Upset wife gives Karnataka CM vaastu gyaan

MYSURU: Like all long-married couples, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and wife Parvathi reportedly had a healthy disagreement over their home, and the CM’s views on issues like vaastu.
Siddaramaiah is redesigning his ancestral house in Siddaramanahundi village, 21km from Mysuru, into a retirement home. Last Sunday, the state's First Couple visited the village to offer puja at the village temple, and inspect the house.
Parvathi was reportedly concerned about the skewed vaastu. She is said to have suggested that he either reconstruct the entire building or alter some parts to meet vaastu's specs.
“The rooms are not spacious, the kitchen and puja rooms are congested. And, one should not build the house along with the temple of the family deity,” she reportedly told Siddaramaiah. The CM has sponsored the renovation and construction of the temple of his family deity Chikkatayamma, which is in a dilapidated condition.
The CM’s house will be a thotti mane – a palatial old house in the village where the verandah is surrounded by rooms and halls – with three bedrooms, a kitchen, a puja room and a dining area. In keeping with its rural setting in Siddaramanahundi, the house will retain its heritage look.
“Though the house is being built anew, it should not lose its rustic characteristics,” Siddaramaiah had reportedly told the builder, and suggested that the old eco-friendly look be retained. The amenities inside, though, would be modern, and so would the techniques and materials used. The CM assigned the contract to a close follower and engineer N S Anand. Work was in full swing and was expected to be ready for occupation in April or May.
But with the project running into wifely objections, Siddaramaiah is in a dilemma. For now, work has come to a halt; the engineer has been changed. Construction is expected to continue, but the woman of the house will have to first give her nod.