Rudraksha seed

    Botanical Name                      Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. Common name                       Blue-marble tree / Utracham bead tree, Rudraksha (Sanskrit) Religious significance             The Rudraksha bead is associated with Lord Shiva…

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Rice

  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…

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Horse Gram

  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…

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Black Gram

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

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Black sesame

  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…

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White bean

  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…

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Chickpea

  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…

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Bengal gram

  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…

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Green gram

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…

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Wheat

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…

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