He is also always youthful, which gives him the name Kumara (Sanskrit for youth). Known for his valor and as the protector of dharma, Murugan has slained several demons like Krauncha, Banasura and Pralamba. He is known to be the most masculine and fierce among Hindu gods. Murugan destroyed the demon Tarakasur on the seventh day of his birth. Murugan represents power and strength and worshiping him can get rid of woes and give the worshiper strength. The god of war mounts a peacock symbolizing piety and subjugation of all sexual desires and destruction of bad habits and negative influences symbolized by the serpent that is clutched in the peacock’s claws. Murugans’s weapon is Vel (spear) in one hand, which is also called as Shakti since his mother Parvati has given all the power to the spear, and he blesses his devotees with the other. In North of India, Murugan, also called Kartikeya, is believed to be the elder son of Shiva and Parvati but his devotees in South believe him to be the younger son with Ganesha being the elder offspring of Shiva and Parvati. He is also the brave leader of god’s forces and was created to destroy demons, symbolizing negative tendencies of human beings. Murugan is quintessentially brave, intelligent, and perfection personified because of which he is worshiped as the god of war and victory. He is known by various names like Murugan, Shanmukha (Shanmuga), Subramanian, Shadanana, Guha, Senthil, Saravana, Kumaraswamy and Skanda ( Refer 108 Names of Lord Murugan). 6 Heads: His six heads represent the six siddhis bestowed upon yogis over the course of their spiritual development.Lord Murugan, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is a much revered deity of Hindus especially in South India.Peacock: His peacock mount symbolizes his destruction of the ego.Bow: This symbolizes his ability to defeat all ills.Discus: This symbolizes his knowledge of the truth.Javelin: This symbolizes his far reaching protection.This symbolizes his purification of human ills: Lord Murugan is sometimes depicted with many weapons too including: a sword, a javelin, a mace, a discus and a bow. Valli the tribal girl and Devasena the daughter of Indra, King of Devas. God Murugan has two wives namely Valli and Devasena. Vel in his hand (the spear), Mayil his vehicle (the peacock) and Seval (the cock) in his flag are the three main symbols that represent Lord Murugan. Devotees usually sing this during the 6 day period called Skanda Sashti, wherein Lord Murugan fought and overcame the Asura Sura Padman. Kanda Sashti Kavasam is one of the most popular devotional songs on Lord Murugan composed by Bala Devaraya Swamigal in the 16th century. The world’s tallest Murugan statue at 140 ft high is located at Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, Malysia. He gives appearance in six different forms pertaining to six different stages in his life and they are located in Tamil Nadu namely Tiruttanikai, Swamimalai, Tiruvavinankudi (Palani), Pazhamudirsolai, Tirupparamkunram and Tiruchendur. The main temples of Murugan are all located in different parts of Tamil Nadu, the Arupadai Veedu (meaning the Six Abodes) being the prominent ones.
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He turned a guru/teacher and explained the meaning of Om (Pranava Mantra) to His father Lord Shiva itself and thereby was called Swaminathan, meaning ‘ one who preached to Lord Shiva‘. Lord Murugan – Om MeaningĮven though Lord Murugan is considered to be very playful, he was very knowledgeable too. The most famous name Kartikeya means son of krittikas, where the sanskrit word krittika means creativity. The several names of Lord Murugan are Cheyon, Senthil, Velan, Kumaran, Svaminatha, Saravanan, Arumugam, Shanmuga, Dandapani, Guhan or Guruguha, Subrahmanya, Kadhirvelan, Kandhan, Kartikeya and Skanda. It is believed that Lord Murugan was created from the extremely powerful spark which emanated from Lord Siva’s Third Eye, for the sole purpose of destroying the Asura Sura Padman who was giving trouble to the Devas and Rishis. He is given the name Murugan because Muruku in Tamil means divinity, handsomeness, youthfulness and sweet and being the manifestation of all these superior qualities he is given this name. In Sri Lanka he is known as Kathargama and in Maharashtra, Odisha and Bengal he is widely referred to as Karthikeya. He is in fact called the Tamizh Kadavul meaning ‘ the God of the Tamils‘. Lord Murugan is widely worshiped by the Tamil speaking population of the world, mainly in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia.
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Lord Murugan Images: Lord Murugan (also called as Skandha, Subramaniyam) is the second son of Lord Siva and Goddess Parvati and the youngest brother of Lord Ganesha.