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Plate DEI · KEYAKārttikeyaकार्तिकेय

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:kartikeya

Deities · Śaiva

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कार्तिकेय

Kārttikeya

Pantheon

Śaiva

100 temple links

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  1. PantheonŚaiva · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
  2. Iconographynames, vahana, weapon · 3 fields attestedtextual
  3. Name (eng/Latn)Kartikeyatextual
  4. Name (hin/Deva)कार्तिकेयtextual
  5. Name (tam/Taml)கார்த்திகேயன்textual
  6. Name (tel/Telu)కార్తికేయtextual
  7. Name (kan/Knda)ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯtextual
  8. Name (mal/Mlym)കാർത്തികേയൻtextual
  9. Enshrined at100 templescommunity attested

IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity

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Where families offer to this kula-devata

The temples that enshrine Kārttikeya — where a family whose kula-devata this is can trace its shrine and offer dāna.

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  10. Balasubramanya TemplePrimary shrine
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  11. Murugan KovilPrimary shrine
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  12. Murugan TemplePrimary shrine
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  15. shri murugan templePrimary shrine
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  17. Sree Murugan TemplePrimary shrine
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  21. Subramanya TemplePrimary shrine
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IVFamily lineages

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URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:kartikeya

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