navagraha worshipped as deities

[john grimes]

Tradition says that the first Navagraha temple is in Gauhati.
John

>2) NAVAGRAHA TEMPLES:
>Who can provide me with information on further temples especially
>connected with navagraha and their ritual worship? As far a I know,
>there are in Andhra Pradesh, there seem to be at least one in Benares
>(which one?!), ...
>- it seems to me interesting to see whether or not shrines for the
>grahas or at least graha-murtis placed in temples to be worshipped by
>devotees and daily cared for by priests are a rather southern phenomen.
>
>Thank your for your time and cooperation
>
>yours
>
>Marianna