The several names of Lord Murugan are Cheyon, Senthil, Velan, Kumaran, Svaminatha, Saravanan, Arumugam, Shanmuga, Dandapani, Guhan or Guruguha, Subrahmanya, Kadhirvelan, Kandhan, Kartikeya and Skanda. It is believed that Lord Murugan was created from the extremely powerful spark which emanated from Lord Siva’s Third Eye, for the sole purpose of destroying the Asura Sura Padman who was giving trouble to the Devas and Rishis. He is given the name Murugan because Muruku in Tamil means divinity, handsomeness, youthfulness and sweet and being the manifestation of all these superior qualities he is given this name. In Sri Lanka he is known as Kathargama and in Maharashtra, Odisha and Bengal he is widely referred to as Karthikeya. He is in fact called the Tamizh Kadavul meaning ‘ the God of the Tamils‘. Lord Murugan is widely worshiped by the Tamil speaking population of the world, mainly in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia. Lord Murugan Images: Lord Murugan (also called as Skandha, Subramaniyam) is the second son of Lord Siva and Goddess Parvati and the youngest brother of Lord Ganesha.
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