Door is very important aspect of any building, home or even community.  Door is a place from where we enter and exit many times in a day.  This passage of a building or home has very important role to play.  The position of door, laying the doorway (chaukhat) at appropriate time, dimension of the door are some of the important considerations.  The proper or improper position and dimesion of door can bring success or failure, fortune or misfortune, good or bad health, wealth or even untimely death of the owner or residents.

Vastu Mandal with postion of different demigods

Now following are the results of different door positions on the Vastu Mandal plan.  Taking North-East conrner (Ishan) to be 1st position and moving down and then left, thus moving in clockwise direction around the outermost squares of diagram, following will be the results.

Door dimensions should be as per the specifications of different kinds of doors mentioned in scriptures.  Following are the eight kinds of door dimensions.
 
 1 – Dvaja (flag) Dwar – the door that brings dhana, dhanya, putra, prapti, aishvarya etc.  Practically makes one like a king.
 2 – Dhumra (smoke) Dwar – burning, smoke, health, fire, all disadvantages caused by smoke.
 3 – Simha (lion) Dwar – Temple use only, just like dvaja dwara with one more quality, destroys the party living opposite to you.
 4 – Sva (dog) Dwar – Dog mentality, fights at home, etc.
 5 – Vrsabha (Bull) Dwar – Good results but has to work hard like bull.
 6 – Khara (donkey) Dwar – No benefit or progress, works like donkey.
 7 – Gaja (elephant) Dwar – Just like Dvaja Dwar but dweller of home will have two or more wives.
 8 – Kaaka (crow) Dwar – just like crow mentality and will eventually go down to poverty (daridhrata).
 
Matsya purana gives following important information about piercing or obstructing of the doorway.

Any road, street peircing the door of house brings ruination of whole dynasity.  Door being peirced or obstructed by tree brings more enimosity, being splashed by mud or dirty water brings misery, obsturcted by well (well right in front of door) brings disease of (mrgi) epilepsy.  Flowing Water peircing the door (canal of roof in monsoon) brings bodily pain, if pierced by nails brings fear of fire, struck with a demigod(carving demigods figures on door) brings ruination and struck with (obstructed by) a pillar brings misery from ladies of home. 

Doors opposite to other house (door) brings destruction of house owner and being struck with inauspicious ingredients the lady of the home becomes barren.  If cremation grounds are right infront of home or cremation ashes  struck (coming through smoke or any other means when bodies are burned) the door the owner has fear from weapons.  But if that is situated at a distance of more than double of the height of house, this dosa(fault) does not apply. 

Doors opening automatically - brings disease of craziness or madness, doors closing automatically - destroys the whole dynasty.  Doors higher than owners's height(or social status) than fear from king and if shorter (below the befitting social status) then fear from theives. 

Door above door in home is considered mouth of Yamraja.   The home which is situated in the middle of road and has width very long, such a home soon like a thunderbolt destroys the owner.  If main door is smaller than other doors in the home that is considered a big fault and is not auspicious.  Main door should be decorated with water pot and other auspicious creepers and should worship main door with rice, turmeric, water (rangoli). 

East of home having Bargad tree fulfills all kind of desires.  South- gulara and West - Pipal and North - Paakada tree auspicious.  If there are trees of fruit, cactus, thorny bushes, or sap ozing trees, or Asanaa tree that brings loss of wife and children.  If possible they should be cut off and if you cann't cut they sow the trees of auspicious nature like Punnaaga, Ashoka, Maulasiree, Shamee, Tilaka, Champa, Annara, Peepalee, Daakha (grapes/raisins), Arjuna, Jambeer, Suparee, Jack fruit, Ketakee, Maalati, Lotuses, Chameli, Mallika, Cocunut, Banana, or Paatala.  Home decorated with these trees is extension of goodess of fortune.

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