Kartikeya | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 09/01/2019

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00:02:09 1 Etymology and nomenclature
00:04:34 2 Textual references
00:04:43 2.1 Ancient
00:08:10 2.2 In Tamil literature
00:09:33 2.3 Puranas
00:10:32 2.4 Buddhism and Jainism
00:12:10 3 Iconography
00:14:30 4 Legends
00:19:06 5 Theology
00:20:37 6 Worship
00:20:46 6.1 Within India
00:20:54 6.1.1 South India
00:23:39 6.1.2 East India
00:24:50 6.1.3 North India
00:25:57 6.1.4 West India
00:27:10 6.2 Beyond India
00:27:19 6.2.1 Malaysia
00:28:00 6.2.2 Sri Lanka
00:30:32 7 Temples
00:30:44 7.1 Within India
00:30:52 7.1.1 South India
00:31:00 7.1.1.1 Tamil Nadu
00:31:44 7.1.1.2 Kerala
00:32:12 7.1.1.3 Andhra Pradesh
00:32:31 7.1.1.4 Karnataka
00:32:46 7.1.2 North India
00:32:54 7.1.2.1 Delhi
00:33:05 7.1.2.2 Haryana
00:33:15 7.1.2.3 Punjab
00:33:26 7.1.2.4 Chandigarh
00:33:36 7.1.2.5 Himachal Pradesh
00:33:48 7.1.2.6 Uttrakhand
00:33:58 7.1.2.7 Madhya pradesh
00:34:12 7.1.2.8 Gujarat
00:34:23 7.1.2.9 Maharashtra
00:34:39 7.1.2.10 West Bengal
00:34:44 7.2 Outside India
00:34:52 7.2.1 Sri Lanka
00:35:14 7.2.2 Malaysia
00:35:54 7.2.3 Indonesia
00:36:16 7.2.4 Singapore
00:36:47 7.2.5 USA
00:37:05 7.2.6 Canada
00:37:23 7.2.7 United Kingdom
00:37:50 7.2.8 Australia
00:38:10 7.2.9 New Zealand
00:38:24 7.2.10 Switzerland
00:38:41 7.3 South Africa
00:38:54 7.4 Fiji



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Kartikeya (IAST: Kārttikēya), 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. 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 the legend surrounding his birth where six mothers symbolizing the six stars of Pleiades cluster who took care of newly born baby Kartikeya. He grows up quickly into a philosopher-warrior, destroys evil in the form of demon Taraka, teaches the pursuit of ethical life and the theology of Shaiva Siddhanta. He has inspired many poet-saints, such as Arunagirinathar.Kartikeya is found as a primary deity in temples wherever communities of the Tamil people live worldwide, particularly in 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. The Kataragama temple dedicated to him in Sri Lanka attracts Tamils, Sinhalese people and the Vedda people. He is also found in other parts of India, sometimes as Skanda, but in a secondary role along with Ganesha, Parvati and Shiva.