PARIHARAM

You can do this Pariharam for Kethu sitting in your Puja Room: 1. Take bath early on the Friday/Tuesday/Sunday morning before sunrise. 2. Fasting on the day is advisable. 3. Take some quantity of Horse Gram in a red/multi color cloth or paper. Keep it in your shirt pocket or tie it in the saree. Do not put it below your waist. Should not be placed in the hand bag or any separate luggage. 4. Worship Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva, and the Lord Kethu. 5. Keep working all day (whatever you are supposed to do) 6. Keep it under your pillow, while you go to sleep in the night. 7. No alcohol, eggs, non vegetarian foods, sexual thoughts and inter courses, use of harsh and filthy languages (applicable from early morning to the next day sunrise). If these are violated, then the pariharam would not deliver any results. 8. The Horse Gram must be kept safe and secure in the Puja room on the next morning. Unclean persons should not be allowed to touch these pack containing Horse Gram. 9

The Pariharam for the Kethu can be done in the Shiva temples in the following methods. 1. You can do Navagraha Santhi Pooja in your name on the day that comes with your Jenma Nakshatra. 2. You can donate a multi color cow to the Vedic pandits. Make sure that the Pandits are genuine. You must ensure that the donated cows are well fed and taken care by the recipents throughout the lifetime of the cow. If you are not in a position to donate cows, then you can offer images of cow made of silver or gold to the temple. 3. You can also donate the money equivalent to the value of the cow. 4. You can also donate 1/2 or 1/3 or 1/4th the value of the cow too. 5. If that is not possible, you can also donate a coconut which should be considered as equivalent to the cow. This would greatly reduce the negative impact of the Lord Kethu. 

The Pariharam for the Kethu can be done in the Shiva temples in the following methods. 1.   You can put some Horse Gram in a Red or Multi color cloth and tie it with red color thread. Keep it in your shirt pocket for the whole day on Saturdays or Fridays or Sundays. 2. You can mix this small quantity of Horse gram with larger quantity. 3. Hand over this Horse Gram to the priests in the temple. 4. Do it on a regular basis for nine weeks. 5. You can also do it on a continuous basis, until you feel some relief from your problems. 

The Pariharam for the Kethu can be done in the Shiva temples in the following methods. 1. You can put some Horse Gram into a multi color cloth; tie it with red color thread; keep it in your packet for the whole day on Tuesdays (or) Fridays (or) Sundays. 2. Go to the temple; light up ghee or gingelly oil (sesame seed oil) lamps with Multi cloth filled with Horse Gram. 3. Offer Multi colour cotton cloth to the Kethu or Silk Dhoti (Pattu) cloth to Lord Ganesha and do puja in your name. 4. Do puja in your name by prescribing your nakshatra and rasi during the Yama Kandam on Tuesday/Fridays/Sundays 5. Offer dishes prepared with Horse Gram dhall and offer it to the Kethu. After the puja, distribute these prasadam to everyone in the temple. 6. Chant the Kethu Gayatri and Moola mantras by 9/27/81/108 times. 8. Do Abhisekam for the Kethu or Lord Ganesha during the Yama Kandam on the designated days. Note:  1. You can do any one of these pariharam or any number of combinations

Given below are the Gayatri Mantra and Moola Mantra for the Lord Kethu: Gayatri Mantra of Kethu: Om Ajwath Vajayae Vitmahae Sula Hasthaya Dheemahi Thanno Kethu Prajothayath:  கேது காயத்ரி மந்திரம்: ஓம் அஜ்வத் வஜாய வித்மகே சூல ஹஸ்தாய தீமஹீ தன்னோ கேது ப்ரஜோதயாத்: Kethu's Moola Mantra: Palasa Puspha Sangasam Dharaha Graha Masthagam Rowthram Rowth-rath Magham Koram Tham Kethum Pranamam-Yaham.  கேதுவின் மூல மந்திரம்: பலாச புஷ்ப ஸங்காசம்  தாரகாக்கரஹ மஸ்தகம்  ரௌத்ரம்  ரௌத்ராத் மகம் கோரம்  தம்கேதும் ப்ரணமாம் யஹம்: Chanting any one of the Kethu Gayatri or Moola Mantras brings good results.  1. Sit in your Pooja room. 2. Offer Multi color flower to the Gods. 3. Place a vessel (Possibly a tumbler made of Silver or Bronze or Copper) filled with water up to the rim. 4. Light up lamps with Ghee/Gingelly oil. 5. Start with worship of Lord Ganesha. 6. Worship other Gods. 7. Worship the Kethu by chanting 9/27/81/108 times by the above

Let us see the qualities of the Kethu: 1. Day: Tuesday, Friday and Sunday 2. Stars: Ashwini, Magham and Moolam. 3. Color: Red or Multi Color. 4. Grain: Horse Gram.   5. Number: 7 6. Hora: Yama Kandam.  7. Lord of the Shani: Lord Ganesha. Best Time to worship:  Rahu's Stars: Magham, Ashwini and Moolam . Rahu's favorite day: Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Rahu's favourite time for Puja: Yama Kandam                                                09.00 AM to 10.30 AM (Tuesday)                                               03.00 AM to 04.30 PM (Friday)                                               12.00 Noon to 01.30 PM (Sunday) Best Time:  Yama Kandam on Tuesday/Friday/Sunday that comes with Kethu's Stars Aswini, Magham and Moolam. Note:  The Best time is given above, but that does not mean that you should not do it in other days. Puja for Kethu in the Yama Kandam or on the day that comes with the Kethu's Star also deliver best results. THE REAL MEA

Lord Thayumanavar Swamy Temple, Trichy The presiding deity is called as the Lord Chevvanthi Nathar (Lord Shiva) and Goddess Mattuvar Kulalammai (Goddess Parvathi). The Lord Chevvanthi Nathar was called as the "Thayum-mana-var Swamy" meaning "He who become the Mother". How the Lord Shiva becomes the Mother? Long ago, Rathina Guptan, a merchant trading in valuable gems was living near Poompuhar, a coastal town loacted in Tamilnadu. He was extremely rich but very devout worshipper of Lord Shiva. He had helped number of Saivite institutions and also helped many Lord Shiva deities. Lord Shiva blessed him with a beautiful girl child Rathinavathi. When she attained her age, he married his daughter to Dhana Guptan, who was living on the foothills of rocky terrain that carries the famous Lord Chevvanthi Nathar temple. The temple was loacted atop the rocky hill. Dhana Guptan was also a staunch Lord Shiva devotee. Hence both the couples Rathinavathi and Dhana Guptan use