Sri Adhinathar
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Sri Adhinathar is the name of Vishnu
in the temple at Alwarthirunagari, Tamil Nadu
, India. He is the Guru Kshethram
, representing Bṛhaspati, or Jupiter
, in the Navagraha
, or nine cosmic influences.
Vishnu
Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....
in the temple at Alwarthirunagari, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India. He is the Guru Kshethram
Guru Kshethram
Guru represents Jupiter in the eight planets. In southern India, set of nine temples are called Navagraha Temples, each one dedicated to one of the eight planets and Pluto. Temple representing Jupiter is called Guru Kshethram....
, representing Bṛhaspati, or Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
, in the Navagraha
Navagraha
Graha is a 'cosmic influencer' on the living beings of mother Bhumidevi . In Hindu astrology, the Navagraha are some of these major influencers.All the navagraha have relative movement with respect to the background of fixed stars in the zodiac...
, or nine cosmic influences.