Tips For Vaastu Compliant Kitchen

Vaastu for kitchen helps to balance energy in your kitchen. There can be no other place in a house that is as important as the kitchen. It is advisable to plan your kitchen according to Vaastu. Today, real estate builders and developers offer Vaastu compliant kitchen or building as a part of their project for peace and happiness in the life of family residing in that home or apartment. The Vaastu Shastra principles say there are specified directions and facing of each component of the kitchen and any altercations in these can lead to Vaastu defect or Vaastu Dosha.

Vaastu for Kitchen

• Vaastu Shastra provides some principles and rules on the guidelines of which suitable and comfortable buildings for residence, temples, etc. are built and towns, colonies are planned. Any altercations in these can lead to Vaastu defect. Following are some quick Vaastu tips for kitchen to help you plan the layout of your kitchen to ensure good health and prosperity in your home.

• According to Vaastu Shastra, fire prevails in south-east direction. So ideally the kitchen should be located in south-east of the home.

• The kitchen should not be placed under or above Pooja Room, Toilet or Bed Room.

• The kitchen door should open in North, North East or East direction in clockwise manner.

• Cook should face the East or North. This brings good health for the family members and violating this with face towards South while cooking could bring financial losses to the family.

• The cooking stove is best placed in the South East corner (the place of Lord Agni).

• Heavy stuff in the North East corner are an absolute no-no. It would be best to keep your kitchen sink and other water elements such as your drinking water in this corner.

• If your refrigerator is kept inside the kitchen, then it should be placed in the South West direction. Vaastu recommends south-east directions for electrical appliances.

• Fire and water do not go together. Therefore, Vaastu recommends that your sink and taps should not be close to the cooking stove.

• If your dining table is in the kitchen, it should not be in the centre of the kitchen area. Place it in the North West. While taking food one should only face towards east or north for good digestion.

• According to Vaastu, any toilet or bathroom should not share a common wall with your kitchen.