Suriyanar Temple





The sun god temple was built during the King of Chola period, when the world came into existence, the first sound that reverberated was "OHM". Surya was born from this omkara naadham. Sree Markandeya puranam has explained this factor. Suryan was the son of Sage Kashyap and was the grandson of Sage Maarisi. Surya married Soorvarsala, the dauther of Viswakarma. Vaivasvatha Manu and Yamadharmarajan were his sons and Yamuna, his daughter. Surya's great chariot has one wheel and is drawn by seven horses(The seven horses symbolically represent the seven colors of the white light and the seven days of the week), he has a lotus in each hand, wears an armour and has a shield over his breast, has beautiful straight hair, and is surrounded by a halo of light. 


The tower of the temple is approximately sixteen meter in height and consists of three tiers. At the top of the tower are five domes. To the north of the rajagopuram(main tower) lies the sacred bathing ghat called Surya Pushkarni. It is important to bathe in this ghat before offering worship at the temple. If not, one should at least sprinkle its water on one's head. Special features of the temple, all the grahams face Surya Bhagawan in this temple. As soon as, one enters the temple there is a sacrificial platform. Generally in Siva temples, Navagrahas are the secondary deities. Here, the Sun is the main deity and the other eight planets have their separate shrines around the Sun according to Astrology. 


The antiquity of this holy place and be traced to the days of Maha Bharatha. The Puranas subscribe to the same view that all sorts of physical and mental ailments will be solved, when people worship this temple. Benefits of Worshipping: To succeed in political, to get government job and government related deals, to get rid of from sins committed by father and ancestors, to solve the problem in person weakness in bone, veryoffen headach, eye problem and also diseases pertaining to the heart. Those who are taKing bath for twelve Sundays in Suryanath koil, they will be saved from suffering and blessed with happy and peaceful life. 


Things of Worshipping:

Day : Sunday 

Donation : Wheat, Orange Cloth, Jaggery, Lotus 

Homa / Havan : Wood From Ark Tree (Calotropis Gigantea) 

Medicinal Bath : Cardamom, Honey, Poppy Seeds, Saffron, Lotus 

Flower : Senthamarai (Red Lotus) 

Cloth : Red Color 

Food   (Prasatham ) : Sakkarai pongal Location:(Suryanar koil) 


The first Navagraha temple is the Suryanarkoil. It is situated in the small village called Tirumangalakkudi. Near Aaduthurai, Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu (India).

Navagraha Temples




The navagraha means nine planets. Nav means "Nine", Graha means "Planets". So it is called as navagraha. Planets are also believed to influence the outcomes of historical events of entire nations and the earth. Each planet moves in clockwise or anti-clock wise motion. Out of nine graham first seven heavenly bodies are still connected in various culture of the world with seven days of the week as in Hindu system of astrology. In navagraha temple (nine planets temple) the sun idol is placed at the center and all other eight grahas are placed surrounding the sun in such a way that is no graha faces one another.



The world plays in two natures i.e. attracting or catching. Every object attracts or catches another object as dictated by the gravity. Similarly, the nine planets also attract each other. The navagraha are the nine catchers the same way a man knows how to keep natures with in him. Separate from one another he stands at peace with himself and with the world around. A man is born on earth on that day, and that movement what his individual fate is in mathematical harmony with progress of stars, planets in heaven.



When planets move from one direction to another, it brings about changes in people fortune. How the planets are placed in one horoscope at the time of birth determines the good and bad affect of once life, and the time effort. In every horoscope some planets are in good place some are in bad place. Hence, in our life some time we are getting problem which can't be unbearable, because of some planets position change in a month or year. All human being facing their life problem some time ups and some time downs.



Even ancient records and epics evident that navagrahas are even capable of making troubles to god also. Finally, human life mixture of happiness and sorrows. To come out from the all obstacles every individual should do pariharam(remedies upay) through the palm leaf scriptures and the astrology scriptures prescribe various poojas to avoid off the negative influence of the planets. By doing this pariharam(remedies upay), homam(ritual yajna), navagraha abhishek(holy bath) and mantra japam(chanting of mantras) etc., by doing all this, navagraha dosha are vanishout and good result will occur. That's what we are giving here brief details about navagraha (nine planets temple).

Why Nadi Astrology?

The Nadi Astrology (Naadi josiyam) is a branch of Astrology that offers explanations and advice regarding the influence of the planets or the results the planets brings about to souls who seek the aid of this branch of Astrology. Every soul has two main nasal passages or nostrils. The breath through the nostrils is termed as Yidakalai and Pinkalai respectively. (Yidakalai-Moon kalai; Pingalai-Sun kalai).

With sulimunai Nadi as the basis, its seven other sub-divisions (sub-divisions of sulimunai) can be practiced separately at different percentage levels. The sulimunaikalai and its sub-divisions enable Sages to understand through their spiritual power, the results the good and bad deeds yield (of the past lives) to the souls who come in search of them (Sages). Then, with the aid of the man kalai (Sulimunai) and other sub-divisions of the same kalai, which go a long way in making the Sages, attain spiritual knowledge and enable them to offer splendid explanations to the world. The results are accurately explained to the minutest detail to souls who seek the help of the Sages. 

The sabtha (Seven) Nadi kalai (sub-divisions of Sulimunaikalai) are Aththi, Alambudai, Gaandhari, Sangini, Singuvai, Purudan and Guru. With the secret images of the sabtha Nadigal as the basis of support, the spiritual knowledge of the good and bad deeds (of the past births) are compared with the minute secrets of the nine planets and finally clear explanations are offered to the world. Therefore this kind of astrological advice is known as Nadi Astrology.



We invite you to experience one of the few remaining ancient mysteries of the world. Imagine someone born thousands of years ago promising to change your current destiny, right now from Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam), so that you can begin to attract more of the wonderful things you had always wanted to experience. How magical it would be to witness a whole new life unfolding before you! It's not merely a coincidence, rather a rare blessing that you are reading this. No one can even come to know about Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam) and seek out their Nadi leaf unless drawn by divine forces to reunite with their unique leaf; this is revealed by the Nadi itself. Quite extraordinary! To prepare to discover a new destiny, you are invited to search for your Nadi leaf today and perform the simple remedies indicated. Seek now and you shall find your future.


The breath through the left nostril is termed as 'Yidakalai' and the breath through the right nostril is termed as 'Pinkalai'. In addition to the two ways by which breath passes, there is a third way termed as 'Sulimunaikalai'. This refers to the art of breathing by which breath through the right and left nostrils pass simultaneously. Sages, Siththa's (persons who have acquired the eight great mystic powers) Sages, Yogi's (Devotees of Yoga) survive by practicing this art (Sulimunaikalai) acquire special power through spiritual knowledge about the past, present and future periods.


The Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam) Astrologer whose soul bears only the good deeds of his past births (has followed the path of righteousness) and possesses a charitable and compassionate disposition will be capable of offering complete genuine predictions. Since such Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam) Astrologers are very few in number in the present world, there are difficulties in producing genuine and complete predictions through Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam). The original treatise of Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam) has been composed in the form of poetry. 


Tamil is a language with the presence of life in it. Therefore, there are vowels, (vowels in the Tamil language) called Uyir eluththukkal-letters representing life, Mey eluththukkal-letters representing body and Uyirmey eluththukkal-letters representing life and body. Apart from these letters there is a letter known as Aayutha eluththu, which makes the other, letters function. Apart from these four classes of letters there is a fifth class, which comprises of masculine and feminine letters. The fifth class is a Divine secret class known only to the celestials (Deva's).


When a man and a woman unite equally and completely, a live offspring is being created .In the same manner, the masculine and feminine letters are united in their proper proportions in the form of a poem, the predictions are arranged in an orderly way and the predictions are finally presented in the form of poetry. The predictions are being linked together by a secret rope called 'Arampaadal' and then published. Thus, Nadi jothidam (Naadi josiyam) occupies a supreme place among other astrology sciences, that exist in the world and is therefore said to be the mother of all other sciences.


Tamil Astrology

Prasanna Jothidam