Vaastu-Structure
With advancement in technology and more resilient building materials being available, stone structures have gone out of demand, at least in the West.
But in India, the rocky terrain, cheap labour and fine craftsman abound, made stone a preferred choice. Temples like the Khajuraho are fine examples of stone structures standing the test of time. The beauty of dressed stone is breathtaking, and since it is maintenance-free, it has even more appeal. Then what is the trouble? Simply that it emits negative energy.
We understand how living beings undergo stress. Now it should be interesting to take note of how inanimate beings undergo stress. In a simple operation like hammering, violent mechanical forces are introduced to an object. In an operation like forging, where a piece of steel is heated and repeatedly hammered to give it a particular shape, at the end of the operation, the object cannot be used as it is filled with stress. Stress relieving is basically more like massaging a human being. It takes the object through a tortuous cycle of heating and cooling and the object regains its normal strength.
Dressed stones has little chance to release the stress
But in the case of dressed stone structure, every stone is prepared by hammering and on an average every dressed stone takes not less than 500 hammer blows. And there is no scope for relieving the stress, which the stone has suffered and the stress remains locked up.
A building of dressed stones has tens of thousands of stressed stones, each laden with quite a substantial amount of stress locked up inside. Thus, in effect, such buildings are nothing but huge blocks of negative energy, just as a person who is in great stress.
When a person is under stress and strain he is a source of unhappiness and misery for those who are around them. Similarly, the stone building brings unhappiness and misery to the occupants. How do stone buildings influence the activity that goes on inside it? Some findings on this are interesting.
Stone buildings as hospitals
Take the case of stone buildings used as hospitals. A few examples are the hundred-year-old Lord Minto Eye Hospital, Victoria Hospital in Chamarajpet, Bangalore, and NIMHANS on Lalbagh Road in Bangalore. A hospital by nature stands for disease, death, sorrow and despair. No laughs, smiles or jokes, but the whole atmosphere is depressing and gloomy. All one can come across are patients in agony, their relatives in fear and suspense, grave-faced doctors, stone-faced nurses and scowling ayahs! And the result is, there will be an unbridled expansion of activities when a stone building is used as a hospital. It is interesting to see that although these hospitals started in small buildings, several new blocks catering to different specialties have come up over the years and more and more expansion takes place. Also, the number of patients visiting these hospital complexes, from far and near, is increasing day by day. But, an increase in the number of sick people is nothing to cheer about.
Stone buildings as maternity hospitals
Surprisingly, in the case of maternity hospitals the atmosphere is more relaxing and the end result is a happy one most of the time as everyone is looking forward to the arrival of a new-born who will bring comfort and cheer to the entire family. This is an activity going against the stressful field already present.
When a stone building is used as a maternity home, it is found that there is no expansion but only stagnation. Some of the standing examples of this are the Vani Vilas Hospital in Bangalore where reportedly with over 50 per cent of the wards closed, Corporation maternity hospital on JC Road, Bangalore, Maternity hospital in NR Colony and Maternity Hospital in Sajjan Rao Circle, all in Banglaore.
Although these hospitals are several decades old none of them had any phenomenal growth or development.
Stone buildings housing educational institutions
If the building has an excellent north and east openings at low level, then the institution survives and makes a mark in the academic field. But the expansion will be difficult. It will not branch out and grow with increased faculties or branches.
In the cantonment area of Bangalore for example, there are several premier educational institutions, all stone structures. The St.Joseph School and college which is over hundred years old, is much sought after and enjoys a very high reputation in academic circles, which remains undiminished till today. But considering the expansion of the city population this institution has not grown much. This applies to other convent schools of old Bangalore, the one near Fraser Town, one near Briand Square, one on Residency Road and so on.
A bad Vaastu can make the institution suffer from gaining in popularity and carve a niche for itself. Consider the Renukacharya College of Commerce in Bangalore. Unfortunately, it has a very bad Vaastu. Although it is several decades old and is situated in a prime area, it failed to attract students.
The same applies for Girijamma Mukunda High school in Basavanagudi, Corporation
Girl's High School near Thimmiah Road, Industrial training center on Lalbagh Road. However, it should be noted that, this is not a reflection on the quality of education given. To be fair they are as good as the best. But all the efforts are made futile by a stone building with bad vaastu.
Another noteworthy aspect is if there is a stone building institution then invariably a hospital comes up around it! Consider the following examples in Bangalore: Mallya Hospital close to St. Joseph School, Bateja Nursing Home close to St.Joseph College of Commerce Yellamma Hospital close to Post-Graduate College of St. Joseph, Kidwai Cancer Hospital close to Industrial Training Institute, Ramiah Medical Hospital close to Indian Institute of Science, General Hospital close to High School in Briand Square and Pandu Nursing Home close to Girijamma Mukunda High School.
Stone building in business/ factories
Stone buildings are unsuitable for business purposes as well. Although they do well in the beginning, eventually the negative field gathers strength and the business is likely to run into trouble. Consider these: the Binny Mill building, Minerva Mills and Raja Mills are all stone buildings which did extremely well one time but that is no longer true. The same is the case with the BRV theatre, which enthralled millions with Bond movies in the sixties and earned handsomely in that period is now used as army canteen! The KR Market, which did roaring business, was pulled down to make way for a concrete complex.
Stone buildings as offices
A government office remains unaffected, as there are no expectations or business approach involved with them. In Bangalore, we have the LIC Buildings on Residency Road and Corporation Circle, AG's office in Race Course.
However, if the institution is expected to deliver results then the stone building has a different story to say. Consider the Corporation Offices for example. Although they do their best, people have more complaints than compliments. Same is the case with Vidhana Soudha from where the government is run! The people remember the lapses than the contributions of governments, and results in no party consistently occupying the seat of power.
Stone building palaces/forts
Dressed stones were the choice material in most of the palaces and forts. Uniformly they failed their rulers. Most of the forts are in ruins today. It makes one wonder whether the fall of India to the British was due to the fact that all palaces and forts were made of stones.
Stone building as temples
If the temple has good north and east openings as with the case of educational institutions, then the temple will be popular. One should note that the atmosphere in a temple is somewhat similar to that of a hospital. Here mostly people come to unload their grief and seek the help of the almighty. Only if the total vaastu is bad the temple fails to become popular.
Stone building as residences
As residences are small buildings comparatively the effect can be balanced if the landscape is as per vaastu. If landscapes are badly placed, residences have little hope. Electronic instruments which super imposes a positive energy field inside are now available. This is one consoling factor for residences built in dressed stones.
But in India, the rocky terrain, cheap labour and fine craftsman abound, made stone a preferred choice. Temples like the Khajuraho are fine examples of stone structures standing the test of time. The beauty of dressed stone is breathtaking, and since it is maintenance-free, it has even more appeal. Then what is the trouble? Simply that it emits negative energy.
We understand how living beings undergo stress. Now it should be interesting to take note of how inanimate beings undergo stress. In a simple operation like hammering, violent mechanical forces are introduced to an object. In an operation like forging, where a piece of steel is heated and repeatedly hammered to give it a particular shape, at the end of the operation, the object cannot be used as it is filled with stress. Stress relieving is basically more like massaging a human being. It takes the object through a tortuous cycle of heating and cooling and the object regains its normal strength.
Dressed stones has little chance to release the stress
But in the case of dressed stone structure, every stone is prepared by hammering and on an average every dressed stone takes not less than 500 hammer blows. And there is no scope for relieving the stress, which the stone has suffered and the stress remains locked up.
A building of dressed stones has tens of thousands of stressed stones, each laden with quite a substantial amount of stress locked up inside. Thus, in effect, such buildings are nothing but huge blocks of negative energy, just as a person who is in great stress.
When a person is under stress and strain he is a source of unhappiness and misery for those who are around them. Similarly, the stone building brings unhappiness and misery to the occupants. How do stone buildings influence the activity that goes on inside it? Some findings on this are interesting.
Stone buildings as hospitals
Take the case of stone buildings used as hospitals. A few examples are the hundred-year-old Lord Minto Eye Hospital, Victoria Hospital in Chamarajpet, Bangalore, and NIMHANS on Lalbagh Road in Bangalore. A hospital by nature stands for disease, death, sorrow and despair. No laughs, smiles or jokes, but the whole atmosphere is depressing and gloomy. All one can come across are patients in agony, their relatives in fear and suspense, grave-faced doctors, stone-faced nurses and scowling ayahs! And the result is, there will be an unbridled expansion of activities when a stone building is used as a hospital. It is interesting to see that although these hospitals started in small buildings, several new blocks catering to different specialties have come up over the years and more and more expansion takes place. Also, the number of patients visiting these hospital complexes, from far and near, is increasing day by day. But, an increase in the number of sick people is nothing to cheer about.
Stone buildings as maternity hospitals
Surprisingly, in the case of maternity hospitals the atmosphere is more relaxing and the end result is a happy one most of the time as everyone is looking forward to the arrival of a new-born who will bring comfort and cheer to the entire family. This is an activity going against the stressful field already present.
When a stone building is used as a maternity home, it is found that there is no expansion but only stagnation. Some of the standing examples of this are the Vani Vilas Hospital in Bangalore where reportedly with over 50 per cent of the wards closed, Corporation maternity hospital on JC Road, Bangalore, Maternity hospital in NR Colony and Maternity Hospital in Sajjan Rao Circle, all in Banglaore.
Although these hospitals are several decades old none of them had any phenomenal growth or development.
Stone buildings housing educational institutions
If the building has an excellent north and east openings at low level, then the institution survives and makes a mark in the academic field. But the expansion will be difficult. It will not branch out and grow with increased faculties or branches.
In the cantonment area of Bangalore for example, there are several premier educational institutions, all stone structures. The St.Joseph School and college which is over hundred years old, is much sought after and enjoys a very high reputation in academic circles, which remains undiminished till today. But considering the expansion of the city population this institution has not grown much. This applies to other convent schools of old Bangalore, the one near Fraser Town, one near Briand Square, one on Residency Road and so on.
A bad Vaastu can make the institution suffer from gaining in popularity and carve a niche for itself. Consider the Renukacharya College of Commerce in Bangalore. Unfortunately, it has a very bad Vaastu. Although it is several decades old and is situated in a prime area, it failed to attract students.
The same applies for Girijamma Mukunda High school in Basavanagudi, Corporation
Girl's High School near Thimmiah Road, Industrial training center on Lalbagh Road. However, it should be noted that, this is not a reflection on the quality of education given. To be fair they are as good as the best. But all the efforts are made futile by a stone building with bad vaastu.
Another noteworthy aspect is if there is a stone building institution then invariably a hospital comes up around it! Consider the following examples in Bangalore: Mallya Hospital close to St. Joseph School, Bateja Nursing Home close to St.Joseph College of Commerce Yellamma Hospital close to Post-Graduate College of St. Joseph, Kidwai Cancer Hospital close to Industrial Training Institute, Ramiah Medical Hospital close to Indian Institute of Science, General Hospital close to High School in Briand Square and Pandu Nursing Home close to Girijamma Mukunda High School.
Stone building in business/ factories
Stone buildings are unsuitable for business purposes as well. Although they do well in the beginning, eventually the negative field gathers strength and the business is likely to run into trouble. Consider these: the Binny Mill building, Minerva Mills and Raja Mills are all stone buildings which did extremely well one time but that is no longer true. The same is the case with the BRV theatre, which enthralled millions with Bond movies in the sixties and earned handsomely in that period is now used as army canteen! The KR Market, which did roaring business, was pulled down to make way for a concrete complex.
Stone buildings as offices
A government office remains unaffected, as there are no expectations or business approach involved with them. In Bangalore, we have the LIC Buildings on Residency Road and Corporation Circle, AG's office in Race Course.
However, if the institution is expected to deliver results then the stone building has a different story to say. Consider the Corporation Offices for example. Although they do their best, people have more complaints than compliments. Same is the case with Vidhana Soudha from where the government is run! The people remember the lapses than the contributions of governments, and results in no party consistently occupying the seat of power.
Stone building palaces/forts
Dressed stones were the choice material in most of the palaces and forts. Uniformly they failed their rulers. Most of the forts are in ruins today. It makes one wonder whether the fall of India to the British was due to the fact that all palaces and forts were made of stones.
Stone building as temples
If the temple has good north and east openings as with the case of educational institutions, then the temple will be popular. One should note that the atmosphere in a temple is somewhat similar to that of a hospital. Here mostly people come to unload their grief and seek the help of the almighty. Only if the total vaastu is bad the temple fails to become popular.
Stone building as residences
As residences are small buildings comparatively the effect can be balanced if the landscape is as per vaastu. If landscapes are badly placed, residences have little hope. Electronic instruments which super imposes a positive energy field inside are now available. This is one consoling factor for residences built in dressed stones.
posted by Amish at 12:45 AM
0 comments
