Navagraha stotram

Navagrahas

Aarogyam prathathu no dinakara:

Chandro yalo nirmalam 

Boothim boomisootha: soothaamsuthanaya:

Pragnyam gururgouvravam

kaanya: komalavaakvilaasamathulam

Mantho mutham sarvatha

Raahoor baahubalam virothasamanam

Kethu: kulasyonnathim

Meaning:

Please bless us with good health by sun god - Lord Surya; fame by moon god- Lord Chandra; prosperous by Lord Angaraha; good knowledge by lord Budha; good status by Lord Guru; good speech by Lord Sukira; happiness by Lord Sani; courage and overcoming enemy by Lord Raagu; and generation growth by Lord Kethu

Procedure:

Chanting this navagraha blessed sthotra for nine times a day will relieve us from any sort of graha doshas and also we will be blessed with complete mercy of Navagrahas.

Dakshinamoorthi - The Guru

Worship of Lord Shiva is done mostly in the form of lingam. Dakshinamoorthy is the only one form of idol worship done to Lord Shiva. This is a form of wisdom. 'Daksin' is a sanskrit word meaning south. Since the Lord faces southern direction, he is called as Dakshinamoorthy. He always has a place in southern part of all Shiva temples. In kerala there are many temples where Dakshinamoorthy is moolvar or the main diety of the temple.

Mostly the gurus or the masters will be aged and the students will be younger. But the above picture shows that sages who are well old sit at His feet to get wisdom which portrays the message that one attains wisdom with blessings of God irrelevant of age factors.

The mantras on Dakshinamoorthy has immense yields:

• When kids utter mantras on Him they gain much knowledge as result they excel in studies.
• When youths & elders fo for it they overcome all sorts of depression, wavering mind and excel in their field
• Those who have dosha, will get nivaran on chanting these mantras.

Dakshinamoorthy Mantras

Danaagarshana Dakshinamoorthy Mantra

This mantra blesses with wisdom and prosperity.

Om namo bagavathe

dakshinamoorthaye mahyam

chriyam pragnyam prayachha

swaha

Keerthi Dakshinamoorthy Mantra

On chanting this mantra one would get lots of fame. The speciality of this mantra is that it includes the Panchakshara mantra also.

Om a: nama:

sivaya a: Om

Gnyana Dakshinamoorthy Mantra
This mantra are to be chanted by bachelors who are in need of wisdom.

Om gnyam namachinmaya
moorthaye gnyanam
dehi swaha

Samba Dakshinamoorthy Mantra

This is Gowri Dakshinamoorthi mantra. This mantra includes Panchaksharam and also Bala thiriyakshri mantra. Its vey easy to utter but is more powerful.

Om jam nama:
kleem sivaya sow:

Dakshinamoorthy mala mantra

Om namo bagavathe sathasivaya sarpa
yagnyopavithine jadaamagudaangkrutha
ganga chandra tharaya sarpa booshanaya
sagala vithyam me nyadithi nyadithi prayachha swaha

The above mantras satisfy our wishes when

• prayed in early morning during Brahma muhurtham
• prayed along with either one of these flowers: white lotus, vilvam, oomathampoo
• chanting the mala mantra for 8000 times for 21 days gives real wisdom.

Kethu Bagawan

Kethu - Keezhaperumpallam - The sthalam is located 6 kms from Thiruvengaadu, enroute to Poompuhar. His wife is Chitralekha. The presiding deities are Naaganaadaswamy and his consort Ambal. He faces the North-West direction. The Adi Devatha is Chitraguptan and the Prathyathi Devatha is Brahma.

His colour is red and his vahana is the eagle; the grain associated with him is khollu; the flower - red alli (lily); fabric - multi coloured cloth; gem - Vaidooriyam (cat's eye); food - rice mixed with khollu powder.

Kethu gayatri

om aswadhwajaaya vidmahae

soola hastaaya dheemahi

tanno ketu: prachodayaat

Raahu Bagawan

Raahu - Thirunageswaram - The sthalam is located 6 kms from Kumbakonam, enroute to Karaikal. The presiding deities are Naaganaadar and Girigujaambigai. He faces the South-West direction. The Adi Devatha is Durga and the Prathyathi Devatha is the snake.

His colour is black, his vahana is blue lion; the grain associated with him is orid; the flower-mandarai; fabric-black cloth; gem- Komedagam; food-rice mixed with orid dhal powder.

Raahu gayatri

om naakadhwajaaya vidmahae

padma hastaaya dheemahi

tanno raahu: prachodayaat

Saneeswara Bagawan

Sani - Thirunallaru - 5 from Karaikal. The Sthalam is located 3kms from Karaikal, enroute to Peralam. His wives are Neela Devi and Manga Devi. The presiding deities are Dharbaranyeswarar (Swaymbumurti) and his consort Bogamartha Poon Mulayal. He is the Lord of Maharam and Kumba Rasis and faces the West direction. The Adi Devatha is Yaman and the Prathyathi Devatha is Prajapathi.

His colour is black; his vahana the crow; the grain associated with him is gingelley; the flower - vanni and black kuvalai; fabric - black cloth; gem - neelam (blue saphire); food - rice mixed with gingelley powder.

Sanishwara gayatri

om kaakadhwajaaya vidmahae

khadga hastaaya dheemahi

tanno mandah: prachodayaat

Sukra Bagawan

Sukran - Kanjanur - 3 km from Suryanar Temple. The sthalam is located 3kms from Suryanar koil, enroute to Mayavaram. His wives are Subakirthi, Sundari and Sringini. The presiding deity are Agneeswarar and his consort Iswari. He is the Lord of Rishaba and Thula Rasi and faces East direction. The Adi Devatha is Indra's physician.

His colour is white; his vahana is the crocodile; the grain associated with him is mochai; the flower - white lotus; fabric - white cloth; gem - diamond; food - rice mixed with mochai powder.

Shukra gayatri

om aswadhwajaaya vidmahae

dhanur hastaaya dheemahi

tanno shukra: prachodayaat

Guru Bhagawan

Guru Bagavan - Alangudi . The sthlam is 17 kms from Kumbakonam enroute to Mannargudi. His wives are Tharai, Sangini. The presiding deities are Kasi Aaranyeswarar and his consort Elavarkuzhali. Guru is the Lord of Dhanusu and Meena Rasi and he faces North direction. The Adi Devatha is Brahma and the Prathyathi Devatha is Indran.

His colour is yellow and his vahana is elephant. The grain associated with him is kadalai; the flower - white mullai; fabric - yellow cloth; gem - pushparagam (white topaz); food - rice mixed with bengal gram dhal powder.

Guru gayatri

om vrishabadhwajaaya vidmahae

kruni hastaaya dheemahi

tanno guru: prachodayaat

Butha Bhagawan

Buthan - Thiruvenkadu - The sthalam of Budan is located 15kms from Sirgazhi enroute to Poompuhar. Budan's wife is Ilai. The presiding deities are Swedharanyeshwarar and his consort Ambal. Budan is the Lord of Mithunam and Kanni Rasi and he faces the North-East direction. The Adi Devatha is Vishnu and the Prathyathi Devatha Narayanan.

His colour is light green; his vahana - the horse; the grain associated with him is full green moong dhal; the flower - white kanthal flower; fabric- green cloth; gem - maragadam; food - rice mixed with moong dhal powder.

Butha gayatri

om gajadhwajaaya vidmahae

sukha hastaaya dheemahi

tanno budha: prachodayaat

Sevvai (Angaaraka) Bagawan

Sevvai ( Angaaraka)- Vaitheeswaran Temple - The sthalam is located 6kms from Sirgazhi en route to Mayavaram. His wives are Malini, Susilini. The presiding deity are Vaidyanathan and his consort Thaiyal Nayaki.
Sevvai is the Lord of Mesha and Vrichika Rasi and he faces South direction. The Adi Devatha is Boomidevi; Prathyathi Devatha is Kshetra Balagan.

His colour is red and his vahana is the ram. The grain associated with him is thuvarai; the flowers - shenbagam and red arali; fabric - red cloth; gem - coral; food- rice mixed with toor dhal powder.

Angaaraka gayatri (Sevvaai)

om veeradhwajaaya vidmahae

vighna hastaaya dheemahi

tanno bhouma: prachodayaat

Chandra Bagawan Temple

Chandran ( The Moon God) - The sthalam of Chandran is Thingalur, which is located 36kms from Kumbakonam, enroute to Thiruvaiyaru. Chandran's wife is Rohini. The presiding deity are Kailasanathar and his consort Periyanayakiamman. Chandran is the Lord of Kadaga Rasi and he faces the South-East direction. The Adi Devatha is water; prathyathi Devatha is Gowri; his colour is white and his vahana is white horse.

The grain associated with him is paddy, rice; the folwer - white arali; fabric - white cloth; gem - pearl; food - curd rice.

Chandra gayatri
om padmadhwajaaya vidmahae
hema rupaaya dheemahi
tanno soma: prachodayaat

Surya Bagawan

Surya ( Sun God) - Suryanar Temple - It is situated on the road between Kumbakonam and Kadhiramangalam and 15 km to the east of Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu. This temple is open from 6 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on all days.

Flower - Senthamarai (Red Lotus) Samith (sacrificial fuel ) - Erukku ( madar plant ) Dhaniyam (grain) - Wheat Vasthram - Lotus red Neivedhyam - Sakkarai pongal

Surya gayatri
om aswadhwajaaya vidmahae
paasa hastaaya dheemahi
tanno surya: prachodayaat

Navagraha Stothram

Nama sooryaya somaya mangalaya sa buthaya sa

guru sukra sanipyas sa rahave kethave namaha:

Chant this sloka daily to overcome the ill effects of the Grahas.