Subramanya

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Subramanya is a Hindu deity of war and wisdom, widely revered in South India and identified with the god Kartikeya (Murugan).

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Subrahmanya 8
Subramanya canonical 3
Subramania 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity
deity
war deity
wisdom deity
alsoKnownAs Kartikeya
Kumara
Murugan
Saravanabhava
Shanmukha
Skanda
linked to: Kartikeya
associatedWith knowledge
valor
victory over demons
youthfulness
associatedWithRegion Karnataka
Kerala
South India
Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu
gender male
importantTemple Kataragama Temple
linked to: Kataragama

Kukke Subramanya Temple
Palani Murugan Temple
Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple
Swamimalai Murugan Temple
Thiruttani Murugan Temple
Tiruchendur Murugan Temple
majorFestival Skanda Sashti
Thaipusam
Vaikasi Visakam
mount peacock
parent Parvati
linked to: Goddess Gauri

Shiva
religion Hinduism
role god of war
god of wisdom
protector of devotees
scripturalSource Mahabharata
Ramayana
Skanda Purana
sibling Ganesha
symbol peacock
rooster
vel
weapon spear
vel
worshippedBy Kannada Hindus
Malayali Hindus
linked to: Malayali people

Sri Lankan Tamils
Tamil Hindus
linked to: Tamil people

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kartikeya otherName Subramanya
S. Subramania Iyer givenName Subramania
linked to: Subramanya
Murugan otherName Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Kumara hasName Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Saravanabhava refersTo Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Valli associatedWith Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Palani dedicatedToDeity Subramanya
Paravani mountOf Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Shanmukha hasAlternativeName Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Muthuswami Dikshitar primaryDeityOfCompositions Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya
Bhagandeshwara Temple deity Subramanya
Kataragama hasDeity Subrahmanya
linked to: Subramanya