Maharishi Sthapatya Veda

A commercial building constructed using the principles and features of MSV including a rooftop "kalash" and "vastu fence".

Maharishi Sthapatya Veda (MSV) is a set of architectural and planning principles assembled by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi based on "ancient Sanskrit texts"^[1][2] Maharishi Sthapatya Veda architecture is also called "Maharishi Vastu" architecture, "Fortune-Creating" buildings and homes,^[3] and "Maharishi Vedic architecture".^[4]

MSV has strict rules governing the orientation and proportions of a building.^[5] The most important factor is the entrance, which must be either due east or due north.^[5] The MSV architect also considers the slope and shape of the lot, exposure to the rising sun, location of nearby bodies of water and the other buildings or activities in the nearby environment.^[6] MSV emphasizes the use of natural or "green" building materials.^[1][7]

MSV homes are marketed in the US by Maharishi Global Construction, LLC,^[8] and by MSV Homes in the UK, both arms of the Transcendental Meditation movement.^[9] Several communities around the world have been developed using MSV principles. The plans for Peace Tower, which would have been the world's tallest building, followed MSV specifications.

Principles and effects

According to Maharishi Global Construction (MGC) in Fairfield, Iowa, building a home according to the principles of MSV "connects the individual intelligence of the occupant of the house to the cosmic intelligence of the universe".^[1][7] Proponents of MSV say its basis is in the Vedas, 5,000 year old Sanskrit texts that assert a connection between human health and building materials, orientation to the movements of the sun and spatial relationships.^[2][10] According to Lipman, Vedic architecture and feng shui have a common root, but MSV is more scientific, while feng shui has superstitious elements.^[11] Lipman says that MSV is derived from "lost and misunderstood" principles, natural law, "whereby the entire universe is created: galaxies, planets, human beings" along with buildings and cities.^[12]

Craig Pearson, Executive Vice President of Maharishi University of Management (MUM), says that spending time in buildings that follow these principles makes one smarter.^[13] Proponents say that MSV homes have escaped wildfires that burned neighboring homes, and that businesses located in MSV office buildings have greater profit and lower absenteeism.^[5] Residents of MSV homes in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa say they felt vitality, calm and happiness when they moved into their Vedic houses. A mother says that her boys are more orderly.^[14] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has said, "Living in a proper vastu can eliminate 60 to 80 percent of the problems we encounter in life."^[14] Peter Warburon, Raja of England, says that the practice of the Maharishi’s Vedic peace technologies is more powerful with Vastu buildings.^[15] Yale University architecture professor Keller Easterling says that MSV is fueled by a desire to create outposts for broadcasting the Maharishi Effect.^[16]

Maharishi Sthapatya Veda is considered to be an element of the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health, and the main modality of MVAH for improving the immediate environment.^[17]

Siting

Auspicious locations have water to the east or north.^[16] If water is in an inauspicious location then it can be balanced with fountains on the north side.^[11] Items in the nearby environment that generate electro-magnetic fields, such as high tension wires and microwave towers, are avoided.^[7] The slope, if any, should be towards the east, and there should be no obstructions that block the sun's first rays.^[11]

Orientation

The principles of orientation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda are based on the position of the sun, considered by MSV to be the most powerful natural influence on Earth.^[1] Aligning a structure with the rising sun (facing east) is considered by MSV adherents to be auspicious for the building's inhabitants and to be "spiritually healthy."^[18] According to the principles of MSV, the other three cardinal directions also have their corresponding influences. For example, homes with entrances facing west invite "poverty, lack of creativity and vitality,"^[19] and "anxiety, depression, bad luck and even criminal tendencies."^[20] According to the MSV official website, the north direction has the influence of prosperity and happiness and the south direction has the influence of negativity, problems and suffering.^[7] Proper orientation is also said to increase business productivity.

Placement

When a house for a particular individual is being designed using MSV principles, the placement of the building and its rooms are carefully planned according to their intended usage and the influence of the sun as it moves throughout the day.^[1][7][10] Rooms are placed to "take in the sun's light as it passes overhead." Windows and skylights are also used to allow as much natural sunlight as possible to enter the building.^[1] An aspect of MVS called "Vastu Vidya" determines the places in the building that are used for generating and storing natural elements like fire and water, heating and plumbing.^[7] Bathroom fixtures such as sinks and mirrors also have a particular placement according to MSV rules;^[21] for example, toilets must face south.^[8] Kitchens and dining rooms should be on the east side, and offices on the west.^[5] Beds should face north or northeast.^[5] MSV commercial buildings are often designed as linear "bar buildings" to offer the most east-facing exposure.^[16]

Proportion

MSV says that symmetry is orderly and helps to coordinate the various aspects of a structure, and that there is an ideal proportion for every room in a home or office. Also, the length, width and elevation of the building are calculated using the ancient Vedic mathematical formulas and requires a level of construction precision to one-eighth of an inch.^[21]

MSV planning and building takes into account the effects of the sun, moon, planets and stars, and also using the poles and the equator as reference points.^[7] Its measurements and proportions are said to be calculated in reference to proportions of the human physiology and the cosmos, and in harmony with nature.^[7]

Features

A kalash atop a Brahmasthan, with the flag of the Global Country of World Peace, on the Maharishi's HQ in Vlodrop.

One of the features of MVS design is the Brahmasthan, whose literal translation is "establish wholness". The Brahmasthan is a central space "lit by a skylight" that serves as a "silent core" and is "never walked on".^[10][22] The Brahmastan is said to act as the "nucleus" or axis point for the structure like the nucleus of a cell or an atom.^[1][10]

Other features include a perimeter designation called a vastu fence. This boundary line may consist of shrubs or a metal, stone or wood fence. It is ideally about 30 feet (9.1 m) away from the front back of the building and eight feet away from the sides.^[5] Another feature is a "small, golden, roof ornament" or cupola, called a kalash, which one MSV architect says improves the connection between the residents and heaven.^[1][8] A defined plinth is another standard element.^[5] Color is also covered by MSV.^[23]

Ceremonies

Three "special ceremonies" performed on "auspicious dates" are recommended by MSV. These include a ground breaking, which is described as digging a precise square hole while facing east, adding organic fertilizer and "sacred water" from India, and making statements of goodwill and success for the new construction. The second ceremony is the laying of the cornerstone and the third is moving-in.^[21]

Materials

MSV buildings should not contain any iron or steel.^[24] MSV emphasizes the use of natural or "green" building materials such as wood, bricks, adobe, rammed earth, clay, stucco and marble. Other natural fibers such as wood, paper, cotton and wool are used in the interior.^[1][7] The use of natural materials, along with spacious plots and layouts, mean that MSV homes can be expensive, according to the MGC sales director, Eloise Raymond.^[11]

MSV architects and organizations

Maharishi Tower of Invincibility, designed by Eike Hartmann

Eike Hartmann is Minister of Architecture in the Global Country of World Peace (variously styled as Minister of Vedic Architecture, Minister of Architecture providing Fortune-Creating Homes,^[25] and Minister of Global Reconstruction).^[26] He is the chair of the department of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda at Maharishi Vedic University in Vlodrop, Holland.^[27] Among his designs is the Maharishi Tower of Invincibility on the Fairfield, Iowa, campus of Maharishi University of Management.

Jonathan Lipman is director of Fortune-Creating Buildings and chief architect of Maharishi Global Construction (MGC).^[12] He is Director of Vedic Architecture for the GCWP in America and Deputy Minister of Architecture for the world.^[28] He is Maharishi University of Management's campus architect, an adjunct faculty member, and Director of the Institute of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda.^[29][30] Lipman reports having designed "nearly a dozen" office buildings as well as "hundreds of homes" using the MSV principles.^[31] His designs include Tower II, the largest MSV building to date.

Henry Clark (deceased) was an architect at MGC.^[32][33] He was vice president of Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp. He was the chief architect and planner of the Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa.^[34] He also taught at MUM.^[35]

Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp.

Main article: Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development

The Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp. (MHOED) announced in 1988 that it planned to build 50 "Maharishi Cities of Immortals" across the U.S. and Canada. The individual homes would be built using MSV specifications with non-toxic materials and natural ventilation.^[36] Its long term goal is to "reconstruct the entire world".^[35][37]

Maharishi Global Development Fund

Clarion Hotel building in Hartford, Connecticut

The Maharishi Global Development Fund (MGDF) was founded in 1997 in New York City. It had an initial capital of $430 million, which grew by hundreds of millions, and the stated capacity to handle multiple projects in several counties worth billions of dollars.^[38] It has the goal of constructing buildings that reduce the world's problems.^[38] It is also concerned with building cities and countries.^[16] It was inaugurated on the top floor of the World Trade Center in 1997, and was a tenant on September 11, 2001.^[16]

In 1995 the MGDF purchased a vacant hotel in Hartford, Connecticut for $1.5 million dollars. Later, the building was for sale at asking prices ranging from $5 to $17 million. After being vacant for more than 15 years, the building sold in 2011 for $500,000.^[39][40]

Maharishi Global Construction

The Maharishi Global Construction L.L.C. (MGC) markets and guides the construction of MSV buildings.^[38][41] Based in Fairfield, Iowa, Doug Greenfield is its volunteer president,^[23] Lipman is its chief architect,^[12] Hartmann heads the legal department, and Clark is one of its architects.^[42] It offers consulting services to architects and builders, but not architectural services.^[43] It advised on $13 million in construction in 1999, and $90 million in 2003.^[44] By 2003, it reported having built hundreds of Vastu homes in the US.^[11] In order to reduce the cost of MSV homes, and to simplify compliance with the precise design constraints, MGC has begun to offer modular kits.^[11] MGC also offers a "rectification service" to bring existing buildings closer to MSV standards.^[11]

Global Reconstruction

The Maharishi's Global Reconstruction Program for Permanent World Peace entails replacing the existing cities and buildings of the world with plans and structures that follow MSV principles. The project is estimated by the Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) Finance Minister to cost $300 trillion.^[45] A goal of the MGDF is to achieve "heaven on earth".^[38] The Director of the Global Country of World Peace's Financial Capital, Paul Potter, said "we hope to be able to rebuild the whole world to be fortune-oriented buildings, to be heaven on earth".^[18]

MSV principles were mandated in the platform of the Maharishi's "Invincible India Party" (Ajeya Bharat Party).^[46][47][48] In 1998, it called for an overhaul of building laws to require all new buildings to comply with MSV.^[46] One month after its 2001 founding, the Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, the council passed a resolution saying that city planning should be in accord with MSV principles.^[49]

A 2000 document from the Maharishi Global Development Fund outlines a proposed method for cities to transition to Vastu buildings. The first phase is "controlling the expansion of the city by establishing a masterplan with parallel roads in east/west, north/south directions". The second phase is "construction of ideal villages and satellite towns around the city, free from pollution". The third is "starting to demolish congested areas in the city center, replacing them with beautiful gardens, parks and fountains". The fourth is "final stage of the expanded garden city, providing ideal living conditions, including a modern communication and transportation system".^[38]

The Maharishi said that "improperly oriented" building should be demolished, including the White House and the U.N. Building.^[50] He is quoted as saying that national leaders should vacate inauspicious buildings immediately, "as if an earthquake had hit them".^[51][52][53] In 2001, he ordered numerous TM centers around the world to close due to inauspicious locations.^[54] In 2005, the Maharishi told "everyone in the world to live and work in buildings constructed according to Sthapatya Veda or Vastu architecture".^[5] He said then that he would no longer talk or deal with any member of the TM community unless they lived in Vastu structures.^[55]

He designated 2006 as the "Year of Reconstruction for the Whole World to be Heaven on Earth". The following year he included reconstruction in his seven-point plan for creating "invincibility for every nation". According to the Maharishi, "All the problems of the world will go away with our Global Reconstruction Programme".^[56] The elements of the world reconstruction program, as they appeared in movement newsletter in 2005, includes buildings such as:^[53]

• "Maharishi Peace Palaces"
• "Maharishi Vedic Universities"
• "Maharishi Colleges and Schools"
• "Maharishi Spas—Health and Rejuvenation Centers"
• "Maharishi Fortune-Creating Office Buildings, Malls, and Hotels"

Projects

The Golden Gate Center, a self described "Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Business Center", built in 1999 in Jefferson County, Iowa, north of Fairfield.^[57][58]

In the decade prior to 2005, about $250 million was spent on the construction of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings, according to the Rock Island Argus. About a third of that construction took place in the town of Fairfield, Iowa.^[1]

According to a 2005 article in the American Airlines magazine, American Way, "hundreds" of homes using MSV principles have been built across the U.S.A. including Wyoming, Iowa, Texas, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina and Maryland.^[10] The article says that "a growing legion of architects and scholars" believe that by using the principles of MSV, good health and fortune can be incorporated into a home or building.^[10] That same year, an article in Newsweek magazine reported that there had been $500 million in "new Vedic construction" during the prior ten year period.^[59]

A 2008 Washington Post article reports that there are MSV buildings in at least 14 states in the US.^[2]

Buildings

Tower II

MSV principles were used for a $72 million, 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²), nine story office complex called "Tower II".^[60] Located at 2000 Towers Oaks Boulevard in Rockville, Maryland, the structure has been named the "greenest building in Maryland", achieving a "platinum ranking" in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), rating system.^[61][62] The "Fortune Creating Architectural/Vedic-designed office building" was developed by Lerner Enterprises and the Tower Companies and designed by Jonathan Lipman.^[63] It was the subject of a Harvard Business School case study.^[63][64][65] The building is one of a handful of MSV structures in the Washington, D.C., area. Jeffrey Abramson, a partner in the family-owned Tower Companies, is a long-time TM practitioner^[66] and the chairman of the board of trustees of Maharishi University of Management. According to Abrahamson "The human brain reacts to space" and by using proper proportions a space can be created in which people can succeed and thrive.^[2]

MAPI Headquarters

A 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) warehouse and office was built according to MSV principles in Colorado Springs, Colorado for Maharishi Ayur-Ved Products International Inc. (MAPI).^[67][68] MAPI imports and distributes Maharishi Ayurveda herbal supplements. Every detail of the building, including the placement of the desks, is intentional.^[67] There are no fluorescent lights, but windows and skylights are plentiful.^[67] When completed in 1997 at a cost of about $3 million, it was considered to be one of only 75 MSV buildings in the US.^[67]

MERU

The former residence of the Maharishi and Maharishi Vedic University in Vlodrop, The Netherlands

Main article: MERU, Holland

The Maharishi Foundation purchased the 65-acre (260,000 m²) former St. Ludwig College Franciscan monastery at Vlodrop in the Netherlands in 1984.^[69][70] In 1990, it became the Maharishi's headquarters and residence. Demolition of the monastery, which was declared a national monument, encountered resistance from local leaders. The Maharishi Foundation was enjoined from continuing and, despite lawsuits, it has not succeeded in getting rid of the large building.^[71] New buildings have been built around it. The main building is the Maharishi's palace. It is the largest wooden structure in the country and was built without using any nails,^[72] at "vast expense".^[73] About the building, the Maharishi is reported to have said that, "the walls of this celebrated building"..."in no way enclose his unbounded cosmic awareness".^[74] The building is a tourist attraction, though security is tight.^[73] As of 2006, about 50 followers of the Maharishi live on the property in temporary huts.^[50][71] A 2007 press release says that 12 Raja palaces have been constructed on the site.^[74]

Peace Tower project

The Maharishi hired Minoru Yamasaki, the architect of the World Trade Center towers, to design the world's tallest building.^[75] Called "The Centre of India" or the "Vedic Vishwa Prashasan",^[76] the 160-story, 2,222' (675.5m) tall building would have been considerably higher than the 1,483' Petronas Towers, then the tallest building in the world.^[75][77] The layered, pyramid-shaped building would be decorated ornately, with arches and columns,^[78] like a Hindu^[79] or Vedic^[80] temple.^[81] The base would be 339 meters square, about 11.5 hectares.^[82] Priced at $2.5bn,^[83] it would have been large enough to hold 60,000 or 100,000 meditators.^[77][79][84] The foundation stone was laid on November 6, 1998 at the Brahmasthan of India.^[84] The elaborate, three-hour ceremony was attended by dignitaries, including representatives from ten countries, and 2,000 local villagers.^[78] No specific completion date was given.^[78] As of 2010, the Indian tower was still described in news reports as an active project.^[85]

In May 1999, the Maharishi Global Development Fund announced that it would build a 1,630' (510m), 103-story tower in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 60/40^[79] partnership with Brasilinvest, a private development company, had a budget of £1.65 billion or $2bn.^[86][87] The Maharishi Global Development Fund would provide $500 million directly and underwrite the rest of it obligation.^[88] Proponents said it would improve a run-down area near city hall, dubbed "cracktown", and restore civic pride. Skeptics questioned the need for the office and commercial space, the carrying capacity of the infrastructure, its location in a flood plain, the Maharishi's finances, and the overall viability of such a large project.^[81][88][89]

Its floor space, 1.3m sq m, would have been larger than the seven-building World Trade Center complex and almost twice as large as The Pentagon.^[83] Redesigned as a more conventional glass-sheathed skyscraper, one writer described it as a "giant saltcellar" with a hollow core.^[87] The project was slated to have a convention center, four hotels, a university, and apartments.^[87] It would have had a monorail stop and underground parking for 25-100,000 cars.^[87][90] Mario Garnero, head of Brasilinvest, said, "This isn't just a building, it's a city."^[87] In October 1999, it was announced that the project had the support of the mayor and governor.^[87] The land cost, $122 millions, would be split between investors and the city.^[79] It was to be paired with another project, the Transworld Complex, that would have a conference center, a golf course, and a theme park on 150 acres (0.61 km²).^[16] Construction was predicted to begin January 2000.^[90] In November 2000, it was announced that the plan was being dropped due to government opposition.^[91]

The Peace Tower plan was moved to a 329-acre (1.33 km²) property in The Colony, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, renamed "Global Centre",^[92] and rebudgeted at $3bn.^[93][94] The Federal Aviation Administration was concerned about the effect on air traffic and the project did not receive planning approval.^[92][93] The FBI investigated conflicts of interest allegations when the former mayor of the city was hired by the Maharishi's company.^[95]

Maharishi Development Project's Peter Swan announced plans in August 2000 for a tower at a site next to Alexandra, Gauteng, Johannesberg, South Africa.^[93] The 270-hectare property had been sold to the project by the University of the Witwatersrand after it found the soil was unsuitable for housing.^[96] Towers were also proposed for each of the 24 time zones.^[16]

MUM campus buildings

Maharishi University of Management (MUM) is building new structures that follow MSV principles to replace 40 demolished buildings on their campus.^{[97][98][99][100][101]} Most of the buildings on campus are now compliant with some or all MSV principles, including Dreier Building (the first MSV building on campus), Argiro Student Center, and two Peace Palaces.

The Sustainable Learning Center (SLC), designed by Lipman,^[102] is being built to the highest LEED standards.^[98]

Maharishi Peace Palaces

A Maharishi Peace Palace in Fairfield, Iowa

Main article: Maharishi Peace Palace

In 2000, the Maharishi announced plans to build Peace Palaces in the 3,000 largest cities around the world.^[103] The buildings would be built with MSV principles and would house "dormitories, classrooms and shops".^[103] As of 2007, Peace Palaces have been completed in at least four US locations, and land has been acquired in 52 other locations.^[18]

Other buildings

The Spiritual Centre in Nasu, the first MSV building in Japan, was designed like an ancient Japanese palace and is reported to be the country's largest wooden structure.^[14][104] Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center (CBCC), a 27,000-square-foot (2,500 m²) medical center, designed by Lipman, has been constructed in Bakersfield, California.^[10][105] Ravi Patel, the founder of the CBCC, is a trustee of the Maharishi University of Management.^[106]

Cities and developments

Maharishi Sthapatya Veda principles apply to communities and cities as well as individual buildings.^[7] Communities should have Bramasthans at their centers, just like homes.^[7] Ideal cities, according to plans drawn up by the Maharishi, are built in a grid pattern with gardens surrounding them.^[107] Cities with bad arrangements include Paris and New York,^[107] and it has been proposed that they be rebuilt on MSV standards.^[50] Communities built according to MSV principles are called "Peace Colonies".^[24][108] According to the movement's "Maha Media" news portal, a "Maharishi Peace Colony" is a "community founded to help create invincibility for a nation, based on the principles of Maharishi's Vedic Science and its practical applications for living perfection in all areas of life—featuring homes and buildings for group practice of Yogic Flying—all built according to Vedic Architecture, Maharishi Sthapatya Veda."^[109]

Maharishi Vedic City

Homes in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, where Maharishi Sthapatya Veda standards are mandated.

Main article: Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

The city plan and buildings of Maharishi Vedic City (MVC) are based on Maharishi Sthapatya Veda.^[110][111] The Maharishi Vedic City is the first settlement to be built entirely on Vedic principles.^[112] Easterling says that the city is an intentional community which epitomizes the idea that the personal and communal practice of TM brings a sense of well-being.^[16] As the center of the Global Country of World Peace, Easterling says that it reflects the GCWP's interest in achieving a "benign form of global sovereignty".^[16]

Other developments in and around Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield Business Park, an MSV building, in Jefferson County, Iowa, north of Fairfield, built in 1998.^[113][114]

In addition to Maharishi Vedic City, there are several developments around Fairfield that are being built according to Maharishi Vastu design standards and the latest sustainability technologies.

• Abundance Eco-Village is designed as an off-grid, and fully self-supporting development.^[115][116] As of March 2008, the development had five families with seven more houses under construction and plans for a total of 30 homes.^[117] In addition to relying on solar and wind for electricity, the development collects its own rainwater and grows organic food in common areas.^[117]
• Cypress Villages is also designed with both MSV and sustainability principles.^[118][119] As of April 2010, it had 10 residents living in three houses.^[120] A petition to incorporate as a city, intended to allow the development to control zoning decisions, was rejected by a state board in May 2010.^[121]
• MUM North Campus Village is on the northern edge of the Maharishi University of Management campus, and is restricted to people connected to the university or the Super Radiance program.^[122][123]

Heavenly Mountain

Heavenly Mountain is a development near Boone, North Carolina.^[124][125] The developers, Earl and David Kaplan, had purchased a total of 7,000 acres (28 km²) by 1993 and developed a portion of the land between 1996 and 1998.^[126][124] Several years later, Kaplan "sold most of the land for the Laurelmor development". ^[127]

A part of the development became the Spiritual Center of America (SCA), a TM-related, non-profit, owned by Upper Blue Mountain Holdings LLC, which is reported to be controlled by Kaplan's extended family, took up 500 acres (2.0 km²) and included a state-accredited university offering degrees in "consciousness-based studies".^{[128][129][124]} SCA became the home for the Purusha (men) and Mother Divine (women) groups which practice the TM and TM-Sidhi programs in monastic settings. The groups had separate campuses, built to MSV and Underwriters Laboratories codes.^[130] SCA failed to gain an exemption from county taxes after a 2003 state Supreme Court ruling that the facility did not qualify as an "educational, scientific or charitable institution".^[131]

One thousand acres (4 km²) were set aside for development as a luxury resort by the for-profit Heavenly Mountain, with over a hundred lots for sale.^[124] A 2006 article in the High Country Press reported that a premium on the home prices helped to fund the SCA. The project was controversial in the area until Kaplan reached out to the community.^[130] However Kaplan, a Purusha group member who left the group to marry, broke away from the movement in 2004 and decided to develop the land commercially.^[124] The SCA was evicted in 2006.^[130] Some home buyers were upset about being evicted and filed lawsuits and as of 2006, 44 condos and homes were still occupied.^[130]

According to a TM organization web site, the Mother Divine group had secured a residence and site for the Maharishi University of Enlightenment at the Heavenly Mountain location.^[132] The facilities, called East Campus, were described as rooms and suites for about 200 females, along with dining and lecture halls, totaling almost 300,000 square feet (28,000 m²) of indoor space. The purchase price was estimated by Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the GWCP, to be one-seventh of the cost for new construction.^[133] The remaining 381 acres and 26 buildings of the Heavenly Mountain facility were sold for $6.35 million in 2011 to Blue Ridge Preservation Inc., who intend to work with the Art of Living Foundation and related groups.^{[134][135][136]}

Purusha Capital

The Maharishi Purusha Capital of the Western World is located on 170 acres (0.69 km²) purchased by the Global Country of World Peace in 2009.^[137][138] This followed the Maharishi's call in 2007 to immediately establish a Purusha capital in the Blue Ridge Mountains, according to the Purusha website.^[139] It is in the Three Churches area of Hampshire County, West Virginia near Romney.^[137] The property will be designated a Global Capital and will include a palace for the Maharaja and residences for the Raja of Invincible America and the Prime Minister.^[140] Accommodations for 150-200 people, including 120 professional meditators, are being constructed.^[137] The Purusha website mentions the advantages of having as many as 800 "administrators of Global Raam Raj" so close to the nation's capital.^[139] The buildings are planned to be built to Vastu and LEED standards.^[137] The land cost $750,000 and the construction is budgeted to cost between $10 and $15 million.^[137] Bob LoPinto, the Raja of Potomac Vedic America (regional director),^[141] is overseeing the project.^[137] A nearby but separate medical center or spa is also being considered.^[137]

Maharishi Garden Village

The Maharishi Garden Village is a 30-home settlement in Rendlesham, Suffolk.^[9][142] The movement had sought to purchase the 1,000-acre (4.0 km²) former Bentwaters Air Force Base in 1995 for use as a campus but the deal, contingent on planning approval, fell through.^[143] The movement's MSV Homes won approval for a development plan on the former base for 30 homes and 24 apartments.^[9] On January 12, 2008, the Maharishi's birthday, construction of a 12-story Maharishi Tower of Invincibility was inaugurated on the site.^[144] In February 2008, MSV Homes submitted plans to build a £2 million, three-story, 33-bedroom Peace Palace in Rendlesham, Suffolk. It would be part of the 30-home, 24-apartment Maharishi Peace Colony. The plans were approved two months later, despite community concerns.^[145] The building will replace a center in Badingham that was used for 25 years.^[146]

Brahmasthan of India

According to the TM movement, the "auspicious" Brahmasthan (center point) of India is near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.^[147] The site has MSV housing for thousands of pandits who perform Vedic chants. The MSV design is said to amplify the power of their peace-promoting rituals.^[15] The project is overseen by Girish Varma, one of the Maharishi's nephews.^[15] A series of "parliaments", including the "Maharishi Parliament of World Peace in the field of culture and religion", was held there in 2006, according to a movement press release.^[148] A documentary filmmaker snuck into the facility in 2009 and found, in the words of Variety, a "ghost town".^[149] In 2010, a press release announced plans for new residential and visitor facilities, including 30 western-style suites.^[150]

Brahmasthan of America

The Brahmasthan of America is near Smith Center, Kansas, the geographic center of the contiguous United States.^[151][152] The County Commission initially passed a development moratorium to block the project but changed their decision after being threatened with a federal lawsuit.^[153][154] In regard to the local opposition, Eric Michener, the project coordinator for the GCWP, told a reporter, "I don't think we've run into this vibrant level of misunderstanding before".^[155] The group failed to receive an endorsement from the county commission when it sought a $38 million tax-exempt bond from the state.^[156] One palace is near completion and several others are in various stages of progress.^[156] In April 2010, a local newspaper reported that there was no activity on the site.^[156]

Other developments

Mandala Club was promoted in 2005 as a green development in Indian River County, Florida that would be designed with Vedic principles.^[157][158] Three model homes were approved, out of a total of 90 planned, and the houses were estimated to cost $988,000 each. The 39-acre (160,000 m²) property went into foreclosure and was sold in 2010.^[159]

Reception

After hearing a presentation on MSV at the National Building Museum in 2005, a Washington Post reporter said that "non-adherents" may find the principles "eccentric, to say the least," as houses not facing east or north are said by MSV adherents to be "practically begging inauspicious forces to sweep in and wreak havoc." The reporter goes on to say that many architects would not "quibble" with other components of MSV such as "balance and symmetry", a vastu fence or wall and "solar influenced" placement of rooms in the home.^[160]

Los Angeles Times travel writer Carina Chocano writes that Maharishi Vedic City "displays all the architectural characteristics of a new exurban development: gaudy, oversize construction that has no stylistic relation to its environment but instead vaguely alludes to a theme-park version someplace sort of magical and far away."^[107]

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