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Kartikeya (Sanskrit: कार्त्तिकेय, romanized: Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda,[7] Murugan (Tamil: முருகன்), Shanmugha (IAST: Ṣaṇmukha) and Subrahmanya, is the Hindu god of war.[8][9][10] He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the younger brother of Ganesha, and a god whose legends have many versions in Hinduism.[11] Karitikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times, worshipped as Mahasena and Kumara in North India and is and predominantly worshipped in the state of Tamil Nadu and …