The planets (Navagraha) are still respresented only by a framed poster (on a table to the left of the Vishnu-Narayana altar), but a set of black stone Navagraha has been ordered in anticipation of a larger location. As usual in Sri Lankan and South Indian temple services, the group of planets is worshipped towards the end of each puja, before worshipping the fearsome guardian god (Shiva-)Bhairava (in this temple represented by a movable trident), and Candeshvara (in this temple only verbally invoked, but not represented by a physical icon). The pictures on the wall above the Navagraha poster depict two further goddess forms, namely Kamakshi and Minakshi, who are part of an ensemble of (mainly goddess) posters decorating the free temple walls. Whereas these additional pictures have no ritual function, the variously shaped candelabra on the table in front of the Navagraha play an important role in the temple ritual: a major action in the puja is the waving of light to the goddess Navacakti Nayaki with each candelabrum, whereas only two candelabra are used in the worship of the other temple deities (Ganesha, Murukan, Shiva, Vishnu-Narayana, Navagraha, Bhairava). Photo: 20.7.2004.