A STUDY ON APPLICATION OF ANCIENT SCIENCE FOR HOUSE DESIGN IN JORHAT CITY OF ASSAM, INDIAK. JENITA AND M. KALITAAbstract An ancient science which is known as vastu shastra is a science which deals with the management of cosmic energy in building and structures. The present study was carried out to study application of ancient science for house design in Jorhat city of Assam. A multistage purposive cum random sampling method was adopted for the study. From the Jorhat municipality area 120 numbers of household were selected from 5 wards by applying probability proportional to size (PPS) method. Questionnaire was used as a tool and both interview and observation methods were used to elicit the information. From the study it was found that 56 per cent of the respondents had poor application of ancient science for their house design. Application index (27.14%) of the respondents was maximum in kitchen area. |