problem in opening phpmyadmin in mysql

[kagrani.mohit]

when i open the phpmyadmin in xampp its displaying the following error..plzz help me to fix this..
Error
MySQL said:

#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.
kagrani.mohit

[WilliL]

did you start mysql? if not, phpmyadmin couldn't connect