Since ancient times, India has been considered as the source of Vastu. The reason behind this is that ancient saints had formulated various principles of Vastu Shastra here. Vastu Shastra was written around one thousand years ago when saints came out with an idea to take out maximum benefits out of sunlight by regulating all the natures five elements in a particular way. In India, it was developed around 5000 years ago and considered as a super science whereas the evolution of Chinese Feng Shui was 3500-4500 years ago.
Primarily, Vastu Shastra deals with the practice of architecture and construction of building science and provides a perfect touch in every aspect of life on the earth as well as the universe. The fundamental theme remains a link that is ever-present between the man and cosmos. The word Vastu is derived from Sanskrit term Vas Niwase' which literally translates to -' a suitable place for living'. When Sanskrit word Shastra is added with these words, the combined phrase means - 'the study of suitable places for living'. However, Vastu Shastra truly considers the presence of Vastu Purush, who is believed to be the main deity of a building.
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Vastu Shastra is the science of direction and is a practice that attains a complete control over the perception of directions. Majorly people consider eight directions including northeast, north, southeast, east, southwest, west, northwest, and south. But VastuShastri Khushdeep Bansal after intense study & research, develop 16 direction
Vastu Zones based on VastuShatra. Vastu is entirely an Indian science of architecture and space and includes the understanding of the effects of environment and space make on our physical prosperity and health. This science was evolved in India during Vedic times and then the concepts of Vastu Shastra were transferred to South East Asia, Tibet, Japan, and China where the development of Feng Shui took place.
You can easily find the evidence of
Vastu Shastra during the periods of Mahabharat and Ramayan. Its applications can be easily determined in the cities of Harappa and Mohanjodaro. As we know there are five basic elements of this Universe Sky (Akash), Water (Jal), Wind (Vayu), Fire (Agni), and Earth (Prithvi). Vastu Shastra is all about maintaining a perfect balance of these five elements to promote happiness and prosperity in ones life. It is believed that Vastu Shasta is a perfect understanding of geography, direction, environment, physics and topography and is fundamentally the art of placing the right settings in way that yields maximum benefits.
In todays world, a large number of people adopt vastu techniques when building their homes and offices in order to bring in happiness and prosperity.
