In one story, this figure travels to Thiruchendur to defeat the rakshasa Soorapadman, who transformed into a tree which this figure split in half.
In one story, this figure travels to Thiruchendur to defeat the rakshasa Soorapadman, who transformed into a tree which this figure split in half. Others say his birth was necessary to defeat the demon Taraka, who could only be killed by a son of this figure's father. His birth may have been accomplished when Agni grew tired of carrying some semen and dropped it on the bank of the Ganges, while the Mahabharata claims he is a son of Svaha and Agni. A more famous story tells how this figure lost a contest for a mango to his brother, when he began to race around the world while his brother merely circled their parents, saying that they represented the world for him. He gets his usual name from having six faces and being cared for by six women in his youth, and he usually carries a sacred spear and rides a peacock which is grasping a snake. FTP, name this war god, a son of Parvati and Shiva and the brother of the elephant Ganesha.
In one story, this figure travels to Thiruchendur to defeat the rakshasa Soorapadman, who transformed into a tree which this figure split in half.
{Kartikeya} (also accept Murugan/Muruga or Skanda or Kumara)