Lord Murugan has all these five along with the powerful face of his mother, Devi Sakthy which makes him the God with six faces. Lord Shiva has five faces, ie: eesaanam, thatpurusham, akoram, vamathevam and saththyosatham. (As like his father Lord Shiva, Lord Muruga too has three eyes on each of his faces). Yes, he has actually eighteen eyes on those six faces. You will learn later that Lord Muruga is actually a combined figure of sextuplets (6 babies at birth) and thus 6 faces. Thus, the number six signifies many basic aspects of Lord Murugan. Basics of Hinduism are six Inner religious beliefs are six external religious beliefs are six paths are six. Lord Muruga has six faces he has six adobes the number of letters in his mantra, sa ra va na ba va are six. Skandan – God who sits as a child with the parents at Somaskanda moortham. Subramaniyan – The God who is worshipped by the Gods, People, and the asuras. Velan – The God with the weapon, the spear that resembles knowledge.
Visagan – One who was formed as a form of light on the day of the star Visakam Kugan – One who dwells in caves and hillsides. Kanthan – The name derived as Devi Uma merged up the 6 babies into one as Lord Muruga who was with six heads, twelve hands with a single body. Gankeyan – One who was developed by placing the six triggers of fire which originated from the third eye of Lord Shiva at the river Ganga. Karthikeyan – One who was nursed by the six Karthigai maids Saravanan – One who grew up at the pond, Saravana. (You could review in-depth features on the six sects of the Hindu religious sects devised by Aadi Sankara soon here on the webpages.)ĭevotees of Lord Muruga call their heartfelt God in several lovely names. Koumaram, is the sixth sect that includes devotees who worship Lord Muruga.įriday, the sixth day of the week is recognized as the special day for worshipping Lord Muruga.
The great Hindu sage Aadi Sankara had devised six sub-sects of Hinduism and they are called, Souram, Saivam, Saaththeyam, Vaishnavam, Ganapathyam, and Koumaram. We are able to see beautiful temples for Lord Muruga in all these countries.
In ancient Tamil literature such as Sanka period literature, we can read about early Tamil people’s devotion to Lord Muruga and in those materials, he was referred to as Lord Sevvel.Īt present, worshiping of Lord Muruga can be widely seen in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, European countries, America, Canada, etc.
depicting the forms of Lord Murugan as God had actually been discovered at the archaeological sites of the Indus valley civilization. Some historians relate the Lord Muruga worshipping to the days of Indus valley civilization.
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