Brass Lord Murugan Kartikeya Murugana Kumaraswamy Karthikeya Standing Idol

 Brass Lord Murugan statue Large    Murugan According to Hindu legend Kumara Swamy Murugan Statue  Shiva, the destroyer god, was destined to have a son who would be a great warrior and save the gods. In a version of Kartikeya’s origin story commonly found in northern India, so Shiva and his wife, Parvati, created a being with five faces A glowing spark emerged from each face. Shiva sent the five-faced being into the holy Ganges river. The five sparks floated out, and each formed into a child. Young women found them in the forest pond, each taking and nursing one of the children. Murugan Idols For Mandir To make her job easier, Shiva merged the children into one being with six heads – one for each of the children, representing the five senses, and a final head to combine the senses into one, symbolic of the mind and power of Shiva. Brass Lord Murugan statue Large The six-headed child was the much-awaited warrior god, Kartikeya. Kartikeya means son of kittikas, or forest nymphs, a nod to the young women who first raised him. In northern India, Lord Murugan Standing Idol his other names reflect his character. The name Skanda means ”attacker,”, referring to his brave crusade against the demons. The name Kumara references his child-like appearance and eternal bachelorhood. In the Tamil tradition of southern India, Kartikeya is known by two different names.