Story Of Chandra (The Moon) - The Second Navagraha

Story Of Chandra - The Second Navagraha Navagraha are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu astrology. This video will narrate to you the various aspects and stories associated with the second of the Navagraha - Chandra. To know more about the other planets of Navagraha watch the playlist linked in the comments below. Chandra also known as Soma, is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. The second day of the week Monday is dedicated to this God, also known as Somvar in Hindi. One must offer white or silver coloured articles and wear white to please this celestial god. Chandra is depicted only with a face and has two hands holding white lotuses but no body. The lunar deity is never depicted with a full body, symbolizing his waxing and waning. Chandra was married to the twenty-seven daughters of sage Daksha, son of Lord Brahma. Those 27 daughters are the 27 lunar asterisms or stars. When Daksha gave away his 27 daughters in marriage to Chandra, asked for a promise that Chandra would never look down upon any of his daughters and would treat all the 27 daughters with love, care and equality. And, Chandra too promised sage Daksha that he will love and care all his wives equally. Chandra was disappointed at the thought of waxing and waning. His crescent shape would just be a constant reminder of the curse and his reduced strength! Shiva consoled him by saying, ‘My dear child, the crescent indicates that you will still retain some of your powers. I will wear your crescent in my hair to show my devotees that they are dear to me even in their lowest moments. That way you will be my constant companion.’ Thus, Shiva came to be known as Chandrasekhar, or ‘the one with Chandra mounted on his head’. As per this story, once Chandra decided to perform the greatest of Yagnas, Rajasuya Yagna. Chandra requested Brihaspathi (Deva Guru) to preside as the main priest to perform the yagna. Due to some other reason, Brihaspathi could not go and asked his wife Taara to preside over the yagna. As the yagna was progressing, Chandra began to attain more beautiful form, his divine beauty kept increasing to such an extent that all the Apsaras (Angels), Devalok women and including Deva Guru’s wife Taara began to fall for Chandra’s beauty. Tara returned home pregnant, and everybody questioned whose child is in her womb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Please Like, Share and Subscribe our videos.*** Press the bell button to stay notified about our new videos! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: 1. All information, stories and everything shared on the videos of THE HINDU SAGA channel is based on information collected from various sources like books, newspapers and internet. THE HINDU SAGA does not create or claim authenticity of any of the information provided in this channel. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is unintentional and purely coincidental. We do not intend to hurt any religious sentiments of our parts from this video like music, pictures and videos are sourced from the web. The Hindu Saga does not declare any ownership and is ready to give the rights to whoever it is due. 2. Multiple sources like books, newspapers, blogs and internt have been referred to create the content and stories for the videos and we try our best to produce good content that seems authentic to our knowledge, however, we do not confirm or claim the authenticity of any content and stories shared on The Hindu Saga channel. 3. Some of the links are affiliate links, which means if you use that link to buy something, we get a small commision at no extra cost to you. #TheHinduSaga #IndianHistory #HinduHistory #Hinduism #IndianMythology #HinduMythology #HinduGods #ReligionExplained