![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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). Lord Murugan, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is a much revered deity of Hindus especially in South India. ![]()
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