Muruga or Subramanya is a popular
deity among Hindus, especially among Tamil people. Many names are there
for Muruga as Karthikeya, Kumara, Velayudha, Shanmugha and so on. His
main weapon is known as ‘Vel’, which was given by Parvathy. Thus known
as Velayudha. He was born as the second son of Lord Siva and Goddess
Parvathy. But he was brought up by six mothers known as Krithika devis,
hence he known as Karthikeyan. The intension of the birth of Muruga
was to kill ‘Tharaka’, the crude and cruel asura. Its believed that
he has six faces. Peacock is the vehicle of Muruga. Valli and Devayani
are the two wives of Muruga. He is known as the God of War . One speciality
of Lord Muruga is that he will always be young and handsome.
