Gomukhi and Shermukhi plots
A plot narrower at the front suits a home, one wider at the front a shop; corner plots read by their open sides.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Vastu Shishya
- Vastu Shastra
- Cow-faced and lion-faced
- Corner plots
A first look at the lesson
A gomukhi (cow-faced) plot is narrow at the front and wider at the back: good for a home. A shermukhi (lion-faced) plot is wide at the front and narrower at the back: good for a shop or business.
A plot with roads on two sides is read by those open sides: roads on the north and east (a north-east corner plot) are the most favoured; a south-west corner plot is the least.
More lessons on this subject
- Bhumi: choosing and judging a plotShape, slope, soil and surroundings: how the texts judge a plot before anything is built.
- Disha: eight directions and their guardiansVastu begins with direction: eight dikpalas guard eight directions, each with its graha; Brahma holds the centre.
- Tilted plotsFew plots face true north; a plot turned by a large angle is read by its corners, not its sides.
- Pancha Bhuta: the five elements in a plotEarth, water, fire, air and space each have a zone; the rooms that use them belong there.
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