Nadi Grandhas

Nadi astrology was written on palm leaves in ancient India. It is mostly prevalent in South India, particularly in Tamilnadu State. Its main centre is a place called 'Vaitheeswarankoil' near 'Chidambaram'in Tamilnadu State. It is also available in some other places of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Salem, Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Tirupati etc. There are many Nadi Grandhas and they are named after Hindu Gods, Sages and Planets such as
Mahasiva Nadi

Brugu Nadi

Kowmara Nadi

Koushika Nadi

Vashishta Nadi

Agastya Nadi

Sapta Rishi Nadi

SatyaNadi

Chandra Kala Nadi etc.


They are available mainly in Tamil and Sanskrit . The palm leaves are held by certain families who read the results from the palm leaves mostly by taking the thumb impression and some from palm and birth data.