Kartikeya also known as skanda kumara, subramanya in Karnataka and murga in tamil nadu is a hindu god of war. He is the son of goddess Parvati and lord shiva, brother of ganesha many story says that the god setteled in south asia i.e south india and also in other countries like sri lanka, Singapore and Malaysia as murugan,

There are some idols with six headed and mainly with one head, he grows up quickly into philosopher – warrior, destroys evil in the form of demon taraka he used to travel on a peacock, so the idol is always with a peacock with him.

Kartikeya is mentioned in Shaiva Puranas. Of these, the Skanda Purana is the largest Mahapurana,