When living beside a temple, are left and right judged from the deity's facing or from the house?
From the deity. Imagine the deity seated facing out: do not live on the deity's own left side, while the deity's right side is very good. On either side your wall must not touch the temple wall; if you leave a gap and build your own separate wall there is no negative effect, though the right side still gives the better results. Many people living on the left, touching the temple wall, have been ruined.
Related questions
There is a temple in front of my house with a road in between. Is there a defect?
No. With a road in between there is no defect.
A wooden temple with elephant figures stands in the North-East. Is that fine?
Elephant figures should stand on something solid, not hang in the air. The temple can stay, but a temple with elephants is better placed in the West.
Are three doors in a straight row inauspicious?
They can be either. In the South and West, from where negative energy comes, three doors in a row on padas where doors should not be are inauspicious. In the North and East they are auspicious: temples, all built facing North or East, have three or five doors in a row, as do royal palaces, so the blanket belief that they are bad is a myth.
Can a mandir face North or West?
A North-facing mandir is fine; temples of God are often kept North-facing. A West-facing mandir is moderate.
Can a photo of God be put up in the Brahmasthan?
Yes, there is no problem in putting God's photo in the Brahmasthan, because it is the place of Brahma.
Can a temple built in the wrong zone be treated?
Yes. However wrong the zone, merely correcting the direction of the deity corrects your condition; the full method is given in the next class.