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Methodवास्तु पूजन

When Vastu Pooja Must Be Performed

Vastu pooja is the prana pratishtha of a house: just as an idol is not worshipped until its prana pratishtha, a house is established only through Vastu pooja. It is due at fixed stages of construction and again whenever the house is disturbed.
Taught inVastu DiplomaOrigin and Texts of Vastu, Four Controlling Factors, and the North, North-East and East

What it does

Keeps the Vastu Purush and devtas honoured, preventing the defects that arise when they are forgotten.

When

Bhoomi poojan, threshold installation, slab casting, griha pravesh, after renovation, before a marriage and after sutak-patak

How to do it

  1. 1Perform Vastu pooja at bhoomi poojan.
  2. 2Perform it at dehleez (threshold) installation, when the nabhi is made.
  3. 3Optionally perform it when the roof slab is cast.
  4. 4Perform it at griha pravesh.
  5. 5Perform it again after any renovation or demolition, because breaking a wall breaks the earlier pooja.
  6. 6Perform it before a marriage in the house.
  7. 7Perform it after sutak or patak (impurity after a birth or death), along with purification of the house.

Cautions

  • When the Vastu Purush is not remembered and worshipped, many Vastu defects appear.

Explanation and notes

In the full Vastu pooja the lord of the East is named first and arghya is offered to him in the East, with the words Bho Indra Vastu Dev Vastu Shanti Kuru Kuru. Any pooja is an offering of feelings (bhav); what matters is the bhav offered, not whether paan or gud could be offered.

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