Friday, February 24, 2006

Perfect bath

Ancient architecture, have separate bathroom and toilet. But these days due to shortage of space both have been merged into one. The science of vaastu has definite rules for the location of bathrooms and toilets, and other accessories such as washbasin and mirrors fitted therein.
A bathroom should be located on the East or North of the house. If it is attached to the bedroom, it should be on the Eastern or Northern side of the bedroom.
There should be a window or ventilator in East or the Northern wall. Early morning sunlight coming from these windows, is beneficial for our body.
As South-East is the direction of Agni (fire) so all related electrical appliances that is heater, geyser, shaver, switchboard should be on South-East corner. If there is a bathtub it can be placed either in East, West or North-East . Washbasin and shower should be on the North-East
Slope of floor should be towards North-East , that is water should flow and drain out through the North-East direction. If a mirror has to be placed it should not be on the Southern direction. Toilet in bathrooms is not advisable according to vaastu. However, if it is, it should be in the West or North-West corner. The best option is North-West . In any case it should never be in North-East corner of the plot or of the building. And as far as possible avoid Eastern or Northern sides too.
In the toilet longitudinal axis of the water closet should be North-South axis, not East-West such that the person sitting would face either North or South while easing himself. As in the case of bathrooms , it is preferable to have slope towards North-East for toilets too.
Septic tank should be positioned below the ground level wit utmost care taken to locate it.
In vaastu, it is advised to have a North-East corner lower than all other sides. It means that the only location to build a septic tank is North-East , but this direction is considered to be scared being the direction of God. Thus the only location of septic tank should be West, North or North-West
All outlet from the kitchen, toilet, bathroom, to the drainage pipes, should be given in East, North or North-East these pipe lines which should be further divided to West or North-West . Care must be taken not to give any outlet in the South direction.
Vaastu gives attention to these parts of the house as all the activities are associated with water and water is one of the five essential element. and vaastu is the arrangement of these five elements that is earth, water, fire, air and sky in such a way that it can maximise benefits and minimise loss.Always put vaastu salt in a bone china or a ceramic bowl in North or East side of your toilet. It will absorb all the negativity coming out from soil waste. Flush this salt regularly after 10 days and fill it again with new salt.
Vaastu salt absorbs all this negative radiation. Also never do marble flooring in toilet as marble absorbs energy it is better to use ceramic tiles in toilet.
If a toilet is in North-East zone of the house, put a Bagua Symbol on the door of toilet. Also if the toilet is directly seen from the main door then put a big mirror on the outer side of the toilet’s door to reflect back the entrance. A toilet should never be next to or in front of kitchen and pooja room.