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Karttikeya
Karttikeya, Lord Shiva's second son, is the God of the War, the war-lord
of the Deva (God) army. He was conceived by his fhather's sprem alone.Then
he was nurtured by Agni, Ganga, Sharavana (forest
of reeds) and the Krittikas (six celestial nymphs, the Pleiades) in turn.
His vahana (vehicle) is a peacock.
Other names are:
- Dvadasaksha= twelve-eyes
- Dvadasakara= twelve-hands
- Gangaputra= Son of the Ganga
- Guha
- Kumara= the Boy
- Mahasena
- Murugan
- Rijukaya
- Sarabhu
- Skanda
- Subramanya
- Swaminatha
- Trakajit
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