Vastu in Diwali Celebration

Diwali is the five-day festival of lights that is said to bring wealth and prosperity to homes. People across the country celebrate this festival with much excitement and preparation start prepping for the auspicious day well in advance. The festival is ushered in with lit lamps, sweets and gifts exchanged between relatives and friends. However, celebrating this festival is not the prime focus. It is only secondary to the preparations undertaken prior to the festival.

There are specific guidelines set down in Vastu Shastra that speak of the proper way to conduct Diwali in homes, offices, and factories. Take a look at some of the Vastu ways of conducting Diwali puja at your house.

Diwali pujas are usually done in the evening time and Vastu recommends the right direction for the puja. These should be conducted in the Southeast portion of the house. That direction is attributed to the God of Fire, Agni, and the puja should be done facing the southeast or east.

While decorating your house, try and use red, green, orange, purple, cream, and yellow colors as these are deemed ideal by Vastu. When making Rangoli designs or hanging decorations and putting up lanterns and lamps, ensure that you use the aforementioned colors.

During Diwali, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, Mahalakshmi, is welcomed into homes with Rangoli designs, so using purple, green, and orange to make round or oval designs. The South and southeast portions of the house should be decorated using orange and pink colors only.

Ensure to clean your home before Diwali day. While cleaning your home, take care to throw away the accumulated waste and ensure that there are no broken idols of god and goddesses lying around.

Vastu recommends keeping family pictures and portraits in the southwest portion of the house. This will ensure that the family lives in prosperity and good relations with each other. No sharp objects should be placed in this part of the house.

Hanging a picture of a prosperous village scene on the west wall will usher in increased finances and prosperity.

The northeast part of the house should be kept free from red, orange, and pink colored objects, old paint cans and containers, dustbins, and cleaning equipment like brooms, dusting brushes, etc. These items should be placed in the South or southwest corner only.

Keep fresh flowers in a green-colored vase in the northern portion of the house. This is to bring happiness and contentment to your life. The fresh flowers would also give a beautiful scent and refresh the atmosphere.

The northeast portion of the house should be painted in blue and white and should be kept clean and free from mess. Pictures and statues of gods can be placed here for worship. Place a stalk of money plant in a new blue vase in the northern portion of the house to enhance your career.

Diyas should be always multiples of four which indicates welcoming Lord Ganesh, Kubera, Goddess Laksmi, and Lord Indra.

How to light diyas correctly?

Another name for Diwali is Deepawali and most of us do not know the rules about the right way to light a lamp.

• First of all, never light the lamp to the south because it is unlucky.
• Diwali should be lit with pure ghee to increase prosperity
• Never use sunflower oil to light Diyas
• The thread of the lamp should be long enough so that the fire does not reach the center of the lamp.
• Always start by lighting lamps in the worship room
• Place Diyas on both sides of the main gate on Diwali to welcome Lakshmi and Ganesh into the house.

Vastu dos and don’ts for Deepawali

While the above tips are great to follow for a prosperous Diwali, you should also keep in mind what not to do according to Vastu.

• Make sure you get your main door repaired and it doesn’t make any weird sound
• The footprints of Goddess Lakshmi should always be seen on the inside and not in the other way
• Symbols like Swastik, Om, and Rangoli decoration should not be placed on the south and west walls and direction
• Vastu suggests that antiques should not be gifted to friends and family during Diwali
• Try not to make Rangoli with Goddess Lakshmi or Lord Ganesha on the door frame
• Do not use old clothes to clean photos of idols and deities