( The Nine Planets (Navagraha) · Suryanar Kovil, Kumbakonam )
Done to pacify malefic planetary periods and balance the nine grahas in your chart.
Navagraha Shanti Puja honours the nine planetary deities (Surya, Chandra, Mangala, Budha, Guru, Shukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu). Each is invoked in turn with its own offering and mantra, and the rite closes with a havan.
Approx. 3 hours · all nine grahas
More rites explained here: Griha Pravesh Puja, Vastu Shanti Puja, Mundan (Chudakarana), Namkaran Puja
( What happens )
Each of the nine graha deities is invoked individually with its own mantra and offered flowers, rice, turmeric, sandalwood paste and a graha-specific coloured cloth, closed with a havan of at least nine ahutis (traditionally up to 108).
( Samagri )
Navadhanya — nine grains (wheat, paddy, pigeon pea, hyacinth bean, chickpea, mung bean, sesame, black gram, horse gram)Nine coloured cloths, one per graha
Sandalwood paste, flowers, fruit
Ghee and sacred woods (arka, palash, khadir) for the havan( Context matters )
Suryanar Kovil, administered by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department, is the only temple in Tamil Nadu with a separate shrine to each of the nine planetary deities — the reason it, rather than a general Vishnu or Shiva temple, is the traditional seat of this specific rite.
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