracting money in the name of remedies.
Ironically south facing plots have assumed a
very high ‘negative market value’ as south
facing plots indirectly increase rates of plots
of other directions. This is rather a recent
development in Vaastu and it is the
counterpart of „kaal sarpa dosha’ of astrology
which is equally an easy trick of „bhay-
dohan’ or extracting money by creating fear.
If south direction is evil for some vaastu
ignorants, should Nature become three
directional? Can we over-rule nature‟s
diversity rule and declare south invalid for
all purposes? Some so-called vaastuvids give
„fatwa’ or injunctions even against
geographical constitution of India.
According to them an elevated North and depressed South India region is bad as per vaastu
norms, it is India’s vaastu which is root of all national problems and it was responsible for
thousand years of foreign rule! This is the climax of morbid thinking of so-called vaastu experts
who ignore India’s glorious past in the same vaastu–geography. Ample references in Puranas
testify that even Devas consider land of Bharat i.e. India auspicious enough to be their mortal
abode but if given power, these self styled demi-gods of Vaastu won’t give to these demi-gods,
a clearance certificate for taking avatar in India because India‟s Geo-vaastu is not suitable !

These scaremonger Vaastuvid‟s are responsible for creating malice towards south facing
dwellings which is not supported by any classical vaastu or rationale thinking or latest scientific
findings; they are thus committing grave intellectual sin or “pragya-aparaadh” and doing grave
dis-service to Vaastu Shastra.

This article is all about dispelling doubts and scares for south facing dwellings or main door in
the south.

2. In classical Vaastu, options to select from all eight door directions or dwaar dishaas exist. A
decision to construct main door is individualized according to owner’s status in family or
society, caste, types of soil and rashi of town, varna of plot etc., etc and any direction including
south may become suitable for him in such a selection process. Some examples from classical
Vaastu texts which specifically provide all eight directions including south for making main
door are summarized here.

3. Aay–Grah Pinda method: Also given in Muhurta Chintamani (Ch.12 verse 11-12 ) Pinda means
area of land of the plot where construction is to be done, ‘aay’ literally means income and it is a
numerical value arrived at after applying some arithmetic to the area of plot land called pinda.
Here area of plot is measured with the length of hand of 1. owner or 2. wife or 3. son or 4. head
architect. Digital values so arrived, called aay, is then assessed as per norms given in the text.
For dhwaj [flag] aay with digit value 1, east direction is good for main door construction but
south direction is excellent for main door construction; for gaj [elephant] aay with digit 7, north
faced main door is good but south faced and east faced main doors are excellent (Vaastu Raj
Vallabh 3-60). This method seems best as it correlates pinda with brahmanda- the microscopic
individual with the macroscopic universe which is the main intention of Vaastu, After all most
of our measurements are mainly human based.

This approach gives at least on 2 counts, preference to south door as against east and north door
entrance.
4. Disha Dwaar Paal (Guardians of directions) method: It says, select the direction in which
main door is to be constructed then add up numerical values assigned to that direction, town and
name of the owner, divide it by eight. Remainder will represent eight directional guards, door in
the selected direction will be auspicious or not will depend on the nature of those eight
directional dwarpals or guardians so obtained.

This method neither praises east nor condemns south but declares it to be good or bad
individually (Vastu Ratnakar ch.8 dwar prakaranam verse 31-32).

5. Grah Swami‟s Chandra Rashi or House Owner’s Moon Sign Method :

(a) For Gemini, Virgo or Capricorn rashi or moon sign of the owner –south direction main door
is favorable (Jyotir-Nibandh)

(b) Owner of Cancer, Virgo, and Capricorn chandra rashi should select south for main door
(Vastu Raj Vallabh.1/12).

(c) Caste or varna of zodiacal sign as basis and not the caste of owner –in astrology, 12
zodiacal signs have been divided into four castes or varnas. A person born under a particular
sign is astrologically treated as belonging to the caste ascribed to the particular sign. Similarly
for all the four castes or varnas different directions have separately been prescribed as auspicious
for main door. In this method direction of door should be selected as per one‟s birth sign caste or
varna irrespective of one‟s social caste. Accordingly persons born in Taurus , Virgo and
Capricorn moon signs are vaish by caste or businessman by nature and for them south door
main gate is most auspicious (Brahat Daivagya Ranjan (86-354). Caste of other zodiacal signs
and auspicious direction for those born under such signs for making main gate are: signs 4-8-12
are Brahmins or signs of intellectual pursuits and east door is suitable for them. Signs 3-7-11 are
shudra or those earn through services of all kinds by nature and west door is suitable for them.
Signs1-5-9 are kshatriyas or warriors in nature and north door main gate is best for them.)

6. South door and selection of sun sign for muhurta of construction: for dwellings with south or
north direction main gate, start when sun is transiting Mesha, Vrishabh, Tula or Vrischik
(Ratna Maala 17/14-15). It further ordains that if someone constructs the door contrary to these
provisions, the house owner suffers calamities.

7. (a) Door direction based on position of Rahu (North node)in muhurta method: Rahu moves
in 4 directions of east south west north in every three months starting from bhadrapada month.
The rule is - main door to be constructed in Rahu-head direction; accordingly, for south main
gatehouse, foundation should be done in margshirsha, pausa, or maagh months when Rahu head
is in south (Jyotirnibandha).
Note that muhurta for south door house has been given and not excluded just because of south.

(b) In Muhurta Chintamani (Vaastu ch.12verse 19) laying of foundation of a living house in
south-west direction (in opposite to Rahu‟s head direction) is auspicious when transiting Sun is
in Taurus, Gemini or Cancer2-3-4 signs. It further rules that for laying foundation of a temple
south-west is to be taken if sun is in Sagittarius, Capricorn or Aquarius signs and laying
foundation of a water pond when sun is in Libra, Scorpio or Sagittarius signs is to be done in
south-west. For other foundation laying in remaining three vidishas (angles of main directions)
different position of sun sign for all the three purposes has been given.

The point is south-west direction is not excluded even in laying of corner stones or shila-nyas so
vital for a home.

(c) In Muhurta Chintamani (grah pravesh ch.13 verse 1), selection of nakshatra for muhurta for
entering a newly constructed home, eight nakshatras are considered auspicious. It says out of
these eight, select the Nakshatra which rules the direction of main door of this home. In chapter
on journey muhurta, we can find direction of each nakshatra. Accordingly, direction of four
fixed and four char nakshatras valid for grah pravesh are: 1. east direction - rohini and mrigshir,
2. South - chitra and uttaraphalguni, 3. West - anuradha and uttrashadha and 4. North - revati
and uttarabhadrapada.

It simply means that if main door is in south select or prefer chitra and uttaraphalguni for
entering new house.

The provision of muhurta for south facing main door home clearly indicates that there is no bias
against south facing door even in muhurta shastra and no special pooja is prescribed for a south
door dwelling neither at the time of laying of cornerstone in southern angle or at the time of
fixing door facing south nor at the time of entering a south facing sweet home. Thank God! So
far no special package of pooja or upaay or remedy is being prescribed by greedy vaastu shatris.
But days are not far when these scaremonger Vaastuvids may start exploiting gullible public in
near future, by flouting all ethics and muhurta system. This can be ensured only when
awareness about correct all inclusive vaastu norms is made available to public. Saptarishi E-
Magazine’s support in creating awareness about classical texts and sustaining rationale thinking
and scientific temper in all branches of Astro sciences including vaastu is highly appreciated,
that is why this magazine has readers, admirers and contributors across seven continents.

8. South door in 81 and 64 pada Mandal Method: in eighty-one padas, total forty-five khand or
portions are made consisting of thirteen inner areas formed with unequal number of padas and
thirty-two outer areas covering equal number of thirty-two padas. These outer area 32 padas
spread over @ eight pada in each of the four directions are considered auspicious for
construction of main gate.
In this system, out of 8 pada allocated to each direction, only a specific pada or fraction of every
direction is auspicious and not all padas of the entire direction. Main door in south direction can
be made on number 4th fraction or pada of south direction which brings abundance of food
drinks and sons. Counting of pada is done in 2 ways, 1st way is to count from left to right after
facing the desired direction. In 2nd way counting is started from east covering all 32 fractions up
to desired fraction in desired direction in clockwise direction east-south-west-north. Auspicious
south fraction will become number 12th when counted from east. In a 64 pada mandal, it is to be
noted that all 4 directions cannot have 8 pada if total of 32 padas are to be marked on it.
Therefore, herein four corner padas or sectors are bisected to make total outer padas 32 in
number. (Varahi Sanhita (50/42) and Varahmihira‟s Brahatsanhita chpr. vaastu vidya 72/75).

In Jyotirnibandha an easy method for making main door in any four directions says that make
nine parts of desired direction, after facing that desired direction, leave three parts from left,
leave five parts from right and construct on the 4th part as counted from left to right of that
direction, some variation of this system is also there. Brahat vaastu maalaayam also in its
dwar vichar (164) endorses fourth portion of south direction as giver of putra vraddhi or
increase in numbers of sons when selected for main door It also suggests exploring main door
with „dwar chakra of sun based nakshatra‟
9. Main door direction in Sarvatobhadra Vaastu with verandahs or alinda: For buildings with
verandas, Brahat Samhita vaastu vidya chapter (31-35) has made special provisions where
construction of main gate in any direction including south is either permissible or not
permissible depends solely on the position of veranda.

In (1) sarbhatobhadra vaastu- which has verandas in all four directions is auspicious only
for devas and kings and not for any others, doors should be made in all four directions including
south.

in (2) nandhyavart vaastu- which has verandahs in clockwise direction, west is prohibited
for gate and gates to be made in remaining 3 directions including south and

in (3) vardhmaan – south door is forbidden,

in (4) swastika- only east door is allowed, all other three directions not allowed.
 in (5) ruchak vaastu- north direction door is discarded.

10.Samarangan Sootradhar of King Bhoj of Dhar central India: In this classical text on vaastu, in
a complete township layout based on sixty-four padas, a palace can be built in all four directions
on the place allotted to different deities and the direction of door of such palace will change in
all four directions-(Please see charts and table)

for palace built at Mitra in west of sixty-four pada vaastu, the gopura dwar is built in Bhallat
pada location i.e in north;

for palace built at mahidhar or Indra in north, the dwar is located at Mahendra pada i.e. in east;

for palace built at vaivasvat or south direction of city, the door is to be located at Pushpadanta
padas in west and

for palace built at Aryamaan site in east, the door is to be located at Grahakshat pada in south.

Further discussion on directions of main door including south door may be seen from texts like
Maan Saar Shilpa Shastra, Mayy Matam of Mayasur, Vishwakarma Vaastu prakash, Aparajit
Prachha Shilpa Ratna etc., etc.
 Refer para 10. explanation for 64 pada township layout chart
Location of Palace in a Direction of Gopur Dwar or Main Gate in the
zone, direction of zone palace and its specific location in terms of deity
in township or fort

Zone Direction
1. Mahindra North East Mahendra
2. Aryaman East South Grahkshat
3. Vivswaan South West Pushpadant
4. Mitra West North Bhallat

Ref. Samarangana Sootradhaar of Maharaja Bhoj of Dhar Central India

11. In Ayurveda five mahabhootas, triguna and tridosha forms basis of its philosophy of psycho-
soma of individual. These are universal factors of Sankhya school of philosophy and therefore,
panch mahabhootas or five elements constituting all physical entities are also referred to in
modern vaastu literature with much theoretical highlights but with least insight. An impression
is tried to be created as if these are inventions of modern vaastu.

In Ayurveda Shrushut Sanhita has given peculiarities of individual dominated by prithvi or

earth, vaat or air, jal or water, agni or fire and aakash or space element. In Brihat
Parashar chapter 77-78 outlines correlation between panch mahabhootas and prakrati or
temperament of individual and planets. Ayurveda, holds that proportion of these attributes of
panch-tatwa along with triguna and tridosha which are interrelated (Sushrut Sanhita: shaareer
and sootra sthhaanam), differs from person to person and it shapes individual‟s physical and
mental temperament or nature. That is why in Ayurveda emphasis is on individual-based
treatment.

On the other hand currently prevalent vaastu heavily tends to act on a pre-conditioned notion
that each human activity must be performed in a very specific direction prescribed by vaastu.
In declaring some directions, say south, southwest or southeast as second grade, they ignore
dominance or deficiency of certain mahabhota in an individual’s physical or psychological body.
Which mahabhoota is more beneficial to an individual as per his or her panch maha bhoot set–
up cannot be known by current vaastu practice which has no liking to consider individual‟s
sensitivity towards five elements and related tridosha of air, phlegm and bile and trigunas of
satwa rajas and tamas; frankly it has no curiosity to know. Such vaastu prescriptions, generated
largely by fixed notions of vaastu and indifference towards individual‟s personality are just
like allopathy‟s broad spectrum medicines which bring more harm and less relief in long run.
12.1. Astrology and south direction: Astrology is also individual based and despite existence of
general features of planets in its system , emphasis in Astrology is on individual chart, which
modifies such generalities of planets. Parashari has even laid down list of benefic, malefic and
neutral planets of each ascendant in its Karaka chapter which, for example, says that Saturn is
excellent for Taurus and Capricorn ascendant and Jupiter is blemished, but for cancer ascendant
reverse is the case.

Another curious feature of astrology is that, in Astrology a person is always born with a specific
vaastu environment. To begin with an individual’s horoscope mostly indicates its home
surroundings. That is why there is always a chapter even in annual almanacs for a newly born
baby which gives astrological combinations to indicate the direction, door and other features of
prasooti kaksha or labor room. How such astro-vaastu indications should be modified in the
changed delivery environments is a different question.

Besides, in Astrology it can also be shown how vaastu surroundings are governed by and go on
changing with change of dasa bhuktis. In a dominant moon dasa antardasa individual dwells
near water pond sea shore etc., etc or in north portion, in mars or in dominant sun, electric
transformer, fire workplace etc., etc. may be close to the residence, Rahu’s directional influence
often gives southern direction to live or work. All this requires a separate article. Here it is
sufficient to emphasize that blanket generalization again south direction by current vaastu is not
valid.

Interestingly it is to be noted that if planets ruling south and southern angles-like venus
southeast, mars south and rahu southwest – are exerting influence on fourth house which rules
living environments in an individual’s birth chart, such individual mostly live in a house facing
a southern angle. Other planets also give living conditions according to their directions. This
can easily be verified from a few horoscopes. So how a person can exclude south faced residence,
office, godown, garage, workshop or laboratory or a dream place when his birth chart so
powerfully mirrors these angles of directions. It will be most exciting and interesting to
correlate Sun‟s house position in birth chart and availability of sun light in home. Sun in 9th
house is supposed to give open courtyard and ample sunlight.

12.2. Planet in south is most influential in Astrology: South direction is treated very powerful
and of imparting life-building impact in Astrology. How? Is it written in any text of Astrology?
Yes it written even in each horoscope. Ascendant or rising sign represents east and descendant
or seventh house shows west. In between tenth house is south. Due to west-to-east rotation of
earth, all planets move east to west via south. Western design of a birth chart rightly depicts it
since it places ascendant at left side, which is east, and seventh house in right side, which is west,
and tenth house in between at the top, which is south. In astrology tenth house or
south direction is also called zenith or culmination point or yaamyottar meaning crossing
towards south or „kh-madhya or mid-heaven. Any planet here is considered most powerful and
is decisive in profession and vocation and every astrological text gives a chapter for
determination of profession largely based on planet on tenth house cusp or in rashi in 10th house.
It is because a planet in south casts its full impact or dristi- irrespective of its fractional or paad
dristi or aspect on ascendant and consequently on personality and outlook and it can be assumed
to be „placed in lagna or ascendant’ itself for this purpose.

Michael Gqualine in his Cosmic Clock while dealing with diurnal motion of earth has proved
statistically that a planet culminating in south in diurnally chart decides individual‟s profession.
One can log on to net to search more on it.

12.3. Question is if south is so devilish in terms of current vaastu practice – not as per classical
vaastu - how and why a planet in extreme south called zenith or midpoint of tenth in horoscopes
of individuals can be so decisive and beneficial? After all, all sciences are interlinked and this is
particularly so with astrology and astronomy. As for vaastu, history shows, it developed
separately as vaastu vidya, and in most of its areas it depends on astronomy and astrology.

There is another interesting point. In which direction of a horoscope individual’s most

auspicious bhava or house is located? I mean 9th house of fortune, which may surprise many
readers, that 9th house is posited in south direction’s south–west point called nairutya a not
much favoured sub-direction in vaastu. It must be noted that directions are astronomical points
and are same be it vaastu, astrology, or navigation. My point is that no direction is bad as
depicted in current vaastu.

12.4. Learned readers must now be convinced that 1) all classical and standard vaastu texts give
equal treatment to all four direction facing main gates and find no fault with south facing main
door and that 2) standard classical vaastu in its true scientific spirit emphasizes individualized
auspiciousness of directions. It may further be seen that in 64 and 81 and 100 vaastu-pada-
mandala, one can see that names of several presiding deities do not sound well, yet most of such
padas or segment of plot of land have not at all been excluded for construction of main door and
other various facilities.

In this critically examined wider context, it can be concluded with firmness that declaring any
one or more directions entirely auspicious or inauspicious has no sanction of classical and
standard texts as well as historical practice and it is entirely against the basic spirit and cannons
of classical and modern vaastu to single out any direction as inauspicious.
Therefore, stigmatization of south facing main door or south facing plot of land by so called
vaastu shastris must be exposed and awareness about judicious vaastu should be supported and
spread.
13. Kerala‟s celebrated astrologer Soumyaji‟s unique Astro-Vaastu: In Astaka varga (AV) system
of Astrology the maximum number of points in an AV of an individual in any individual‟s
birth chart determine the direction in the house where the facility is to be maintained.
Exponent of this wonderful technique of astro–vastu, Kerala‟s celebrated astrologer Soumyaji
observes in his classical astrology Jaatakadesh maarga that, in AV chart of Mars, the direction
which secure maximum points is suitable for kitchen as well as for rituals relating to fire.
Similarly in the AV chart of Saturn, the direction with maximum points is best suited for toilet,
servant‟s quarter and garbage. Similar rules exist for allotment of places for different activities
ruled by different planets. It may be observed that in Soumyaji’s methodology of astro-vaastu,
nature of planet and the nature of tatwa indicating an activity or facility is same yet its place
varies. Whereas in current vaastu, direction is fixed, in AV system the direction of facility
moves with planet‟s direction as found in the birth chart. Soumyaji’s system of Astro-vaastu
needs further exploration and I appeal learned readers to undertake this fusion system further.

14.1. WHO Report on Ultraviolet Radiation. UVR is important for formation of vitamin D in
our body, which is essential for various functions of different systems of body. It is particularly
essential for formation of calcium for bones. UVR is a component of solar radiation and it is
continuously received by earth as a whole every moment from all directions. However a number
of factors influences UVR levels:

Latitude of place: Higher UVR levels exist when dwelling is close to equator. .

Sun‟s elevation: higher sun in the sky, leads to higher UVR radiation.

Altitude (of building): UV levels increase by about 5% with every one thousand meters altitude.

Ozone layer: ozone absorbs some UVR, if it is depleted, more UVR in general reaches earth.

Ground reflection: many surfaces reflect sun‟s rays and add to overall exposure of URV. Grass
and soil and water reflect less than ten percent of UVR received from sun, (it means these
absorb ninety percent UVR of rays) dry beach sand reflects fifteen percent and fresh snow
reflects eighty percent.

WHO report emphasizes that UVR in small amount is essential as it produces vitamin D in our
body for bones and musculo-skeletal system.

We know that sun shines overhead near equator but near poles, it remains near horizon and
does not even set for six months. It means with increase in latitude of places (i.e. going
northward or southward of equator), the height of mid-day sun called altitude of sun goes on
decreasing and length of day goes on increasing.
My study on this point is summarized below:

1. Date: twenty first march of any year called vernal equinox day-when day and night are equal.

Place Latitude [deg] Altitude of Sun Day light hours

[deg]
Thiruvananthapuram 6 81.7 12hr 7min
Chennai 13 77.2 12hr 7min
Delhi 26 61.6 12hr 9min
Leh Laddakh 34 56.1 12hr 27min

14.2. It is evident from this data that south facing gate house does not receive same amount of
UVR in each city or town and that it differs from latitude to latitude during sun‟s
maximum height at noon called culmination point of sun. Accordingly, daily impact of UVR
also varies with daily variation of height of sun and duration of day which is opposite to each
other as stated earlier. Further elevation and duration of any day both differ from seasons to
seasons.

Sun‟s heat and radiation is required more in winter and even sunbath is preferred in winter
when sun is in south declination from equator. From this point, south facing houses get more
soothing and healthy solar radiation during winter. Solar radiation pattern does not in any way
allow us to degrade south facing properties which should be noted.

Light and shadow pattern at noon in summer. Note sunrise angle at north east and sun set
angle at north west in summer Courtesy:PSAC Manual
 Light and shadow pattern at noon in winter. Note sunrise angle at south east and sun set angle
at south west in winter Courtesy-PSAC manual

If you are astrologer or astronomer, you can watch movement of planets in night sky only from
south because planets script poetry on the sky adorned with Nakshatras galaxies eighty-four
constellations including twelve zodiacal signs from east to west via south only. Rising
culmination and setting of sun and moon is also visible from south faced house.

Sun‟s heat is felt more in summer around noon when sun‟s elevation is highest. At noon when
sun is in southern direction that is the only summer season-based disadvantage of south facing
house but it is equally an advantage in post rainy season to clear moisture based harmful
bacteria‟s and far more advantageous in entire winter.

Therefore angle of shades and projections on windows, doors and verandas etc,. etc should be so
devised as to protect the house of any direction from direct sun light during noons of summer
season (which is more felt in south facing houses compared to other directions). Such angles of
shades etc., etc can be determined as per latitude of place and yearly chart of altitude (height in
sky)1 of sun at noon of the place. An expert architect with some knowledge of astronomy can do
this and my humble suggestion is that vaastu shastris must also learn to do such calculations of
shades and projections of houses facing all eight directions.

1 Please download Pilkington Sun Angle Calculator from this location

http://www.pilkington.com/resources/pilkingtonsunanglecalculatormanual.pdf Alternately if you are conversant with Excel sheet and know
latitude of your place use this handy tool to calculate Sun Angle -
http://www.pge.com/includes/docs/word_xls/about/edusafety/training/pec/toolbox/arch/avots_annual.xls Still more elaborate tool is
available at http://solardat.uoregon.edu/SunChartProgram.html
14.3. WHO recommends important remedies for absorption of excess UVR radiation during
summer. These may be suitable particularly for places of lower latitude.

Report says that grass, soil and water reflect less than ten percent of UVR received from sun; it
means these absorb ninety percent UVR received from sun. Therefore, plantation of grass and
leaving some patch of land as kuchcha or un-cemented or placing earth filled pots in south
direction, from east to west line via south can be more effective. Walls continue to reflect
energy instead of absorbing, hence a green patch will work wonders. This easy-to-change
measure should be adopted in every house. Comparatively south and south-west and west faced
house may require it more during summer, but least in winter so as to take advantage of winter
sun.

Measuring sun shadows in different seasons for south faced home in October and December afternoon .
Courtesy : Pilkington Sun Angle Calculator Angle Manul

Measuring sun shadows in different seasons for south faced home in morning of April and December.
Courtesy Pilkington Sun Angle Calculator Angle Manul

15. Eminent Indologist and researcher in Vaastu and specialist in Vaastu Purush Mandala, Dr
Prabhakar Apte of Pune has observed that „conventional descriptions and prescriptions are spread
over in vaastu but one has to note that all descriptions are not prescriptions. Regimentation on shubh-
ashubh or good or bad of vaastu convention is not so easy. Research scholars have to stand on firm
foundation of data collection, data analysis and comparative study before they arrive at any conclusion.
Contents of vaastu texts are descriptive and not prescriptive and a vaastuvid is entitled to modify or
change it according to changed circumstances.‟

It is therefore desirable that vaastu experts should now realize that south direction is neither
good nor bad and that all directions have equal advantage and disadvantage. If faith on Vaastu is
to be enhanced and endured, Vaastu practitioners need to be dogma free, innovative,
experimental, rationale, open and scientific. It is time to withdraw fatwas or injunctions against
South direction and rationalize the view about all directions as clearly mandated in the classical
and traditional texts and latest scientific findings.

16. Art is an expression of aesthetics and is essentially spiritual, that is why art
encompasses every facet of life, every color of nature all ten directions of space and is
„all inclusive‟. Vaastu which includes architecture , is an extension of art, Vaastu also has
to be inclusive.

I conclude with a verse, which starts from word „south‟ which connotes right side.

South is seated brother Lakshman on His side, divine consort Sita adorns His left and before
Him is seated Maruti Hanumana; we pray such Lord Rama of king Raghu‟s clan.

Dakshine Lakshmano yasya vaame ch Janakaatmajaa

Purto maruturyast tam vande Ragu nandanam.