Botanical Name                      Oryza sativa Common name                       Asian rice,    Chaval  (Hindi ), Arisi (Tamil), Dhanya (Sanskrit) Religious significance             Hindus associate rice grains with Goddess Annapoorana and also…

  Botanical Name                      Macrotyloma uniflorum Common name                       Horse gram, Kollu (Tamil), Kulitti (Hindi), Kulattha(Sanskrit) Religious significance             It is associated with Ketu, In legend He is described as…

  Botanical Name                      Vigna mungo Common name                       Ulutham parupu (Tamil), Mashah ( Sanskrit) Religious significance             It is associated with Rahu . Lord Rahu is shown with four…

  Botanical Name                      Sesamum indicum Common name                       Sesame, Til (Sanskrit), Ellu (Tamil) Religious significance             It is associated with Lord Saturn who is often the depicted as riding…

  Botanical Name                      Phaseolus vulgaris Common name                       Common bean Religious significance             It is associated with Shukra (Venus).  He is the most favourable planetary deity of human beings…

  Botanical Name                      Cicer arietinum Common name                       Gram pea (English), Kondai kadalai (Tamil) Religious significance             It is associated with Mangal (Mars). Lord Mars (Shri Angarahan) He is…

  Botanical Name                      Cicer arientinum Common Name                      Bengal Gram,  Chana (Hindi), Kadalaparupu (Tamil), Mudga (Sanskrit) Religious Significance            It is associated with   Lord Dakshanamoorty. He is celebrated and…

Botanical Name                      Vigna radiata Common name                       Green gram, moong bean (Hindi), pachaippayaru (Tamil). Mudgaparni (Sanskrit) Religious significance             It is associated with Budha (Mercury) and green colour. He will…

Botanical Name                      Triticum aestivum Common Name                      Wheat, gehun, kanak (Hindi), Godumai (Tamil), godhuma (Sanskrit) Religious Significance            It is associated with Surya (one of Nava Dhanyas) which is wheat. In…