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- Maharishi Sthapatya Veda - Vastu Vidya of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda—details Nature's own timeless laws of structuring or building which maintain every particle in creation in perfect harmony with everything else. This Flash-based website should be your first visit as it presents the fundamental principles, scientific research, examples and a list of global consultants and contacts.
- Maharishi Global Construction - Promoting Health, Happiness and Good Fortune through Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design: Architecture in accord with Natural Law.
- Maharishi Sthapatya Veda: Architecture in Accord with Natural Law Topics include Principle of Building in Accord with Natural Law, the Maharishi Vastu Effect, Key Elements of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda for Buildings and Communities. From the Maharishi's Programmes in India website.
- Maharishi Sthapatya Veda in Canada - Discover the principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design and learn how you can live in harmony with nature. Learn about current projects being developed in Canada. Find out how to get started on your own home today.
- Veda House Program - This Veda House program was inspired by what happened at the annual Housing Exposition in Lappeenranta, Finland. The media and public became enchanted with a model home that was built according to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design. We warmly invite you to participate in the Veda House program to establish at least one Veda House in every major metropolitan area throughout North America.
- A Selection of Houses - A small collection of photos of houses built according to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design. The site is from Germany, the houses are located mainly in Fairfield, Iowa, USA with one from Vlodrop, Holland.
- Maharishi Sthapatya Veda - This website from Ukraine is for all Russian speaking countries.
- The Value of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Design by Dr. Neil Paterson This letter appeared in the Ottawa Citizen in August '97.
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- Maharishi Vedic City - Every building is designed according to Vedic Architecture—Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design—to promote health, happiness, and good fortune. Each building faces east and has a central silent space called a Brahmasthan and a golden roof ornament called a kalash. But architecture is only one of the City's special features. In holistic health care, organic agriculture, education that focuses on developing the full potential of the student, administration based on the Constitution of the Universe—total Natural Law, the city is applying Vedic knowledge to promote health, happiness and high quality of life.
 The Rukmapura Park Hotel - Designed to provide an ideal home away from home for vacation and business travelers. The Rukmapura Park offers quietly elegant suites in a magnificent spruce and pine hotel, designed and built in the graceful architectural tradition of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. Set on 250 acres of rolling hills, streams, woods and native prairie in Maharishi Vedic City. - Vedic City Established - Vedic City is the first city in the modern world to be based entirely on the ancient principles of Maharishi Sthapatya-Veda design and other aspects of Maharishi Vedic Science.
- Maharishi Vedic Center Mausing, Denmark - Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Facility in beautiful surroundings (the whole property is 11 hectares); set in an area which includes a many-branched valley with forested slopes. Live in a facility and enjoy group meditations, Organic Vegetarian Cuisine, MOU broadcasts, and much more.
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 Palace of Peace unifies human, nature - Ancient Vedic architecture has risen like a phoenix from the ashes and has manifested its ancient body of wisdom within the brick and mortar of The Woodlands Peace Palace. This ancient architecture, a philosophy of immutable principles that guides human activity toward alignment with an overreaching universal intelligence, coupled with Transcendental Meditation (TM), proves the divine formula for a feeling of well-being for those within the building as well as those located in its proximity. The Villager 24 August 05  Mind Over Mortar: Proponents of Vedic Design Believe That Our Homes Can Determine Our Health - The Washington Post reports on a lecture at the National Building Museum entitled A Lecture on Vedic Architecture: A Holistic Approach to Sustainability. "The most powerful influence of natural law on the Earth is the sun," says architect Jonathan Lipman. "In Vedic [theory], the influence of the sun right around the time of sunrise has a whole set of specific nourishing influences. A building acts as a kind of intermediary between us and the sun, and early-morning light is most available to us if that building faces in that direction." The Washington Post 7 July 05 - Complex will be built with nature in mind - Tower Cos. announced the biggest "green project" in its 58-year history; a 600,000-square-foot, mixed-use complex that will include a nine-story office building with principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda architecture. The architectural style was introduced to the United States about 15 years ago by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. World Peace Herald 15 June 05 and also covered by The Washington Post 20 June 05
- Building on Success - Feng shui might soon get competition from a practice that predates it, but has received scant attention until now: the ancient Indian art of Vedic architecture. While feng shui tends to focus on decoration and placement of objects, Vedic focuses on the orientation of a building, its proportions and measurements. The idea is that if you build it... success will come. Newsweek 27 June 05
- The Quiet Center - Short article on homes in Maharishi Vedic City focusing on a few aspects of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design. Omaha World-Herald, 14 October 04
- Serene Routine - The Des Moines Register follows one family living in Maharishi Vedic City through their daily routine. - 12 May 02
- The Vedic Way - Twenty-eight years after Eastern philosophy met conservative Midwest values, the Fairfield area's meditating residents have finally arrived. From the Des Moines Cityview front page - 17 April 02
- In Many Ways, a New Iowa Town Looks to East - The design of Vedic City and its buildings conform with Sthapatya Veda architectural principles, which hold that health, happiness and fortune are influenced by the orientation and structure of buildings. New York Times, 16 April 01
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 Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Architecture in Accord with Natural Law Video Tape - This beautiful 30 minute videotape clearly and simply presents the benefits, theory and principles of Sthapatya Veda in a very logical and entertaining way. Hear the experiences of people who are living and working in Sthapatya Veda buildings. Tour some of the most beautiful Sthapatya Veda designed homes and buildings in the world. Architects present examples and explain the basic but forgotten ancient architectural precepts of, "Right Direction", "Right Placement", "Right Proportion", and "Brahmasthan". Scientists speak about scientific research done on Sthapatya Veda. Maharishi gives an enlightening talk that captures the very essence of Sthapatya Veda. Show this tape to family, friends and clients, and give them a clear experience and understanding of the principles of Sthapatya Veda architecture. Available in PAL and NTSC  Maharishi Vedic Observatory - An ancient Vedic technology to expand awareness and train the vision and mind to focus on the mathematical precision and order that regulates the universe. The purpose of the Maharishi Vedic Observatory is to gain balance and to rise to enlightenment by seeing the alignment that exists in the cosmos and to bring it onto the sensory level. This complete site explains Maharishi's profound insights into the use and benefits of the Maharishi Vedic Observatory as well as descriptions of the instruments and their functions. You can also order the tabletop version, photographs and more.- Square Domes International - SDI is a design service offering wooden and tubular metal designs with omnitriangulated truss systems having square or rectangular outlines. In addition to being used in the vast majority of existing and currently planned building constructions, square and rectangular outlines will be used in future home and community structures based on Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design. Contact Dr. Tom Moriarty, a member of MTHP.
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