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Psychological Satisfaction and Constraints in Applying Vastu Principles in Homes


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1 Department of Home Science, GGSSS, Kaimri, Hisar, Haryana, India
2 Department of Family Resource Management, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India
     

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Vastu shastra is science of balancing energies and it is highly recommended for good and peaceful living. Keeping this view in mind a research was planned purposively on 100 homemakers who have altered / renovated houses according to vastu principles. Some aspects of beginning of construction and basic vastu principles were choose from a elaborated list of vastu principles by making a long inventory from various books, magazines, newspaper, websites etc. and checked by various vastu shastries. Pandits and vastu practitioners from Hisar city. After that level of satisfaction score containing highly satisfied, satisfied and dissatisfied on three quantum scale these aspects were studied and found that some aspects like underground water tank should be in NE direction, no trees towards NE side, drainage system should be E& N side were applied by more than 85% ofhomemakers. Surprisingly 90 percent ofthem were highly satisfied by making underground tank in NE and no tress in N&E. less than 10 percent homemakers were found dissatisfied by renovating /constructing house according to vastu principles. Regarding constraints faced while renovating/constructing house according to vastu, social & economic constraint were scored high as compared to other technical and structural constraints.

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Vastu, Vastu Shastries, Constraints, Satisfaction Level, Gomukhi.
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Neetima Batra
Department of Home Science, GGSSS, Kaimri, Hisar, Haryana, India
Manju Mehta
Department of Family Resource Management, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


Vastu shastra is science of balancing energies and it is highly recommended for good and peaceful living. Keeping this view in mind a research was planned purposively on 100 homemakers who have altered / renovated houses according to vastu principles. Some aspects of beginning of construction and basic vastu principles were choose from a elaborated list of vastu principles by making a long inventory from various books, magazines, newspaper, websites etc. and checked by various vastu shastries. Pandits and vastu practitioners from Hisar city. After that level of satisfaction score containing highly satisfied, satisfied and dissatisfied on three quantum scale these aspects were studied and found that some aspects like underground water tank should be in NE direction, no trees towards NE side, drainage system should be E& N side were applied by more than 85% ofhomemakers. Surprisingly 90 percent ofthem were highly satisfied by making underground tank in NE and no tress in N&E. less than 10 percent homemakers were found dissatisfied by renovating /constructing house according to vastu principles. Regarding constraints faced while renovating/constructing house according to vastu, social & economic constraint were scored high as compared to other technical and structural constraints.

Keywords


Vastu, Vastu Shastries, Constraints, Satisfaction Level, Gomukhi.