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Kanda Shashti Kavacham - கந்த ஷஷ்டி கவசம்

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History of Lord Murugan (Karthikeyan)

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Kartikeya also known as Murugan, Skanda, Kumara, and Subrahmanya, is the Hindu god of war.  He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, brother of Ganesha, and a god whose l i8ife story has many versions in Hinduism. An important deity around South Asia since ancient times, Kartikeya is particularly popular and predominantly worshipped in South India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia as Murugan. Kartikeya is an ancient god, traceable to the Vedic era. Archaeological evidence from 1st-century CE and earlier, where he is found with Hindu god Agni (fire), suggest that he was a significant deity in early Hinduism. He is found in many medieval temples all over India, such as at the Ellora Caves and Elephanta Caves. The iconography of Kartikeya varies significantly; he is typically represented as an ever-youthful man, riding or near a peacock, dressed with weapons sometimes near a rooster. Most icons show him with one head, but some show him with six heads reflecting t