Plate DEI · UGANMuruganकार्तिकेय
URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:murugan
Deities · kaumara
Provisionalकार्तिकेय
Murugan
ISynopsis
Son of Shiva, commander of the divine army. Deity of war and victory, worshipped especially in Tamil Nadu as Murugan with six abodes (Arupadai Veedu).
Provenance ledger
8 entries
- Pantheonkaumara · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
- Name (mal/Mlym)മുരുകൻtextual
- Name (hin/Deva)कार्तिकेय · also: सुब्रह्मण्य, स्कंद, कुमारtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)సుబ్రహ్మణ్యుడుtextual
- Name (tam/Taml)முருகன்textual
- Name (eng/Latn)Murugan · also: Skanda, Kartikeya, Subrahmanyatextual
- Enshrined at10 templescommunity attested
IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity
Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.
IIITemples enshrining this devatā
10 attested- Temple f9161e77primary
- Temple 4281aeeaprimary
- Temple 54410ec7primary
- Temple 0f69530eprimary
- Temple d4aa38cdprimary
- Temple 9de9a0c1primary
- Temple 7549df84primary
- Temple 83288260primary
- Temple 6fccee6aprimary
- Temple 8c42ea6bprimary
IVFamily lineages
Families who consider Murugan their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.
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URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:murugan