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Kartikeya
Kartikeya, also called Skanda, Murugan and Subrahmanya, is the Hindu god of war, son of Shiva and Parvati and commander of the army of the gods. Widely worshipped in ancient India, he was the patron deity of the Yaudheya republic and appears on Kushan and Gupta coins. In southern India and Sri Lanka, as Murugan, he remains one of the most popular deities.
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