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Navagraha temple in Guwahati. The Navagraha Temple is on the top of Chitrasal Hill (or Navagraha Hill), in Guwahati city, Assam, India. The existing brick temple on Chitrasal hill was built by Ahom king Swargadeo Rajeswar Singha during his reign from 1751 to 1769. Enshrined in this temple are nine Shivalingams, representing the nine Celestial ...
Nine Grahas Temples (Navagraham temples) in Tamil Nadu is a set of nine Hindu temples, each dedicated to one of the nine planetary deities, the Navagraham in various places around the South Indian towns of Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, India. [1]
The temples dedicated to nine planets, Navagrahas are referred as Navagraha temples. Pages in category "Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The temple complex has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is in UNESCO's tentative list. [8] Other temples like Madurai Kallalagar temple which has high ‘Gopuram’ towers ornamented with colourful figures, and the Meenakshi Temple with high colourful towers and great long
Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu (10 P) S. Shani temples (3 P) Surya temples (18 P) Pages in category "Navagraha temples" The following 3 pages are in this category ...
The nine parts of the navagraha are the Sun, Moon, planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and the two nodes of the Moon. [2] A typical navagraha shrine found inside a Hindu temple. The term planet was applied originally only to the five planets known (i.e., visible to the naked eye) and excluded the Earth.
The temple consists of three gopurams in the eastern western and southern directions. This vast temple known is for its shrine to Rahu, one of the nine celestial bodies in the Navagraha. A legend has it that the mythological serpents Adiseshan, Dakshan and Kaarkotakan worshipped Shiva here.
The temple is one of the nine Navagraha temples of Tamil Nadu and is a part of the popular Navagraha pilgrimage in the state - it houses the image of Ketu. [8] The planets are believed to influence the horoscope computed based on time of one's birth and subsequently influence the course of life.