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Principleमंदिर के पास निवास

Living Next to a Temple: The Deity's Left, Right, Back and Front

A plot touching a temple wall on the deity's left side, or behind the deity's back, should not be taken even free, for a home or a business. The deity's right side is good if the walls do not touch, and the front is good only beyond double the distance.
Taught inVastu DiplomaDirection Lords, Land Selection by Surroundings, Slope Types and Plot Shapes

What it does

To choose or reject a site that adjoins a temple.

Where

Plots adjoining a temple

How to do it

  1. 1Judge left and right from the deity's own left and right, as if you were the deity facing out, not from your house
  2. 2Reject plots touching the temple wall on the deity's left
  3. 3Reject plots touching the back of the deity
  4. 4Prefer the deity's right side, leaving a gap and building your own separate wall
  5. 5In front of the deity, live only beyond double the distance

Cautions

  • Never live touching the temple wall on the deity's left; residents there never prosper
  • Never live directly behind the deity's back; you keep going backwards
  • Do not live right in front of Mahadev, or exactly in front of Durga

Explanation and notes

Only a bookstore, school or bank can be set up adjoining the deity's left side. On the right side the walls must still not touch; if a gap is left and you build your own wall, there is no negative effect. In front: before a Tirthankar or any deity, living beyond double the temple's distance brings great blessings. If a road runs between the house and a temple in front, there is no defect.

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