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The seven days of the week of the Hindu calendar also corresponds with the seven classical planets and related day names of European culture and are named accordingly in most languages of the Indian subcontinent. Most Hindu temples around the world have a designated place dedicated to the worship of the navagraha.
There is a similar cluster of Navagraha temples in Chennai, erstwhile Thondai Nadu in and around Kundrathur.. Agatheeswarar Temple - Suryan - Kolapakkkam; Somanaadheeswarar Temple - Chandran - Somangalam
Similarly, the names of Tuesday in other Indo-European languages are often derived from the Roman god Mars, [21] (such as the Latin word Martis "Tuesday") or a god ascribed with similar characteristics. The root of the English word Tuesday, for instance, is the old Germanic god of war and victory, Tīw, also known as Týr. [22]
Swetharanyeswarar Temple is located 24 km (15 mi) from Mayiladuthurai and 13 km (8.1 mi) to the East of Vaitheeswaran Kovil. Ketu Stalam is located close to Poompuhar, 9 km (5.6 mi) to the South of Thiruvenkadu and 23 km (14 mi) to the South West of Vaitheeswarn Kovil. Alangudi is located 18 km (11 mi) to the South of Kumbakonam on the ...
The word "Chandra" literally means "bright, shining or glittering" and is used for the "Moon" in Sanskrit and other Indo-Aryan languages. [6] [7] It is also the name of various other figures in Hindu mythology, including an asura and a Suryavamsha king. [8] It is also a common Indian name and surname.
Shani is the root for name for the day Saturday in many other Indian languages. In modern Hindi , Odia , Telugu , Bengali , Marathi , Urdu , Kannada and Gujarati , Saturday is called Shanivaar ; Tamil : Sani kizhamai ; Malayalam : Shaniyazhcha ; Thai : Wạn s̄eār̒ (วันเสาร์).
Budha is the root of the word 'Budhavara' or Wednesday in the Hindu calendar. [2] The word "Wednesday" in the Greco-Roman and other Indo-European calendars is also dedicated to planet Mercury ("day of Odin"). Budha is part of the Navagraha in the Hindu zodiac system, considered benevolent, associated with an agile mind and memory. The role and ...
In the ancient Vedic scriptures of Hinduism, Brihaspati is a deity associated with fire, and the word also refers to a god who counsels the devas and devis (gods and goddesses). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In some later texts, the word refers to the largest planet of the solar system, Jupiter , and the deity is associated with the planet as a Navagraha .