MARG is coming up with a mindboggling Shopping Mall on the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) in close proximity to the IT corridor. With shopping malls the hottest and ideal destination for our shopping needs, MARG Construction is coming up with this world class shopping mall called as ‘MARG Junction’. This was earlier called as the MARG Riverside mall.

Believe it or not, this development space is ‘ONE MILLION+ SQUAREFEET’. This includes a twin office tower, A 4 star business class hotel with 240 rooms and the Shopping area.

MARG Junction is expected to be completed by 2012 and will serve as the penultimate destination for shopping, dining, leisure and entertainment for the prime growing areas of OMR and South Chennai. Media reports this as one of the biggest and most expected shopping mall of Chennai in the near future.

MARG has also planned to come up with shopping malls ar MARG Swarnabhoomi and MARG’s Integrated Township at Tirupati- MARG Vishwashaki.

Here are a few graphical representation of the awesome structure the mall is going to have,

MARG Constructions is undertaking the construction of Karaikal port. MARG with its years of experience aims to build the port to world standards. It also aims to make MARG Karaikal port a flourishing place for export and import business. Dry cargo, in Bulk and Break bulk form, as well as containers can be handled at the Port. The Port is all set to acquire liquid bulk cargo handling capabilities and the infrastructure development for the same is currently in progress. The expenses of a fully dedicated container terminal as per the development plan will give Karaikal Port complete cargo handling facilities. MARG’s initiative for port development aims to shoulder the increasing export and import needs of the country.

The Karaikal port is being developed as a lagoon type harbour connected to sea by an entrance / access channel protected by short breakwaters. Phase – I of development, which was recently completed, comprises two berths – one each for coal and general cargo. An area of around 602 acres is covered by the port boundaries. This Karaikal Port constructed by MARGS will unleash economic prospective of central Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Karaikal Port Private Ltd (KPPL) will add another feather to the cap for MARG Ltd, a leading infrastructure and real estate developer along the Chennai IT corridor with interest ranging across various areas that include Residential Projects, Commercial Real estate projects, SEZs, Ports, Townships, IT Parks, Malls, etc.

We have all heard about a specific Vastu Shastra and we understand that it plays a very vital role in our residence/workplace’s construction and architecture.

MARG ProperTies  ensures that all its buildings adher to the rules of Vastu Shastra. Marg blog is coming up with a series of articles to quench your thirst for knowledge about Vastu Shastra. In this first post lets get to know about  the basic what, when and how of Vastu Shastra.

What is Vastu Shastra?         

Vastu Shastra is an ancient Hindu practice originating from Vedas used while construction aimed at creating equilibrium between humanity and nature for the well being of the former.

Scientifically we can define Vastu Shastra as the scientific study of direction for usage in construction so as to create harmony between humanity and nature using the five elements of nature.

Origin of Vastu Shastra

Although we can’t define the exact time when Vastu Shastra originated, it dates back to several thousand years ago. It has its origins from Sthapatya Veda which is an integral part of Atharva Veda (One of the ancient four Vedas).

The early principles of Vastu were framed on the basis of observation of the sunrays, at different times in the day. These observations were noted and important inferences drawn later on, on the basis of an in-depth screening.

We can also  find references of Vastu Shastra in the Great Indian Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Vishvakarma Prakash, Samraangan Sutradhar, Kashyap Shilpshastra, Vrihad Sanhita, and Praman Manjaree are some of the ancient Vedic experts who passed over the Vastu knowledge to the next generation.

At MARG we respect the traditional values and believes and we have built all our MARG properties in accordance with Vastu after consultation with Vastu experts. We can never compromise on important aspects such as these when we are building integrated townships like Vishwashakthi at holy places like Tirupathi.

On our next blog we will see about the Vastu Purusha Mandala which defines the rules of Vastu Shastra.

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