Significant Vastu Tips for Water Wells | Storage Wells | Biogas

Water wells or bore wells are hollow structures inside the ground dug by boring, drilling, or digging to extract drinking or ground water from beneath the ground.

In ancient times, Indian houses used to have water wells. But, due to modernization now, most of the homes ( visit for comprehensive details of house Vastu ) are built without traditional water wells. If residents like to know more about Vastu for water sump, visit this webpage, which discusses about water sump tips and this page also has a lot of information on detailed information on Vastu for water sump, we are regularly updating this page.

Eastern Northeast Borewell

Northern Northeast Borewell

Auspicious and Inauspicious Well Positions

Is There Any Pooja to Perform to Close the Existing Well?

Dear SIr, there is a dry well in our home. Should we perform any Puja to close the well? - Sandeep - Sarjapur - Karnataka.

>>> According to Vastu, the Pooja ritual is mandatory before digging a bore well in residential houses in India. Water is treated as one of the powerful elements of nature called Panchabuthas and god, which is why you find most of the temples alongside water bodies. Hence, performing a Pooja is necessary before digging water sump. That is why, dry or polluted wells should be closed after performing relevant Puja rituals.

However, the Pooja rituals vary from region to region. For example, the Pooja performed for closing a well in Rajasthan is different from the one performed in South India. The Pooja traditions vary majorly because of local traditions and pundits. However, if you do not find a good pundit or a Vasthu consultant, it is better to offer prayers to favorite god and offer sweets, coconut, flowers, and agarbathis to close the well.

>>> If a well or water sump is to be drilled in the house, Pooja must be performed on the commencement of the excavation and Ganga Puja on water. Water is treated as a agent of God, our tradition is, respecting the Natural forces or Five elements. Almost in some areas water is treated as God, and you may also find that, several temples are constructed only at the side of river shores or full of water areas.

If the well is found to be polluted by dead creatures, the polluted water (as much as possible) should be removed and Puja should be performed to cleanse it according to local traditions.

Please note one point here, if any well is in wrong position say about South, Southwest, West or Brahmasthan near to Southwest if you would like to close it, then first start dig one well in the Northeast or North direction, (Find answer for - Is North Direction Good for Houses? from the given link), East (Can also refer, East Facing House Vastu Techniques), Northeast (Best location) and thereafter start closing the wrong placed well.

Never dig or close a well if there are pregnant women in your home.

Never close a well during commencement of a new construction.

Close wells that are situated in wrong directions and dig a new well as per Vaastu norms.

If there is a well in north direction, it is suggested to close and remove the well altogether before commencing a new construction.

While some wells are auspicious to have at your house, some of them can be dangerous. For example, water wells located in Southwest are normally not good. Experts usually suggest closing the wells first. Although it may be right to some extent, enclosed wells in large house areas should be closed because these kinds of wells can cause bigger troubles. In case, the wells are not in regular use, it is better to close them after performing Pooja rituals. In some areas, wells are widely used. In case the well has sufficient water, it is better to clean and use them.

Before digging a new well, it is important to check the height of the well wall to avoid building it too low that can be dangerous to kids. In ancient days, wells were widely used for daily water requirements, but the modern generations are more habituated to tap water. However, water wells are considered to be good for health because the water is extracted directly from the ground and fresh.

While in some areas this water is used for consumption, in some other areas it is mainly used for washing and cleaning.

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Most of the times, people suffer and face troubles with water well’s. For example, water sumps situated in Northeast corner are believed to produce good results, but if the neighbor has the sump situated in Southwest direction the distance makes a difference. The distance should always be more than 2-3 feet between two water bodies in residential houses. In this case, it is better to change the location to North or East. If the distance is 10 feet or more, the water sump can be located in Northeast direction.

Dangerous Open Wells

Olden Days Water Wells

Model Drawing Water Well

What is a Biogas Plant?

Biogas is a mixture of natural gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen sulfide. Biogas is produced from various raw materials and methods like horticulture, agro waste, municipal waste like food, plant materials etc.

People usually tend to get confused about the positioning of Rain potholes in houses or biogas plants or water harvesting sumps. All of these have to be either situated on the ground or inside of the ground, which means that the ground has to be dug.

For Rain potholes, Northeast, East, or North directions are considered the most suitable. If the Rain Harvesting water sumps are located in these Directions, the rain water goes to Northeast from Southwest. Remember not to construct rainwater potholes in Southwest, South, and West directions at any cost.

East is the most suitable direction for biogas. North is also a suitable direction for biogas plants. However, southwest, west, and south directions are not suitable for biogas plants. Biogas plants located in this direction may cause negative repercussions for the entire household.

Question from Srikanth

Dear Suresh Ji, we are looking to buy one abandoned home that is in that same position from past 26 years. I just found that the water well is at Southwest. Next to it is one petrol filling station recently constructed towards West direction, let me know is this abandoned home is good to buy?. This property is in Kukatpally in Hyderabad. Currently we are living in Raleigh, NC, USA. We are planning to visit India within coming August. If we buy this home, is it create any problem. 8 years back we married, still we don't have kids, we are seriously looking for kids. Appreciate your reply.

>>> Namaste Srikanth Ji, there is some sort of relation in regards with home and child birth. When you are visiting India then verify that home with one expert, he will guide you further steps, thereafter take the next decision, until that don't hurry in buying that home on your relations name. If Vaasthu is bad then only the home may become abandoned. Normally, few, times the West direction, filling station may not be helpful.

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