Kartikeya

They can be Hindu, the majority, particularly among Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils.

Shiva, Murugan and Vishnu are especially important deities.

They can be Christian, Sri Lankan Tamils and some communities in Tamil Nadu.

Muslim, there are Tamil speaking Muslims, particularly in parts of Sri Lanka.

So it's just the representation of Shivji and his Shiva Kula.

Shiva's there with Ganesh and Muruga, and Parvati is always to his left because that's where the Sahadharmini in the Vedic rite sits.

So Vamachara, the practice of the left-hand path, is really just Shakta-chara, the practice of Shaktism in a classical context.

So having said that, um, the next thing to note is ida nadi is considered as the left-hand side channel.

Plus, I had also realized the reason why this chant is also called a Mahamantram.

For those who may not know the Veil Maral, it's a powerful mantra invoking the power of the Veil, the divine spear held by Murugan.

Murugan is the Tamil name for Karthikeya, the son of Shiva and Parvati Devi.

Murugu means beautiful.

Murugan is the personification of beauty.

The Veil Maral is a chant which praises Murugan's powers by focusing on the superiority of his Veil, the divine spear that he holds.

The Vail Maral was composed by Sri Satchidananda Swamigal.

He used the verses of an existing chant called Vail Vagapu.

If you had to race your siblings for a prize, who would win? The one with the longest legs or the fastest legs? Well, in the hills of Mount Kailash lived two brothers with their parents.

These two brothers weren't ordinary brothers because they were in fact Lord Ganesha and Lord Muruga.

But after all, they were brothers.

They loved to play with each other.

Well, Narad Muni had brought such a mango.

But he had only brought one.

Ganesha with his long trunk sniffed the mango from far off and came running and Muruga ran along with him.

As Mother Parvati and Lord Shiva were chatting away with Narad Muni, Ganesha and Muruga could not think of anything but the mango.

though most of the data I'm sharing in this video come from the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

Taipusam honors the Hindu god of war, Murugan, and although the festival entails a bunch of different rituals, such as collective prayers and dances, a major part of the festival is called the Kavadi Atam, or the Burden Dance.

On Mauritius, this is a national holiday.

Men will start by piercing themselves with needles through the tongue, broomsticks skewering both of their cheeks, and dragging chariots the size of cars with chains hooked through their skin.

One day, sage Narada gifted a divine fruit of wisdom to both Shiva and Parvati.

Both Ganesha and his brother Kartikeya wanted it.

To decide fairly, Shiva declared, Whoever circles the entire world three times and returns first wins the fruit.

Kartikeya immediately leaped on to his fast peacock and zoomed off across the continents.

Ganesha, knowing his small mouse mount, could not outrun a peacock, paused and gave it a serious thought.

He walked around his parents, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, three times with complete love and devotion.

When Kartikeya returned exhausted from his global journey, Ganesha was already enjoying the fruit.

He explained smilingly yet softly.

She is Lord Ganesha's mother.

And in many traditions, Ganesha is also called Kartikeya.

Ganesha has many different names and she is also a student.

She is a practitioner.

And Brahmistanam, those who are expert in Veda, who teach, I am Brihaspati.

Among the army chiefs, I am Skanda.

You heard of the Scandinavian countries? It's coming from this word Skanda.

They were always attacking people, right? Especially the Italian people went into the Venice.

They pushed them.

So they are the follower of Skanda.

That's why they are called Scandinavian.

Senani, fighters.

So what is the ego? Ego is like, you know, a baby is born in the, uh, house and baby's too small, so the, the father, maybe the king...

In story of Kartikeya it is there.

So he puts a surrogate, somebody to take care.

Now, someone who is taking care of the prince may well believe- I am the fellow.