![]() ![]() He was hailed as 'Palaniappa' (Father of Palani), the tutelary deity of the Kurinji region whose cult gained immense popularity in the south. Murugan is an ancient god, traceable to the Vedic period. He has inspired many poet-saints, such as the aforementioned Arunagirinathar. ![]() He is described to have aged quickly from childhood, becoming a philosopher-warrior, destroyed the demons Tarakasura, Simhamukha and Surapadma, and taught the pursuit of an ethical life and the theology of Shaiva Siddhanta. Most icons show him with only one head, but some show him with six heads which reflect the legend surrounding his birth. The iconography of Kartikeya varies significantly he is typically represented as an ever-youthful man, riding or near an Indian peafowl, called Paravani, bearing a vel and sometimes with an emblem of a rooster upon his banner. Both Muruga and Subrahmanya refer to Kartikeya. It has been postulated that the Tamil deity of Murugan was syncretised with the Vedic deity of Subrahmanya following the Sangam era. Murugan is widely regarded as the "God of the Tamil people". Kartikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times, worshipped as Mahasena and Kumara in North India and is predominantly worshipped in the state of Tamil Nadu and other parts of South India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia as Murugan. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesha and a god whose legends have many versions in Hinduism. ![]() Kartikeya ( Sanskrit: कार्त्तिकेय, romanized: Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha ( IAST: Ṣaṇmukha), and Murugan ( Tamil: முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. ![]()
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