Thread by @ibishwal

KARTIKEYA Son of Mata Parvati and Lord Shiva also known as Skand, Kumara, Murugan ,Subhrahmanya,
Shanmukha

Sculpture of Lord Kartikeya at Parasurameswara temple.
Bhubaneswar.
@LostTemple7

Lord Kartikeya born for the sole purpose to kill Tarakasura.
Lord Shiva married to mata Parvati.
He took her to take her to a cave and asked her to meditate.A ball of fire emerged out of their cosmic energies.
@_Aadishaktii @hathyogi1

Insecured Devata sent Agni Devyo hold that ball of fire.But even Agni dev could not bear the heat of the energy lord Shiva and Parvati.

Lord Agni sculpture at Rajarani temple Bhubaneswar .
@Lost_History1
@CosmosSanatan
@PramodpandaVk
@kalingaheritage

He handed over the ball to ma Ganga.When even Ganga could not bear the heat and she deposited the fire ball on the bank of river.Finally the fire ball took in the form of baby
He was seen by the six of seven brightest star cluster in night sky called Kritikas
@mysql_sync

These Six mothers all want to take care of baby Kartikeya.Kartikeya ends the argument by growing five more heads to have a total six heads
so he can look all the mothers and let them to nurse him

Unique sculpture of Kartikeya at
Odisha State museum
@ReclaimTemples
@wiavastukala

Six faces of Kartikeya are Eesanam, Sathpurusham, Vamadebam, Agoram , Sathyojatam and Adhomukham hence he named as Shadanana or Sahnmukha
@sambhashan_in
@HinduDharma1
@seemapandey16

Kartikeya, the god of war seated on a peacock at Art Institute ,Chicago.
@TheGopalan Sir 🙏