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Kartikeya, the second son of Lord Shiva, and Goddess Parvati is also known as

Subramaniam, Skanda, Guha, Shadannana or Sanmukha (because he has six faces).

He represents a person of perfection. He is the war God, the Hindu equivalent

of Mars and Ares. He was created by all the Gods to lead the heavenly hosts and

destroy the demons. He is the most masculine and fierce of all the Gods. He is

also fire, Agni and is very Pitta (fiery) in nature. While Ganesh removes all

obstacles, Skanda bestows all spiritual powers, particularly the power of

knowledge.

In one hand he carries a spear called sakti which symbolizes the destruction of

negative tendencies in humans. With his other hand he always blesses devotees.

The Lord's vehicle is a peacock which is capable of destroying harmful serpents

(symbolizing harmful ego and bad desires of people).

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