Vastu Shastra Explained: A plain-English Vaastu Shastra building architecture guide for those who wish to draw their own Vastu-compliant house plans

Most of those who build a house will do so only once in their lifetime. For this reason, it needs to be done right the first time. Even if you do not believe in traditional sciences like Vastu, you might still want to follow its recommendations just for the peace of mind. For the author, Vastu is a collection of time-tested architectural best practices that would be too good ignore.
There are ‘Vāstu experts’ who up-sell the concept to solve all kinds of problems (totally unrelated to buildings) with their ‘Vāstu remedies’. The author proffers no such thing. Vāstu is about architectural efficiency and compatibility with natural elements. Expect nothing more from this book.

This book explains the main precepts of Vastu Shastra straight from Matsya Purana.
The book provides information that would enable you to develop your initial house plan as per Vastu Shastra.
The FULL-COLOR book also provides some sample house plans to explain basic Vastu implementations. (A lower-priced grayscale book is separately available.)

Table of Contents

Chapters

Sources of Vāstu Śastra

History of Vaastu Devata

Vāstu Śastra recommendations

Vāstu Mandala chart
Main entrance
Rooms
Trees

Other Vāstu Śastra considerations

Room dimensions
Five elements
Directions
Central area

Modern Vāstu interpretations

Kubera position
Water sources
Workplace
South-West corner
Staircases
Slope of floors and pipes
Bathroom and toilets
Septic tank
Ambiguous/conflicting interpretations

Non-Vāstu considerations

Annexures

Traditional Kerala-style house plans
4-BHK Vāstu house plan for East-facing plot
3-BHK Vāstu house plan for North-facing plot
3-BHK Vāstu house plan for West-facing plot
3-BHK House plan for South-facing plot
Naalukettu (four-sided) house plan
Two-storey tiled house with thattil