RESIDENTIAL VASTU

Main Door of the House

'The main entrance door of the house is also called “Pradhan dwar” or simba dwar. 'This door should be larger, stronger and more attractive than the other doors of the house. Flawless main door is necessary for the progress and prosperity of the house. An auspicious main door ushers all kinds of happiness into the house.

Doors of the house play an important role in the well being of the persons living in it. If the door happens to be in the wrong direction or in the wrong place or is affected by vedha, then the owner and his family members have to suffer from varied kinds of problems and they keep facing mishaps. On the other hand good positioning of the door, opens doors to opportunities of success and good fortune to the owner and his family.

Main Door

Entrance Best Positions : North of North East, North, East, South of South East, West of North West

In Vastu shastra, for every kind of plot and house, certain areas are accepted because of their auspiciousness and certain areas are rejected because of their inauspiciousness. Every plot is situated among the four directions namely North, South, East and West. On the eastern side of the plot, starting from the mid point of East up to Ishan Kona (N.E.) is considered to be of high quality and is auspicious. From the mid point up to Agneya kona (S.E.) is considered to be of low quality and inauspicious. Similarly on the Southern side of the plot, from the mid point up to Agneya kona (S.E.) is considered auspicious and from the mid point up to Nairritya Kona (S.W) is considered inauspicious. Similarly on the Western side from the mid point up to Vayavya kona (N.W) is considered auspicious and from the midpoint up to Nairritya kona (S.W) is considered inauspicious. On the Northern side, from the mid point up to Ishan kona (N.E.) is considered auspicious and from mid point up to Vayavya kona (N.W) is considered inauspicious. According to modern scholars the whole plot should be divided into 9 equal parts and the door should be made in beneficial places.

Auspicious Door Grid

Door in the East gives good results. Main door in the northern Ishan is extremely auspicious. It ushers in gods blessings and good fortune. If the main door is made in Northern Ishan then automatically the heavier objects will be placed in South and West, with the result the eastern portion will be lighter than the western portion. This is the basic principle of Vastu shastra. Main door in Eastern Ishan is also very auspicious.

This door promotes children's happiness. It ushers in fame and good reputation. Persons living in such a house are extremely intelligent, wise, learned, witty and sagacious. When the main door is in Eastern Ishan, then automatically the heavier objects are placed in South and the movement is towards North which produces good results. Main door in the Southern Agneya (S.E.) is also auspicious. This door is supposed to be good for the women of the house. Main door in the western vayavya is also auspicious. Main door in the north is good for progress of the family. Main door in the West gives prosperity and protection.

Inauspicious Door Grid

Main door in the Eastern Agneya (SE) is of poor quality and is inauspicious. It brings I inauspicious results like theft, fire accidents, and diseases. Main door in Southern. Nairritya (S.W.) creates financial losses and gives diseases to the women of the family. It also reduces their longevity. Main door in Southern Nairritya (S.W.) is harmful for wealth and for the longevity of the men of the family. It also brings about loss of position. For these reasons main door should never be kept in this direction. Main door in Northern Vayavya is also inauspicious and results in the unstable mental condition of the residents.

To sum up, door in Eastern Agneya causes diseases and fiery accidents. Door in Southern Nairritya makes the women unhealthy and diseased. Door in western Nairritya is also harmful for the health of the women and reduces the age of the door. Door in northern vayavya makes the residents very emotional and mentally unstable.

Note: Main door made at the centre of the plot is inauspicious for a residential or professional establishment. It can cause destruction of the family lineage. Such a door is considered auspicious only for religious places.

Position of Main Door
According to Vastu Chakra

Position of Main Door According to Vastu Chakra

The main entrance should be located in the auspicious grid position. The site of building is divided in a 9x9 grid called the paramsayika Mandala. Placement of main door is determined by the presence of different deities having lordship of different parts of the site.

The correct placement of main entrance in different direction have been shown in figure.

Impact of Main Door

Loss due to file
Female growth
Prosperity wealth gain glory
Govt. favour, victory
Lack of Mental Peace
Adverse effect on female, false accusation
Fear from enemy, cruelty
Loss due to theft
Loss due to fire, Adverse effect on male child
Agony caused by friend and family member
Good result
Prosperity, monitory game, birth of son
Death, Debt
Loss of prestige
Financial Loss
Abstacle Damage to male child
Expenses more than income, Letigation
Deafness
Financial Loss, monitory trouble
Growth and development
Peace, good health and comfort
Govt. harasshment, letigation, loss to father
Financial loss, Poverty
Accident and disease
Death, Disease and accident
Death, Enemity
Happiness, prosperity and comforts
Financial gain female growth
Gain of health and prosperity
Opposition from family member
Defects in female, uncomfortable to women
Failure, success

Guidelines for the Main Door

The main door should never be made on the extended or reduced part of the plot
The main door should be larger than the other doors of the house.
It should always be kept neat, clean and attractive.
It should have two planks. If all the doors of the house cannot be of two planks then atleast the main door, and the doors of the master bedroom and the pooja room should be of two planks.
The planks of the door should open inwards. If the main door opens towards outside then there will be endless troubles, the children will become obstinate and there will be no peace in the house.
Auspicious signs like swastika, bells, conch, cowries, and pictures of goddesses. Lakshmi and Saraswati and Ganeshji should be decorated on the main door.
The door should not be touching the wall. There should be a distance of 4" to l' between the wall and the frame of the door.
The door should be atleast one foot higher than an average man's height. The normal principle is that the height of the door should be twice the breadth, but care should be taken that the breadth is atleast three and half to four feet.

Boundary is Necessary

It is absolutely necessary to make a boundary around a residential or a professional establishment. The boundary not only protects the residents but also protects them from Vastudosha. Southern and Western part of the boundary should be thicker than the Northern and Eastern part. Apart from this for keeping the boundary in harmony with the main door the following rules should be kept in mind.

For an East facing house, it is auspicious to have a door or gate in the boundary wall in front of the main door. To make it more effective, another door can be made in the Eastern Ishan part of the boundary which is located in front of the open space left in the North of the house.
For a South facing house, the main door should be made in the Southern Agneya in front of the open space left towards the East. Even if a door is already made in front of the main entrance of the house, a second door in the Southern Agneya is essential.
If a house is made in the centre of the plot and in the centre of the boundary, then the main door can be in any direction and it will not produce vastu dosha. In such a case it is not necessary to have a second door in the boundary in the better section of the plot.
For a West facing house, if there is a door in the boundary in front of the main door of the house, then a second door should be made in the boundary in the Western Vayavya in front of the open space left towards the North of the house. Without this, the first door will remain inauspicious.
For a North facing house, if there is a door in the boundary in front of the main door, then a second door should be made in the boundary in the Northern Ishan. Without this the first door will not be effective.
The door made in the better portion of the boundary must be used. It will yield good results.
For a North facing or East facing house the boundary can be of the same height as the main door or can be even lower.
If the boundary gets damaged in Southern or Western Nairritya or in Eastern Agneya or in Northern vayavya, then it should be repaired immediately to prevent inauspicious Vastu results.
Only one door in the boundary is troublesome.
If the boundary door is higher and thicker in the South and West then it confers good health and wealth.
If the door in Nairritya of the boundary is high, then it confers wealth, honour and happiness.
There should be some distance between the house and the boundary wall.

Within the boundary, more open space should be left towards North and East as compared to the space left in South and West. If the plot is excessively large then Goddess Laxmi does not reside in it, this causes financial constraints. Normally the open area should not be more than four times than that of the covered area. In an average house the covered area is between 1500 to 2000 sq. ft. Accordingly the open area should not be more than 8000 to 10000 sq ft.

After becoming successful financially, the people who make houses in very huge plots leaving more than four times the covered area as open space, have to face the day when their success story becomes a glory of the past. In many huge plots, very huge gardens are made apart from the house. This becomes inauspicious. If a garden has to be made then a wall should be constructed between the house and the garden and a door should be made in that wall. A garden should be made in the plot only when the shape of the plot is normal. If a huge garden is to be made then it should be separate from the house. The entry door into the garden can be from outside. If the garden and house need to be connected then the door should be kept in North or East. This is possible only if the garden is in the North or East. If the garden is towards South or West then its door should be from outside. Garden in a plot is not inauspicious unless it is disproportionately large. Normally in towns and cities the gardens are small and they are not inauspicious.