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Mayiladuthurai Road , Vaitheeswarankoil-609 117,
TamilNadu, INDIA.
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KUMBAKONAM 612 001.
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Itinerary:

Day 1 (26/11/2010) - Travel from Chennai to Kumbhakonam

Stay
Day-2 (27/11/2010) - (Start at 7:00 AM)

Temple Place Distanc Time Directions

e
Sun Temple Suriyanar Koil 18 Kms 8:00 3 Kms. from Aduthurai (Left) which is 15 Kms
AM from Kumbakonam on the  Kumbakonam-
Mayiladuthurai Road
Shukra Temple Kanjanoor 3 Kms 9:30 Suriyanar Koil - Kanjanoor (Shukra temple)
AM
Shiva Temple Tirumanancher 6 Kms 10:30 Kanjanoor – Tirumanancheri
i AM
Kuja Temple Vaideeshwaran 13 Kms 11:30 Tirumanancheri  - Mayiladuthurai (14Kms) -
Koil AM Vaideeshwaran Koil (13 Kms) 
Lunch
Chidambaram If possible, on the way see Sirkazhi Temple -
4:00 PM
Vaideeshwara Chidambaram 27 Kms 4:00 Vaideeshwaran Koil - Chidambaram (27 Kms)
n Koil PM Visit Tillai Kali Temple
Then Nataraja Temple
Stay at Chidambaram

Chidambaram:

- In Tillai Kali Temple, offer 1 kg of Kumkum and 1 Kg of Haldi to the Goddess, take some portion
of it and carry back to home
- If possible, go to the Nadi Jyostham
- Take the darshan of Ganesha on the wall (Very famous, the trunk of this idol will move in year
one side to other side)

Kuja Temple:

- Buy Salt & Pepper packets from the temple, put in the pond, take some water there, take the
Salt and Pepper as prasadam and carry back to home

Tirumanancheri:

- Offer Mala to God here.

Day-3 (28/11/2010) (Start at 7:00 AM)

Temple Place Distance Time Directions

Budha Temple Thiruvengadu 32 Kms from 8:00 Chidambaram - Sirkazhi -
Chidambaram AM Thiruvengadu (32 Kms)
Ketu Temple Kezhaperumpallam 11 Kms 9:00 Thiruvengadu - Melaiyur -
AM Dharmakulam - Kezhaperumpallam 
(11 Kms)
Shani Temple Thirunallar 62 Kms 11:00 Kezhaperumpallam  - Dharmakulam -
AM Karuvi - Mayiladuthurai -
Kollumangudi - Peralam - Thirunallar
(62 Kms)
Visit Nala Kola and Take bath
First Visit Shani temple and then
ShivaTemple.
Lunch
Rahu Temple Thirunaageshwaram 51 Kms 4:00Thirunallar - Peralam - Kollumangudi -
PM Thirunaageshwaram (51 Kms)
Uppliappan Uppliappan Kovil 1 Km 4:30Thirunaageshwaram - Uppliappan
Kovil PM Kovil (1 Km)
Guru Temple Alangudi 23 Kms 6:00Uppliappan Kovil -
PM Thirunaageshwaram - KumbhaKonam
- Alangudi ( 23 Kms)
Reach Kumbhakonam by 7:30 PM & Stay at Kumbhakonam

Rahu Temple:

- If you get a chance to visit Rahu temple in Rahu kalam, nothing like that, otherwise, offer Milk
Abhishekam to Rahu on the next day, Pay the amount.
- Offer Silver Idol of Nagappa in Hundi

Uppliappan Kovil:

- Take the Prasadam in this temple, which will not have any salt in that but tasty, if you come
out of the temple, and taste the prasadam, will not be tasty
Day 4 (29/11/2010) - (Start at 7:00 AM)

Temple Place Distance Time Directions

Kumbeshwara Kumbhakonam 0 7:30 Kumbhakonam
Temple AM
Ganesha Thiruvalansuzhi 5 Kms 8:30
Temple AM
Subramanya Swamimalai 4 Kms 9:00 Thiruvalansuzhi - Swamimalai (4 Kms)
Temple AM
Moon Temple Thingaloor 25 Kms 10:30 Swamimalai - Thingaloor (25 Kms)
AM
Shiva Temple Thiruvaiyaru 4 Kms 11:30 Thingaloor - Thiruvaiyaru (4 Kms)
AM
Brihadeshwara Tanjore 10 Kms 12:00 Thiruvaiyaru - Tanjore (10 Kms)
Temple PM
Lunch
Uccha Pelleyar Trichy Ganesha Temple on top of a Hill
Temple
Stay at Trichy

Swamimalai:
- Take the vibhudhi and bring home
- Go to the Dhrushti Ganapati Temple and do the archana (good for the children)
Day 5 (30/11/2010)

Trichy -

Jembhukeshwara Temple. - Thiruvanekaval

Srirangam - Ranganathaswamy Temple. - Offer Tulsi mala.

Things to carry to each Navagraha Temple

Graha Name Cloth Color Navagraha Dhanya Anything else

Sun Maroon Red Color Wheat 100 gms Joggery
Moon Milk White Rice 10 Pearls
Kuja Blood Red Toor Dal Copper Pancha
patra
Budha Emerald Green Pesalu
Guru Sapphire Yellow Anapa Gingalu
Shukra Milk White Papdi Livia
Shani Black Til Til Oil
Rahu Ash Gray Urud Dal
Ketu 3 coloured cloth Ulavalu

Along with that:

Need to carry Rs 1/- coins of 11 for each Graha

Bettle Nut leaves, Beetle Nuts, Rs 1/- coins of no 2, Kumkum packet and Haldi packet along with the
things mentioned in the above table and offer the same to the pojari in that Graha temple.

Read 11 times of that Graha Shotra in that particular temple.

Note: Don’t offer this in the shiva temple, offer only at the Graha temple.

1 Litre of Til Oil

1 Kg of Kumkum and 1 kg of Haldi

Iron frying pan and Iron frying spoon

Big size cotton batthi

Procedure to be followed in Shani Temple:

1. First goto the Nalakolam

2. Tie the New Black towel (only the male devotees)
3. Put some til oil on head, on body parts
4. Take the bath in the kolam and then donate that black towel to the beggers there or leave the
towel there itself, don’t bring that towel back to home
5. Go to the place where to keep the Iron frying pan, Iron Frying spoon, pour the 1 lit of Til oil into
that, put Rs2/- coins from each one of us, see the face in the oil, dip the cotton batti in the oil
and light it.
6. Head towards the Shani temple, offer the Dhana there and then head towards the Shiva Temple
7. In case, with the rules we get to go the Shiva Temple, and then Shani temple, go one more time
to Shiva temple after the Shani Darshan. Once visit Shiva temple 2 nd time, don’t look at the Shani
again
8. After darshan, go to the Ganesha temple near the nalakolam, take one coconut for the family
(one for each family member is ideal), do the drushti for rotating the coconut 3 times for each
member and break that coconut. Note: Don’t look at the broken coconut pieces after that