🌡️Lord Shani

🌡️Neelam

🌡️Saturday is dedicated to the fearful god Shani , who is one of the Navagrahas - or nine planets. He is represented as a deity carrying bow and arrows and riding a crow or a vulture.

🌡️There are temples exclusively dedicated to god Shani and normally they are painted black. The idol too is black in color, and sometimes made of iron. Devotees observing the Shanivar fast usually visit Shani shrines and offer black-colored items like sesame oil, black clothes, and black grams. After the evening prayers, those devotees take a single meal, which is usually cooked sans salt, prepared using sesame til or black gram or other black colored food items. Some worship the 'peepal tree' (the holy Indian fig) and tie thread around its bark. Shani is said to ward off ill effects, illness and troubles. Shani is so dreaded that many Hindus avoid long journeys on Saturday. Fast is observed by many to avoid the adversities and misfortunes on Shanivar. It is also believed that those who have Lord Hanuman's blessings are protected from Shani's wrath. So many people flock to Hanuman temple on Saturday.

🌡️Recite Hanuman Chalisha

🌡️Blue and black

🌡️01-30 PM to 03-00 PM

🌡️Shani, one of the Navagrahas, is worshipped in numerous temples and there are also temples exclusively dedicated to Sani. Devotees who are observing Shanivar Vrat usually visit Shani shrines. Black colored items like sesame til, sesame oil, black clothes, and black gram whole are offered to Shani. It must be noted here that the color of the idol of Shani is always black in color. Those devotees who fast on Saturday only take a single meal that too in the evening after prayers. Food prepared usually consists of sesame til or black gram or any other black colored food item. Salt is avoided by many on the day. Shani is represented as a deity carrying bow and arrows and riding a vulture. Some devotees worship a black iron idol of Sani. Some worship the Peepal Tree and tie thread around its bark. Black colored items like sesame oil and black clothes are also donated on the day.

🌡️Saturn or Shani