Pooja room
The pooja room is a sacred space at a home. Pooja room is a special area within the house that is dedicated to meditation and spiritual worship to god. The pooja room brings positive energies into a home, although some people say that when designed correctly a pooja room will enhance the positivity in the entire home. A pooja cabinet can be simple or as intricate as you want it to be. Traditional pooja rooms may specify a particular size, layout, location and arrangement, though for many people the design of a pooja room is a very personal choice. There are considerations to make when designing your pooja room that can create a more positive and harmonious environment.
Key points
- You need to take time out of your days to reflect, meditate, and pray. Even spending a few minutes in prayer zone will bring inner strength to carry you through the high and low in your life
- When you create a prayer space in your house, you are reminding of god’s presence at all the time.
- Like home, there should also be a prayer space in an office, factories, school, hospitals and, also hotels.
- A prayer room, our burden becomes light, and we can be touched by hands of spirit.
Vastu
According to Vastu Shasta, it is considered appropriate to place the idol facing east.
The pooja should be well ventilated and should have doors
However, the pooja room is supposed to be filled with positive energy, which benefits you and family every time you pray in it by following certain practices.
VASTU TIPS FOR POOJA ROOM
- Nothing should be stored in the cabinet or slab, near god’s idol.
- According to the Vastu tips for pooja room, it should never be made in a bedroom or on a wall adjacent to the bathroom wall
- If the roof of the pooja room is pyramid-shaped then it is very auspicious.
WHAT TO AVOID ACCORDING TO THE VASTU TIPS FOR POOJA ROOM
- The pooja place should never be in the south direction
- Do not have prayer placed above, below or next to any toilet as a kitchen.
- Do not have pooja placed in the storeroom.
- Avoid pooja room placed under a staircase.
- Never keep a dustbin in the pooja room, it reduces the positive energy of the room.