The God of love awaken Lord Shiva from Meditation, but Kaamdev incurred the Lord's wrath indicated by the opening his third eye and being destroyed and resurrected. Now only Lord Shiva's son could save them from Tarakasur and Surapadma's tyranny and for that they decided to break Lord Shiva's meditation and asked Kaamdev (God of Love) to help them to accomplish this mission. Same boon was given to Demon Surapadma by Lord Shiva. Gods had only one way to win back their Kingdom and that was Lord Shiva's son. He attacked Swarg Loka (Heaven) and dethroned God King Indra. For that purpose Tarakasur, after great tapa, pleased Brahma and gained a boon that no one except Shiva's son should kill him.ДЄfter getting this boon Tarakasur became too strong to be defeated by anyone. Demon King Tarakasur believed that, because Lord Shiva is an ascetic and his earlier marriage was conducted with great difficulty, his remarriage was out of the question, hence his boon of being killed by Shiva's son alone would give him invincibility. Grieved by his beloved wife's death Lord Shiva dejected from worldly affairs and went into deep samadhi (meditation). Only for that purpose he arranged grand yagna and did not invite his daughter and Son in law ( Lord Shiva), Sati was enraged seeing her husband's insult and immolated herself in the Yagna. When Sati wed Lord Shiva going against her father Prajapati Daksh's wish Daksh decided to take revenge for this insult. Due to his animosity towards Shiva and same time great affection for his dear daughter Dakshayani or Sati, he did not find Lord Shiva who was vairagi, lived in cemetery, smear with ashes, and had no wealth possession, as suitable life partner for his daughter. However, when Lord shiva punished and cut off one head of Lord Brahma for talking disrespectfully to him angered Prajapati Daksh and he developed animosity towards Lord Shiva. * Purpose of Kartikeya's Birth, * Story Behind Kartikeya's Birth * Significance Of His Appearance * Kartikeya's Other Names and their meaning * Shloka * Way to Worship Lord Kartikeya(Murugan) * Some Of Murugan's Famouse Temples * Other Interesting InformationДЄccording to Puran, Prajapati Daksh son of Lord Brahma did great Tapa to request Adishakti to born as his daughter who was destined to wed Lord Shiva. According to them Murugan never hesitates to come to the aid of a devotee when called upon in godliness or suffering. He is the patron deity of the Tamil land. He is an embodiment of perfection, a brave leader of god's forces, and a war god, who was created to destroy the demons, representing the negative tendencies in human beings. 'Murugu' means beauty hence 'Murugan' means 'Beautiful one'.

Kartikeya is worshipped particularly among the South Indians both India and abroad and is better known as Murugan. Kartikeya вЂ“ beloved son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati or Shakti and brother of Lord Ganesha mirrors perfection.

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