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==                                                              Soura Kutumba == The great Goddess Bhudevi pleasingly said, “Oh most beautiful Parvati! The great architect of Soura Kutumba is my father Maharishi Kashyapa and my beloved mother is Aditi who have bestowed me with the most wondrous planet Earth. The Earth is my child.

 My parents begot 12 sons along with me and they are known as the Adityas. They are Surya, Sakra, Aryaman, Dhata, Vidhata, Twashta, Poosha, Vivasvan, Savita, Mitra-Varuna, Ansh and Bhaga. My elder brother Surya was bestowed with Surya Graha. The handsome son of my father and Diti bestowed Chandra as the lord of the Nakshatras and to be always with me as Chandra Graha. Mangala or Kuja is my son was bestowed with Angaraka Graha. My brother Chandra and Sumangali Rohini were blessed with a son named Budha, who was bestowed with Budha Graha as the prince of Graha Mandala. Maharishi Angirasa who formulated fourth Veda called Atharvaveda married to Surupa, who was another the daughter of my grandfather Prajapati Daksha  were blessed with a son named Brihaspati, who was bestowed with Brihaspati Graha. Another daughter Khyati of my grandfather Prajapati Daksha was the consort of the great Maharishi Bhrigu who begot a son named Shukra was bestowed with named Shukra Graha. My elder brother Surya and his wife Sumangali Chaya Devi were blessed with a son named Shani and who was bestowed with Shani Graha. We are all duty bound and eternal in the Graha Mandala for the benefit of all living and non-living in the creation. Our family of the planetary kingdom is known as Soura Kutumba. It is made up of all the Planets that orbit the Surya Graha. Soura Kutumba is mainly composed of Surya, Chandra, Angaraka, Budha, Brihaspati, Shukra and Shani Graha as they have the direct impact on the Jîvas dwelling on Earth. One of the most remarkable features of the Soura Kutumba is that nearly all of the revolutions and rotations of the Planets are in the same eastward direction but Shukra Graha rotates in the opposite direction While there is no Chandra Mandala in Buddha, Shukra Graha, the Earth has one Chandra Mandala and Angaraka Graha has 2 Chandra Mandalas and Brihaspati Graha has 63 Chandra Mandalas and Shani Graha has 47 Chandra Mandalas.



To know about Vedic perspective on the inner Solar System read the King Yayati...Sivkishen, Author