She is wearing a crown filled with stones of manickam. (Manickam is one among the 9 gems, which are considered as precious) (They are Ruby-pearl-coral-emerald-yellow sapphire-diamond-blue saphire-hessonite-cat's eye). Of these, the first stone, RUBY is called as "Manickam". Why this much deep info is needed? It is because this gem is the gem allocated for "SUN" among the planets. By having a crown with manickam stones it is indirectly said amba is having "Sun god" in her head as crown in the form of a gem. She is also having a crescent moon in her head, which explains that she is having both sun and moon in her head. Why to have them in head?
Sun and moon are the planets, which are helping the mankind to the extreme. They are the visible form of natural gods. So, amba on happy to see these true devotees wants to grade them in a higher position and placed them in her head. Is there any other higher position available more than that???
Why to say moon as "Thara nayaga"? The whole composition is in praise of amba (a deity in female form). The moon has gained its importance because of these "tharaganams" (Stars). In nature, moon is a beautiful guy and he was filled with self-boost. He married the thara devathas who were born to Dhaksha prajapathi. He treated only rohini and krithika as his beloved wives and neglects others. The devis informed this to daksha and as a result daksha cursed chandra to turn into an ugly fellow and also to loose all his 16 beautiful arcs (Shodasa kalas). Then only chandra started realising the grace of shiva and amba and worshipped them and gained his glittering and also got a place in their head.
To glorify a person, we always associate him with another who was behind that particular actual change. In the story of chandra, it is because of his star-wives, he came to know about the grace of lord. So, ultimately he should refer by that name only. Even the Gayathri for chandra itself is
"Nishakaraya vidhmahe
Kalaa nadhaya dheemahi
Thanno chandra prachodhayadh"
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