Vastu Tips for Kitchen

1. What You Must Avoid:

• Avoid kitchen directly under or above Pooja room, toilet.
• Do not place cooking gas burner or stove directly in front kitchen’s entrance door.
• A kitchen in North-East causes mental tension among family members and they suffer great losses.
• Kitchen in South-West leads to clatters among family members.
• A kitchen in North-West direction is acceptable but it leads to increase in monetary expenditure.
• A big no is kitchen placed in North direction; as North is Lord Kubera’s (the God of Wealth) direction, having kitchen in North will increase expenditure of family beyond expectations and control.
• Avoid black color for kitchen wall and flooring.
• Avoid keeping refrigerator in North-East direction.

2. What You Must Do:

1. Place platform of the kitchen in East and South-East corner.
2. Put cooking gas burner or stove in South-East corner of kitchen, make sure that it is a few inches away from wall.
3. Use North-East or North side to keep drinking water and utensils for drinking water.
4. Keep grain boxes, pulses, various spices, salt etc. in South or West direction.
5. You can place a dining table in North-West or West side of kitchen.
6. The cook must always face towards East while cooking; this ensures good health of family members.
7. Use yellow, orange, rose, chocolate or red as floor and wall colors of kitchen.
8. You can place a refrigerator in South-East, South, West or North direction of Kitchen.
9. Give sacred offering to fire of the first thing you prepare in kitchen to make sure peace and prosperity.