7 Things not to keep at Home: Vastu for your home
Vastu shastra is the science of construction. A home constructed and decorated in coherence with vastu brings happiness, health, wealth and good luck.
According to vastu, there are certain things which you should not keep at home. These things bring negative energy and bad luck to you and your home. Here is a list of things you should avoid keeping at your home:
War scenes: War scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata should not be kept at home. Such pictures and paintings depict rivalry among family members.
Cactus or thorny plants: You should never plant or keep cactus in your home. Other thorny plants except roses should also be removed.
Negativity in Images: Pictures and paintings of trees without fruit or flowers, sinking boats, nudes, fight scenes using swords, hunting scenes, indrajal (magic), captured elephants and images like sad, weeping or crying people should not be hung inside your home.
Taj Mahal: Any showpiece or image of Taj-Mahal should not be kept at home. It is a grave and symbolize death and passivity.
Painting or statues of animals: The pictures, painting and statues of animals and birds like pigs, snakes, asses, eagle, owls, bats, vultures, pigeons and crows etc. should be avoided. Vastu recommends not to keep or display a single bird or animal in the couples bedroom.
Terrifying giants and demons: All pictures, wooden or metal figures of terrifying giants and demons, wild beasts like tigers, wolves, bears, lions, jackals and wild hounds etc. should not be placed in a home.
Broken idols or mirror: Do not keep broken glass, broken mirror and broken images or statue of Gods and Goddesses in your home.
