Also known askalavared threadraksha sutrakalawa
If one of these four trees already stands at the house, a platform is built around it and raksha sutra is tied around it so that the deities stay in the tree and do not come out to trouble the family.
Raksha sutra (mauli)
Around the tree
Four energised pieces of shami wood, each 11 angul long and tied with raksha sutra, buried at the four corners of a plot in an auspicious muhurta remove the vastu doshas and negativity of the land and guard it.
Raksha sutra (mauli)
Four corners of the plot or land
After Om and swastik the kalash is the greatest symbol and is established before every beginning (wedding, business start, construction, any of the 16 sanskar). A filled mangal kalash with a coconut in the North-East of every home, factory and office forms Gajkesari yoga and balances the five elements.
Raksha sutra (mauli)
North-East of every home, factory and office; a clay kalash can go in any direction
A ghee diya with white, red and yellow wicks pointing to the four directions is lit on a water-filled earthen ghat in the North-East, over a mantra written in kesar; a wick that goes out before the ghee ends points to the direction holding a defect.
Four wicks: two of natural white cotton, one red and one yellow (made from mauli thread)
Ishaan (North-East) corner of the house or flat
Surya, the fifth devta at the centre of the East, lights the three worlds, destroys darkness and negativity, gives energy to all planets and never misses its time. Balanced, it gives fearlessness, good decisions, speaking power, fame, leadership, government support and perfect time management.
Its plant made into a small broom tied with raksha sutra, or grown in a pot (plant name not clear in the recording)
Pad E5, the centre of the East, 84.375 to 95.625 degrees (East zone)