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Bhav: Honour the Mason, Contractor and Consultant First at Bhoomi Poojan

At the shilanyas or bhoomi poojan of any house or factory the first tilak goes to the mason (shilpi), contractor or Vastu consultant, not the pandit, and they are given the best clothes and a shriphal (coconut). Their goodwill enters the building, while a craftsman's tears of hurt in the mortar act like a buried bone (shalya dosh).
Taught inVastu DiplomaOrigin and Texts of Vastu, Four Controlling Factors, and the North, North-East and East

What it does

Fills the building with the goodwill of those who build it and prevents shalya dosh from hurt feelings.

When

At bhoomi poojan or shilanyas, and throughout construction

Samagri used

  • Best-quality clothes for each builder or consultant
  • Shriphal (coconut)
  • Tilak

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Nariyal (Coconut)

How to do it

  1. 1At the bhoomi poojan or shilanyas, apply the first tilak to the mason, contractor or Vastu consultant before anyone else.
  2. 2Give them the best clothes along with whatever payment is due.
  3. 3Give each of them a shriphal (coconut).
  4. 4Throughout construction, never abuse, hit or harass the masons and labourers.

Cautions

  • If a mason is abused or beaten and his tears fall into the soil, cement or mortar, the house will bring tears of sorrow again and again; this is as negative as a bone buried in the land (shalya dosh).

Explanation and notes

Good clothes keep the builder's own body Vastu right and his mind happy, so he works with joy. A coconut is soft inside and hard outside, and it brings out soft feelings in the person who receives it. The Vastu consultant is also invited on that day and honoured. As the feelings, so the form: the bhav of those who build shapes the house.

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