Lord Muruga / Kartikeya /Skanda/Guha/Subramanya


Lord 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 life 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 for which there is lot of Archaeological evidence from 1st-century CE and earlier.

Kartikeya is found as a primary deity in temples wherever communities of the Tamil people live worldwide, particularly in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Réunion. Three of the six richest and busiest temples in Tamil Nadu are dedicated to him.
Kartikeya is known by numerous names in ancient and medieval texts of the Indian culture. Most common among these are Murugan, Kumara, Skanda, and Subrahmanya. Others include Aiyan, Cheyyon, Senthil Vēlaṇ, Swaminathan, Arumugam or ṣhaṇmukha, Dandapani ("wielder of the mace", from -pani hand), Guha (cave, secret) or Guruguha (cave-teacher), Kadhirvelan, Kandhan, Vishakha and Mahasena.

Skanda is derived from skanḍr-, which means "leaper or attacker". In Kalidasa’s epic poem Kumarasambhava (“The Birth of the War God”; 5th century CE), as in most versions of the story, the gods wished for Skanda to be born in order to destroy the demon Taraka, who had been granted a boon that he could be killed only by a son of Shiva. They sent Parvati to induce Shiva to marry her. Shiva, however, was lost in meditation and was not attracted to Parvati until he was struck by an arrow from the bow of Manmatha, the god of love, whom he immediately burned to ashes. After many years of abstinence, Shiva’s seed was so strong that the gods, fearing the result, sent agni, the god of fire, to interrupt Shiva’s amorous play. Agni received the seed and dropped it into a pond near Mount Kailash, where Skanda was born. means of the Krittikas;.  This epithet is also linked to his birth. After he appears on the banks of the pond Gowrikund, he is seen by the six of the seven brightest stars cluster in the night sky called Krittikas in Hindu texts (called Pleiades in Greek texts). These six mothers all want to take care of him and nurse baby Kartikeya. Kartikeya ends the argument by growing five more heads to have a total of six heads so he can look at all six mothers, and let them each nurse one.The Tolkāppiyam, one of the most ancient texts of the Tamil literature, mentions a lot of Murugan and his mother Kotravai. the mother of Murugan. Tirumurukāṟtruuppaṭai, refers him as Murugu with six faces each with a function, twelve arms,
his victory over evil, and the temples dedicated to him in the hilly regions. Kartikeya is mentioned in
Shaiva Puranas. Of these, the Skanda Purana is the largest Mahāpurāṇa, a genre of eighteen Hindu
religious texts containing over 81,000 verses.

Tamil legends he has two consorts, Valli and Devasena. Many of the major events in Murugans life take place during his youth, and legends surrounding his birth are popular in Tamil Nadu.

Kartikeya youth, beauty and bravery was much celebrated in Sanskrit works like the Kathasaritsagara. Kalidasa made the birth of Kumara the subject of a lyrical epic, the Kumarasambhava. He is also considered as the patron of the Tamil language and a major deity among the Hindus of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and wherever they migrate.

He is considered the God of Tamil language and is mentioned a lot in Tamil Sangam literature. Thirumurugatrupadai, written by Nakkeerar and in Thirupugal, written by Arunagirinathar mentions about six abodes of Murugan – [ Arupadai Veedugal , Tiruttani, Swamimalai, Palani, pazhamudircholai, Tirupparankunram and Tiruchendur }all in Tamil Nadu. for worshipping Murugan has a unique history and different reason to worship Lord Murugan. For eg., in Swamimalai, Murugan becomes the Guru for his father Siva. Besides these six exclusive temples, there are several temples in South India which can come under this category like Marudamalai, Mayilam, Kumarakottam in Kanchipuram, Thirupporur, Vadapalani, Viralimalai, Kangeyanallur, etc., Likewise Kerala has Murugan temples at Atiyambur in Kanhangad, Payyanur, Panmana, Haripad and Kilimarathukavu, to name a few.

In Andhra, the Murugan temples are at Pampanuru, Skandagiri , Biccavolu, Mopidevi and mallam etc., Kukke Subramanya temple in Karnataka has huge visitors. In Delhi, Murugan temple is called malai mandir , which draws lot of devotees. Likewise, almost all the important cities in North, West and East

Daily Recite the mantra minimum 11 times per day facing east/north

Bala Subramanya Moola Mantra

Om aim kleem hreem Sauh: 
Bala Subramanya Namaha

Murugan Gayitri Mantra

Om That Purushaya Vidhmahe 
Maha Senaya Deemahe Tana
Shanmuga Prachodayath

 Kartikeya Moola Mantra

Om shreem Aim Hreem Sa-Ra-Ha-Na-Ba-Va-Ya Namaha


By
V & RR
The Enlightened Souls


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