The Kalpatharu Research Academy of Bangalne is happy and proud to being out the Second Volume of Navagraha Kosha in fairly quick succession to the first, which war published in the month of June this year. While the first volume provides elaborate and comprehensive background Navagraha Puja, which is popular and prevalent all over the country, the second volume is intended to serve as a practical guide to the actual performance of the Puja in all its details. The Puja is performed not only to offset the evil effects of certain planetary positions and conjunctions, but to secure health, wealth and happiness of all persons. The rituals constituting the Puja are indicated in this volume, along with the Mantras to be recited, the Mandalas to be prepared, and the gifts to be made. The Puja is done to individual Grahas as well as to all the Grahas collectively. Both forms of Puja are given in this volume.
It is hoped that, like the previous publications of the Kalpatharı Research Academy, this volume will be found useful to those interested in Indian Culture and religion. It will fulfil a want that has along been felt. An exhaustive account of the Navagrahas as also the Puja of the Navagrahas, like the one that is now brought out, had not appeared till now, although scholars and students were looking forward to such a volume. The Kalpatharu Research Academy, naturally feels gratified that it has been possible to publish these two volumes.
As in case of the previous volumes, the Academy acknowledges its grateful thanks to Vidyalankara, Sastra-Chudamani, Vedanta-Nidhi, Sangita-Kalaratna, Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao, for having taken the trouble to prepare for the Academy these two volumes constituting Nava-Graha-Kosha. The Academy also acknowledges the help rendered by Dr. S.R.N. Murthy by preparing the first section in this volume.
The Academy is planning to bring out in future some more volumes on the same subject: Grahas, Nakshatras and Rasis. Besides these, several volumes on Devata-Kosha and Vol on Bharatiya-Samskriti-Sarvasva-Kosha, are also on the anvil.
The Academy expresses its deep indebtedness to Sri. J.P. Sharma, LA.S.. Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Karnataka, for his encouragement to our projects and the Academy also expresses its deep gratitude to Poojya Sri. D. Veerendra Heggade, of Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple, Dharmasthala, for his encouragement and support, and to all our friends and well-wishers, who have made our publications possible.
Our grateful thanks are also due to Sri. H. Venkataramaiah and his staff in Payonidhi Printers (p) Ltd., for having printed this volume neatly and promptly.
This is a sequel to the first volume, which dealt with the ideology of the nine planetary deities in the Indian context. The present volume is more practical in purpose: it presents all the available texts relating to the worship of the planetary deities. Principally, it includes Navagraha-Puja-Vidhi' (the text of which was collected and prepared for the press by Dr. S.R.N. Murthy, formerly of the Geological Survey of India), and Graha-Yaga-Paddhati as prevalent in South India. An illustrated account of Sürya-Namaskara', a praxis of physical excercise as well as propitiation of the Sun-God, widely in practice in our country. is also appended. Included here besides the Surya-upanishads and stotras of the grahas, are excerpts from popular texts like Mantra-mahodadhi, and from rare texts like Vaikhānasa-agama Khilādhikāra and Bhrgu-samhita, relating to the worship of the nava-grahas, especially of Surya.
I am indebted to Daivajna K.N. Somayaji for having provided me the opportunity to prepare this volume for the Kalpatharu Research Academy, Bangalore.
I acknowledge the co-operation and help rendered by Sri. H. Venkataramaiah and his sons Shri. Sheshadri and Shri. Sundaresh, of the Payonidhi Printers, in the preparation of this volume.
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