Drawing Room
Can be accommodated to suit convenience and aesthetics. It is preferable to plan the drawing in such a maner that the major part of it lies in the middle of the plot. See Figure (4). The reason is that this area receives a very limited force and is the weakest part of the house. Probably it was for this reason that in the old village houses, the central area was left open to the sky and this was the reason perhaps in shifting the, dining hall to 'West' as prescribed in the ancient books. Otherwise kitchen in South-East and Dining in the West does not add up to make any sense as far convenience is concerned.

With increasing space limitations in the cities it is no longer possible to have such luxuries. Hence both the drawing and the dining can be planned in areas other than those meant for kitchen, Bed rooms etc., as discussed already. I am giving the postion which, a person should take while taking food as per ancient texts. So far I have not come across any evidence to support this theory, but studies are to be carried out to establish the truth or otherwise of the theory. As per texts: