The Nine Planets (Navagraha) · Suryanar Kovil, Kumbakonam
Navagraha Shanti PujaDone to pacify malefic planetary periods and balance the nine grahas in your chart.
Corroborated across independent ritual references — the temple's own page did not surface to this pass. Checked 2026-08-27.No payment is taken on Temple World. A provider must own booking and fulfilment.
What the rite involves
The rite itself
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).
What it traditionally uses
- 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
Who performs it
Temple priests at a dedicated Navagraha shrine, or an engaged Vedic priest/astrologer for a remote sankalp.
How long it runs
Approx. 3 hours · all nine grahas
Where it belongs
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.
What this is based on
Wikipedia — Suryanar Kovil (temple identity, HR&CE administration, nine planetary shrines)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryanar_KovilWikipedia — Navadhanya (the nine grains and their Navagraha association)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NavadhanyaPujaHome — Navagraha Shanti Puja Samagri List (procedure and materials)
https://pujahome.com/blogs/articles/navagraha-shanti-puja-samagri-list
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