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The north-east — Ishan kona — is traditionally the most sacred corner of the home, linked with water, prayer and quiet reflection. Our Northeast collection of 89 artworks honours that stillness with white lotus studies, calm coastal waters, water lilies, willow reflections and gentle scenes of cows at the water's edge. Every piece arrives framed and ready to hang.
The north-east — Ishan kona — is the most sacred corner in Vastu Shastra. Tradition assigns it to Ishana, a form of Shiva, and to the water element; classical texts treat it as the point from which favourable energy is believed to enter a home. It is customarily kept the lightest, cleanest and most open part of the house, which is why prayer rooms and meditation corners are traditionally placed here. Artwork for the north-east follows the same instinct: calm, pale, water-touched imagery rather than anything heavy, dark or busy. The aim, in the traditional understanding, is a corner that quietens the mind the moment you turn towards it.
The 89 artworks in this collection are chosen for that stillness. White lotus studies are the quintessential Ishan subject — a flower long associated with purity, rising unstained from the water. Calm coastal waters and water lilies honour the corner's water element directly, while willow reflections add a soft, meditative rhythm. And in a distinctly Indian register, scenes of cows drinking at the water's edge carry a tenderness well suited to a corner traditionally reserved for prayer and quiet. Almost everything here shares a pale, serene palette — whites, soft blues and gentle greens.
If your home has a pooja room or meditation corner in the north-east, this is its artwork — hang a single calm piece where it is seen when you sit. Otherwise, the north-east wall of the living room is the traditional place for a serene water or lotus scene. Entrance halls that open towards the north-east also take a lotus or water artwork gracefully. These works suit bedrooms beautifully too: even where the room itself sits elsewhere in the house, its north-east wall can still hold a tranquil piece. Keep the wall uncrowded — tradition prizes openness in this corner above all.
Restraint suits the Ishan corner. One artwork, generously sized but softly coloured, will do more here than a gallery wall ever could. Light frames — pale woods and whites — extend the sense of openness, and a simple mount keeps the eye on the image. Choose the piece that genuinely slows your breathing when you look at it; that, more than any rule, is what this corner is traditionally for. Every piece is an archival print, hand-framed, delivered ready to hang, and made in India.
