Concept of Solar family

This got presented in grade 6, in Chennai school where I work in 2014. I have documented the real show of the session after the class. This will make every one to understand that children can imbibe any ting which we give. It is our ego that says children does not like this and that.

I presented the solar family in Tamil language. I gave the names of all planets in Tamil and Sanskrith. Children asked a question by them self why we need to worship planets as ''navagrahas'' in temples.

That concept I will talk later.

Few students asked  why navagrahas are placed in various forms, color codings, directions and I just kindled their thinking skill with one explanation.

Sun is placed at the center facing Eat in all temples. Why?

Raju: I can say. Sun raises in the East and Sun is the leader of solar family.

Teacher: What do you mean by leader here?

Raju: Sun is the main source of energy to all beings.

Mala: Sir, now I can say why moon is placed just facing the sun in temples. Moon emits the light which is being observed from Sun. Moon depend upon sun.

Suresh: Human life is based on Sun and moon. So in all Shiva temples we can see sun and moon at the inner etrance of the shrine.

Teacher: Good! Now you try to say why the planets have been installed in various directions?

Raju: They all have variation in their distance with sun.

Uma: They are placed around the sun. Because they all revolve aroun the sun.

Kumar: Their orbitary position also differs.

Teacher: It is correct. Try to talk about Saturn.

Mala: Saturn is very powerful. It looks different wih its red ring. So this has been depicted as his scarf around his eyes.

Teacher: Yes, Saturn is the judge for all our actions. So his eyes were tied with eye folder as ''darma devatha''

Raju: Jupiter is very big in size by nature. So Guru - Viyaazhan - is Jupiter, Guru is great.

Uma: Sir, Venus looks so beautiful and it is Sukra who is the energy for wealth, love, beauty.

Raju: Sir, why our Indians have not added Earth?

Uma: Earth is depicted as female energy. She is BhooDevi, Vishnu's wife.

Teacher: Even Mars is being color coded with red.

Uma: Yes, now I can remember, my grand father used to offer reddish arali flowers to Mars in temples. Mars looks reddish.

Teacher: Like this, each planet has grains, vehicles, colors and weapons. We will decode them later.

Children have shared this at home. Few of them went and observed local temples for navagrahas.