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Plate DEI · UGANMuruganकार्तिकेय

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:murugan

Deities · kaumara

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कार्तिकेय

Murugan

Pantheon

kaumara

10 temple links

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).

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8 entries

  1. Pantheonkaumara · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
  2. Name (mal/Mlym)മുരുകൻtextual
  3. Name (hin/Deva)कार्तिकेय · also: सुब्रह्मण्य, स्कंद, कुमारtextual
  4. Name (kan/Knda)ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯtextual
  5. Name (tel/Telu)సుబ్రహ్మణ్యుడుtextual
  6. Name (tam/Taml)முருகன்textual
  7. Name (eng/Latn)Murugan · also: Skanda, Kartikeya, Subrahmanyatextual
  8. 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.

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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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