Navagraha Beliefs and Navagraha God's History

In Indian Astrology, Navagrahas play a major role. These navagrahas are known to influence the goodwill and fortune of any individual. People take pilgrimage tour to Navagraha temples in order to mitigate the negative effects of the planet or to improvise the potency of the planets that is ruling the birth chart of a person. The Navagraha temples are situated within 60kms around Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamilnadu. Totally there are nine temples and maximum of these are Lord Shiva temples, each of these nine temples are referred to one of the celestial bodies like the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Solar Eclipse, and the Lunar Eclipse as per the Indian astrological beliefs.