Vastu Shastra- an inquisitive science of architecture encapsulates the forces which act upon a given space through flow of positive energy. Vastu refers to 'abode' or mansion and Shastra or Vidya means science or knowledge, so Vastu Vidya is the sacred holistic science pertaining to designing and building of houses. The principles of vastu have been derived from Sthapathya Veda- one of the ancient sacred books in Hinduism.

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The architectural forms have been proposed by the environment and as a response to its orders, which share similar patterns in regions with similar climatic configurations, the rules and principles of Vastu Shastra can be discovered and applied not merely as a superstitious symbolic guideline, rather as a proper example of using the architectural forms in the context of the environment