Navagraha Temples in around Chennai

Chennai has its own set of Navagraha Temples located in and around Kundrathur

• a) Suryan - Agastheeswaram at Kolapakkam
• b) Moon - Somanatheeswarar at Somamangalam
• c) Mars - Vaitheeswaran at Poonamalee
• d) Kethu - Neelakanteshwarar at Gerugambakkam
• e) Guru - Ramanadeshwarar at Porur
• f) Sukran - Velleswarar at Mangadu
• g) Budhan - Thirumeyneeswarar at Kovur
• h) Rahu - Thirunageshwaram at Kundrathur
• i) Saneeswarar - Agastheeswaram at Pozhichalur

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Other Navagraham Temples

S.No	Name of Temple	Name of Deity	Location (Travel Base)	Built around	Notes/Beliefs
1	Kuchanuraan Temple, Sri Mayakoothar Devasthanams, Perungulam	Ashtamathu Sani(Saturn)	Kuchanur (Theni)	-	Lord Saneeswaran is the main deity in this temple, unlike other temples where he is worshipped either along with other Navagrahams or is worshipped from a shrine that is a part of a bigger temple.[52]
2	Saneeswarar Tirukkoil	Sani(Saturn)	Tirunaaraiyur a.k.a. Nachiarkoil (Tanjavur)	-	This temple is a part of the Sri Ramanathaswami Temple at Tirunaaraiyur. It is the only temple where Saneeswaran is worshipped along with his two wives Mandhadevi and Jyeshtadevi (also known as Neeladevi) and his two sons, Maandhi and Kuligan.[53]
3	Sri Vasishteswarar Temple	Guru(Jupiter)	Thenkudi Thittai (Tanjavur)	-	Sage Vasishtar is said to have worshipped Lord Siva in this temple. Lord Guru is worshipped as Guru Bhagavan from a separate shrine here, unlike in Alangudi where he is worshipped as Dakshinamurthi.[54] [55]

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Temples of The Navagrahams

S.No	Name of Temple	Name of Deity	Location (Travel Base)	Built around	Notes/Beliefs
1	Suryanaar Temple	Surya(Sun)	Suryanaar Kovil (Tanjavur)	1100 CE[47]	This is the only Navagraham temple where the other eight grahams are also present. But, unlike the usual Navagraham arrangement, all other grahams face Surya here[48]
2	Agneeswarar Temple	Shukra(Venus)	Kanchanoor (Tanjavur)	600-800 CE[49][50]	-
3	Kailasanathar Temple	Chandra(Moon)	Tingalur (Tanjavur)
4	Vaitheeswaran Temple	Mangala(Mars)	vaitheeswaran kovil (nagapattinam)	600-800 CE	-
5	Tirunageswaram Nageswarar Temple	Rahu	Tirunageswaram (thanjavur)	950 CE	This temple was built by Gandaraditya Chola, son of Parantaka Chola I.[51]
6	Tirunallaru Darbaaranyeswarar Temple	Sani(Saturn)	Tirunallaru (Karaikkal)	-	-
7	Keezhperumpallam Temple	Kethu	Keezhperumpallam (nagapattinam)	-	-
8	Abathsahayeswarar Temple	Guru(Jupiter)	Alangudi (Thiruvarur)	-	-
9	Tiruvenkadu Swetaranyeswarar Temple	Budha(Mercury)	Tiruvenkadu (nagapattinam)	-	-

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