Karttikeya

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Karttikeya is the Hindu god of war and victory, traditionally depicted as a youthful, martial deity associated with peacocks and spears and revered as the son of Shiva and Parvati.

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Label Occurrences
Karttikeya canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity ⓘ
son of Shiva ⓘ
associatedAnimal peacock ⓘ
rooster ⓘ
associatedConcept protection of devotees ⓘ
removal of obstacles in warfare ⓘ
associatedRegion Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
associatedTradition Kaumaram ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
Tamil Shaivism ⓘ
associatedWith celibacy (in some traditions) ⓘ
valor ⓘ
victory ⓘ
war ⓘ
youth ⓘ
epithet Commander of the Gods ⓘ
Devasenapati ⓘ
linked to: Deva-senapati

God of Victory ⓘ
God of War ⓘ
Guha ⓘ
Mahasena ⓘ
family Shaivism ⓘ
festival Skanda Sashti ⓘ
Thaipusam ⓘ
Vaikasi Visakam ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
iconographyFeature depicted as a youthful warrior ⓘ
often depicted with six faces ⓘ
often depicted with twelve arms ⓘ
majorCultCenter Palani ⓘ
Pazhamudircholai ⓘ
Swamimalai ⓘ
Thiruparankundram ⓘ
Thiruthani ⓘ
Tiruchendur ⓘ
majorTemple Batu Caves Temple ⓘ
linked to: Batu Caves

Palani Murugan Temple ⓘ
Thiruchendur Murugan Temple ⓘ
mount Paravani ⓘ
peacock ⓘ
mythologicalEvent led the gods in battle against the demon Tarakasura ⓘ
was created to destroy the demon Tarakasura ⓘ
otherName Kartikeya ⓘ
Kumara ⓘ
Murugan ⓘ
Shadanana ⓘ
Shanmukha ⓘ
Skanda ⓘ
linked to: Kartikeya

Subrahmanya ⓘ
linked to: Shanmukha

Subramanya ⓘ
parent Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Kamakshi

Shiva ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
scriptureMention Mahabharata ⓘ
Mahabharata Shalya Parva ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Skanda Purana ⓘ
sibling Ganesha ⓘ
spouse Devasena ⓘ
Valli ⓘ
symbol peacock ⓘ
rooster emblem ⓘ
spear ⓘ
weapon spear ⓘ
vel ⓘ
worshippedBy Hindus in North India ⓘ
Malaysian Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Indian Malaysians

Singaporean Hindus ⓘ
Sri Lankan Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan Tamils

Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Hinduism

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

Kumaragupta I → coinMotif → Karttikeya ⓘ