2007-01-06 01:28:59 · 5 answers · asked by Slim Ar 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
His Name was Kartikey. He was fostered by the Kritis of vedas hence the name Katikey. Elder brother of Ganesh and Commander in chief of the the army of demi-gods.
2007-01-06 01:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by AarCee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first son of Lord Shiva and Parvati was Lord KARTHIKEYA. He is known by several other names also. The reason for naming him as Kartikeya is-
In the Kandha Purana, Kartikeya is the destroyer of Taraka and also of his elder and more powerful demonic brothers, Soorapadman and Simha-mukhan. Shiva let out a stream of fire from his third eye on his forehead, that split into six streams. Each landed as a baby on a lotus in a lake called Saravana Poigai.
Six women, called Karthigai Pengal, literally Woman of the Pleiades saw the babies and each took one with her to look after. On the day of Karthigai, Parvati united the six children into a six-headed child, unable to cuddle all of them together. This is also the origin of a common Tamil name of the deity, Arumugan or Shanmugan, which literally means "one who has six faces".-
2007-01-06 01:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought it was Ganesh...otherwise if he had an older brother he could have been watching the bathroom door when parvati was was taking a bath and saved Ganesh from gettign that elephant head.. I have heard of skanda kartikeya but I thought it was another name for someone
2007-01-06 01:59:40 · answer #3 · answered by zackadoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first Son of Shiva & Parvathi was Vinayaka (Lord Ganesha)
He named after the Elephant head attached to his human body
2007-01-06 01:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by Santhosh S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your in the wrong category you're looking for history it's down the hall to your left...
2007-01-06 01:37:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋