Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Reunion Island. In Sri Lanka, Hindus as well as Buddhists revere the sac...red historical Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna and the sacred Buddhist and Hindu shrine
or Kataragama temple (also in Sinhala "Katharagama Devalaya") dedicated to him, situated deep south in the country. Chinese in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, of Malaysia also pray to Lord Murugan during Thaipusam. Lord Murugan is more popular in South India especially among Tamil people famously referred as Thamizh Kadavul (God of Tamils) compared to other parts of India. He is the patron deity of the Tamil land (Tamil Nadu). Like most Hindu deities, He is known by many other names, including ', , (meaning 'son of Krittika' ), Arumugam, Sanmuga(), Shadanana (meaning 'one with six faces'), (meaning 'child or son'), Dhandapany (meaning God with a stick), or Guruhuha (meaning 'cave-dweller'), (meaning 'that which is spilled or oozed, namely seed' in Sanskrit), , and Swaminatha'. In Indonesia, the name Kartika is more commonly a girl's name.See More
