Vastu for Overhead Tank and Solar Panels :

The weight of water makes the place heavy wherever it is placed. Thus the heaviest direction i.e. southwest is desirable for storing water on the roof. Varuna – the directional lord of west – rules the mysterious world of deep seas and oceans. The overhead water tank is best located towards the west of southwest. Now a days overhead tanks are quite common in most of the houses.

In the earlier years, the ladies used to carry water in pots for domestic purposes on their head. In villages, even now we can see the ladies carrying 2 pots on the head and one pot at the left side and bring drinking water from a long distance. Due to population growth and civilization, ladies have curtailed their outside movements and have started to store water within their houses. They get water either from the bore well or panchayat or municipality tap water. They construct both underground structures and overhead tanks for better utility and convenience. The construction of overhead tanks are important as that of the underground structures.

In most of the houses, I find fault in the location of the over head tanks. People construct the overhead tanks indiscriminately and they suffer afterwards. The overhead tank should be constructed at the Southwest corner of the building or houses. The RCC, Syntex or PVC tanks should be installed at the Southwest corner only. If there is a room at corner, the overhead tank can be constructed South or West, depending upon the space available. The other corners Agni, Vayu (Northwest) and Esana (Northeast) should not be used for keeping overhead tanks. If the over head tank is to be located on terrace, the Southwest corner should be selected first and then only we can construct overhead tanks in other corners.

Otherwise the Southwest load will be lesser than the other sides and more adverse results will occur to the family. We should not construct the overhead tank at the Northeast corner, for any reason. This will affect the children’s development, ladies health and financial status of the family. As the underground tanks re to be constructed at the Northeast corner, we should not construct the overhead tank at the Northeast corner as this is more harmful to the inmates. If we construct the overhead tank at the SW corner, it is not necessary to construct any structure at other directions in the terrace.