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Kartikeya ( IAST: Kārtikeya ), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, among other names, is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the son of Shiva and Parvati and the brother of Ganesha. Kartikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times.
Katteri Amman ( Tamil: காட்டேரி அம்மன் ), also abbreviated to Kateri, is a Hindu goddess. Her worship originates in the Dravidian folk religion, that is classified under Hinduism. In Tamil Nadu, she is often regarded as a form of Parvati, who acts as a guardian deity of a given town. [1] Some of her adherents also ...
The Son of Ponni) is a Tamil language historical fiction novel by Indian author Kalki Krishnamurthy. It was first serialised in the weekly editions of Kalki, a Tamil magazine, from 29 October 1950 to 16 May 1954 and later integrated into five volumes in 1955. In about 2,210 pages, it tells the story of early days of Chola prince Arulmozhivarman.
Madhavi is a central character in the Silapathikaram, one of the epics in Tamil literature. Silapathikaram is the first Kappiyam (epic) among the five in Tamil literature. [1] [2] Madhavi was born in a lineage of courtesans, and was an accomplished classical bharatha natya dancer. Madhavi is one of the three main characters in Silappatikaram ...
Meenakshi ( Sanskrit: मीनाक्षि, romanized : Mīnākṣi, Tamil: மீனாக்ஷி, romanized: Mīṉākṣi; also spelled as Minakshi; also known as Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi, [2] [3] Mīnāṭci and Taḍādakai) [4] is a Hindu goddess. She is the tutelary deity of Madurai and is considered a form of the goddess Parvati. [5 ...
Kamadeva. Kama ( Sanskrit: कामदेव, IAST: Kāmadeva ), also known as Kamadeva and Manmatha, is the Hindu god of erotic love, desire, pleasure and beauty, often portrayed alongside his consort and female counterpart, Rati. He is depicted as a handsome young man decked with ornaments and flowers, armed with a bow of sugarcane and ...
Tamil texts[edit] Agathiyar, Tamil Nadu. In Tamil traditions, Agastya is considered as the father of the Tamil language and the compiler of the first Tamil grammar, called Agattiyam or Akattiyam. [43] [44] [22] Agastya has been a culture hero in Tamil traditions and appears in numerous Tamil texts. [45]
Vietnamese[edit] In an ancient Vietnamese folklore, there is a tale of a brother and a sister. As children, the brother and sister fought over a toy. The brother smashes a stone over his sister's head, and the girl falls down unconscious. The boy thinks he has killed his sister, and afraid of punishment, he flees.