Navagraha temples around Chennai Porur Kunrathur - a Quick reference

 

The Navagraha temples are all situated close to Porur Kunrathur road. It is possible to cover them all in half  a day. The temples open by 7 AM and close by 12 noon . Evening  they are open between 4 to 7 PM. It would be best to start with the  Mangadu Sivan koil first  finish the Poonamallee Vaidyswaran koil and then proceed to Ramanatheshwara koil and then proceed  in two ways.Either you can complete Kovoor, Kunrathur Somamangalam in one direction and return back to Kovoor then proceed to Gerugambakkam , kolapakkam and Pozhichallur or go vice versa from kovoor to Gerugambaakkam etc and return to kovvor to proceed to kunrathur and somamangalam. The road between Gerugambakkam and Pozhichallur will test your spine as it crossed the Adayar river causeway . Similarly the road to Somamangalam from Kunrathur skirts the Chembarambakkam tank Parrallel to the Bangalore highway and in rainy season will be inundated and slushy.

Click the link below to access  my Google maps  for these places.

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203993314615202603204.0004a1ac46d45bf0bbae6&msa=0&ll=12.947181,80.085526&spn=0.118614,0.181789

Happy Temple hopping!

 

Guru Jupiter Ramanadheshwara temple Wireless road Porur Guru sthalam Ramanadheshwarar

Sukran Venus Mangadu Velleshwarar koil Sri velleswarar Sukran

Chandran Moon Somamangalam Somanatheshwara koil Sri Chandran sthalam

Shani Saturn Pozhichallur Agastheeswarar koil Shanishwarar

Suryan Sun Kolapakkam Agastheeswarar koil Suryanar

Kethu Gerugambakkam Neelakanteshwarar Koil Ketu sthalam

Budhan Mercury Kovoor Thirumaeneeswarar koil Budhan sthalam

Rahu Kundrathur Thiru Naageshwarar koil Rahu sthalam/2011/04/naageshwarar-temple-kunrathur.html

Sevvai Mars Vaidheeswaran koil Poonamallee http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2010/07/vaidhyeeswaran-temple-in-poonamalle.html

A few handy tips from wikipedia about the Navagrahas

Character	Guru (Jupiter)	Shukra (Venus)	Shani (Saturn)	Rahu (north node)	Ketu (south node)
Consort	Tara	Sukirthi & Urjaswathi	Neeladevi	Simhi	Chitralekha
Color	Gold	White/Yellow	Black/Blue	Smoky	Smoky
Gender Associated	Male	Female	Neutral	Female	Neutral
Element	Ether	Water	Air	Air	Earth
God	Indra	Indrani	Brahma	Nirriti	Ganesha
Pratyadi Devataa	Brahma	Indra	Yama	Durga	Chitragupta
Metal	Gold	Silver	Iron	Lead	Mercury
Gemstone	Yellow Sapphire	Diamond	Blue Sapphire	Hessonite	Cat's Eye
Body Part	Brain	Semen	Muscles	-	-
Taste	Sweet	Sour	Astringent	-	-
Food	Chickpea	kidney beans	Sesame	Urad (bean)	Horse gram
Season	Winter	Spring	All Seasons	-	-
Direction	North East	South East	West	South West	-
Day	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	-	-

Character	Surya (sun)	Chandra (Moon)	Mangala (Mars)	Budha (Mercury)
Consort	Suvarna & Chaaya	Rohini	Shaktidevi	Ila
Color	Copper	White	Red	Green
Gender Associated	Male	Male	Male	Neutral
Element	Fire	Water	Fire	Earth
God	Agni	Varuna	Subramanya	Vishnu
Pratyadi Devataa	Rudra	Gowri	Murugan	Vishnu
Metal	Copper	Silver	Brass	Zinc
Gemstone	Ruby	Pearl/Moonstone	Red Coral	Emerald
Body Part	Bone	Blood	Marrow	Skin
Taste	Pungent	Salt	Acid	Mixed
Food	Wheat	Rice	Pigeon pea	Mung bean
Season	Summer	Winter	Summer	Autumn
Direction	East	North West	South	North
Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday