Karthikeya

Kartikeya
God of War and Victory Commander of the Gods
Kartikeya with his wives by Raja Ravi Varma
Tamil transliteration	முருகன் கார்த்திகேயன் சுப்பிரமணியன்
Affiliation	Deva
Abode	Arupadaiveedu (Six Abodes of Murugan), Skandaloka
Mantra	oṃ śaravaṇa bhavāya namaḥ Muruganukku Arohara Vetrivel Veeravel
Weapon	Vel, Bow and arrow
Consort	Devasena and Valli
Parents	Shiva and Parvati
Mount	Peacock

Karthikeya (Kārttikēya; Murugan, Skanda and Subramaniyam) is the indigenous god of war. He is the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the devas. He is also the primary deity of the Kaumaram sect of Hinduism.

Murugan is worshiped primarily in areas of Tamil speaking populations, including Tamil Nadu in India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Réunion. His six most important shrines in India are the Six Abodes of Murugan also known Arupadaiveedu அறுபடை வீடு literally meaning six warhouses, temples located in Tamil Nadu. Kataragamam temple (Sinhalese Katharagama; Tamil Katirkāmam) in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a temple complex dedicated to Kataragama deviyo (Murugan). It is one of the few religious sites in Sri Lanka that is venerated by, Hindu Sri Lankan Tamils, Sinhalese people and the Vedda people. In northern India, he is popularly known as Kartikeya. He is known as Subrahmanya, Muruga or Palani Andava in Tamil Nadu.

The several names of Murugan of origin would include the following, Cheyon, Senthil, Vēlaṇ, Kumāran ("prince, child, young one"), Svaminatha ("ruler of the gods", from -natha king), Saravanan ("born amongs the reeds"), Arumugam or Shanmuga ("six-faced"), Dandapani ("wielder of the mace", from -pani hand), Guhan or Guruguha ("cave-dweller"), Subrahmanya, Kadhirvelan, Kandhan, Kartikeya ("son of the Krittikas") and Skanda ("attacker"). He was also known as Mahasena and the Kadamba dynasty worshiped him by this name. And the most famous name Kartikeya means son of krittikas, where the sanskrit word krittika means creativity