Some suggest that Skanda may have come from Hinduism as the war deity Kartikeya / Muruga ( Tamil ), who bears the title Skanda.

Kataragama is supposed to be the site at which the Hindu god Skanda or Murugan in Tamil met and married a local tribal girl, Valli, who in Sri Lanka is believed to have been a Vedda.

In Tamil culture this star is attributed to Lord Murugan ( Lord Murugan raised by the six sisters known as the Kārththikai Pengal and thus came to be known as Kārtikeyan ), in Sanskrit he is noted as Skanda.

Skanda can also be confused with

Skanda ( or Murugan ) was created during one of the battles between the Asuras ( or to be more specific Soorapadman ) and the Devas.

The new piece of land thus recovered came to be known as Konkan meaning piece of earth or corner of earth, kōṇa ( corner )+ kaṇa ( piece ). This legend has been mentioned in Sahyadrikhanda of the Skanda Purana. Language panel on an Indian banknote, depicting Konkani, sixth from top

Others point out that Skanda might also be a manifestation of Vajrapani, a bodhisattva who bears some relations to Skanda because they both wield vajras as weapons, are portrayed with flaming halos, and are both heavenly protectors of Buddhism.

References to this practice can be traced in texts such as Narad Panchratra, Vaikhnasagama, Skanda Purana etc.

In Hindu mythology, the god Murugan ( Skanda / Subrahmanya / Kartikeya ) was raised by the six sisters known as the and thus came to be known as Kārtikeya ( literally " Him of the Kṛttikā ").

Additionally, Ganesh and Skanda, for many Shaivites, would be aspects of Shakti and Shiva, respectively.

Smartas accept and worship the six manifestations of God, ( Ganesha, Shiva, Shakti, Vishnu, Surya and Skanda ) and the choice of the nature of God is up to the individual worshipper since different manifestations of God are held to be equivalent.

Some suggest that the war deity Kartikeya, who bears the title Skanda is also a manifestation of Vajrapani, who bears some resemblance to Skanda because they both wield vajras as weapons and are portrayed with flaming halos.

* 3. 6 — Birthday of Skanda ( Wei Tuo )

Skanda, also known as Wei Tuo, is a Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who guards the Buddhist teachings.

When the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was reincarnated as the princess Miao Shan, Skanda ( known as Wei Tuo in this story ) was one of her cruel father's generals.

Inside there is a rock-cut image of Kārttikeya or Skanda, the war god, on a monolithic plinth.

The Sanskrit name, Karttikeya or Skanda, means " always a youth " and is revered as one of the four ( or seven ) sons of Brahma.

The Mahabharata describes the Rudras as companions of Indra, servants of Shiva and his son Skanda and companions of Yama, who is surrounded by them.

Parvati is the mother of the gods and goddess, Ganesha and Skanda ( Kartikeya ).

Skanda is the name of deities popular amongst Hindus and Buddhists.

His statue traditionally is situated in the far left of the main altar, opposite his counterpart Skanda.

There have also been instances where the war god Skanda ( Murugan ) is described as holding a Vajra.

Skanda is also the name of a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who wields a Vajra.

Many Hindu deities are associated with the bird, Krishna is often depicted with a feather in his headband, while worshippers of Shiva associate the bird as the steed of the God of war, Karthikeya ( also known as Skanda or Murugan ).

* Shankaranarayana located about east of Kundapur, is traditionally called Krodha Kshetra and is one of seven places of pilgrimage in the region mentioned in the Skanda Purana.

This has been mentioned in Vishnu Purana ( 2, 1, 31 ), Vayu Purana ,( 33, 52 ), Linga Purana ( 1, 47, 23 ), Brahmanda Purana ( 14, 5, 62 ), Agni Purana ( 107, 11-12 ), Skanda Purana, Khanda ( 37, 57 ) and Markandaya Purana ( 50, 41 ) it is clearly stated that this country is known as Bharata Varsha.

A similar hymn praising Govapuri city is found in Sahyadrikhanda of Skanda Purana, which says the extent of Goapuri was about seven Yojanas.

Skanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is the largest Purana and is devoted mainly to the life and deed of Skanda ( also called Subramani, Karthik or Muruga ), a son of Shiva and Parvati.

:* Murugan, the first form of Skanda in Southern India, is also mounted on a peacock.

The two warriors are the historical general Guan Yu from the late Han Dynasty and the bodhisattva Skanda, who appears in the Chinese classical novel Fengshen Bang.

In Skanda Purana, five distributaries of the Sarasvati are mentioned.

* In the Skanda Purana, the Sarasvati originates from the water pot of Brahma and flows from Plaksa on the Himalayas.

Skanda and some other Puranas mention Ayodhya as one of the seven most sacred cities of India.

Karttikeya or Skanda, the leader of the heavenly armies, who was supposed to have been fostered by the six Knittikas or Pleiades ; and Ganesha ( lord of troops ), the elephant-headed god of wisdom, and at the same time the leader of the dii minorum gentium.

The Bhagavata Purana ( Canto 7 ), Agni Purana ( 4. 2-3 ), Brahmanda Purana ( 2. 5. 3-29 ), Vayu Purana ( 67. 61-66 ), Harivamsa ( 41 & 3. 41-47 ), Brahma Purana ( 213. 44-79 ), Vishnudharmottara Purana ( 1. 54 ), Kurma Purana ( 1. 15. 18-72 ), Matsya Purana ( 161-163 ), Padma Purana ( Uttara-khanda 5. 42 ), Shiva Purana ( 2. 5. 43 & 3. 10-12 ), Linga Purana ( 1. 95-96 ), Skanda Purana 7 ( 2. 18. 60-130 ) and Vishnu Purana ( 1. 16-20 ) all contain depictions of the Narasimha Avatar.

`` The accommodations may not be the poshest, but man!!

The race problem has tended to obscure other, less emotional, issues which may fundamentally be even more divisive.

Accounts have been published of Northern liberals in the South up against segregationist prejudice, especially in state-supported universities where pressure may be strong to uphold the majority view.

Nevertheless, it may be helpful to cite one example -- that of employment -- for, as will be shown below, it cuts across both facets of the new concept.

A measure of its widespread acceptance may be derived from a statement of the International Congress of Jurists in 1959.

Recognizing that the Rule of Law is `` a dynamic concept which should be employed not only to safeguard the civil and political rights of the individual in a free society '', the Congress asserted that it also included the responsibility `` to establish social, economic, educational and cultural conditions under which his legitimate aspirations and dignity may be realized ''.

What these fragments are and how they activate the go order may not be revealed.

An example of the changes which have crept over the Southern region may be seen in the Southern Negro's quest for a position in the white-dominated society, a problem that has been reflected in regional fiction especially since 1865.

While there may still be many Faulknerian Lucas Beauchamps scattered through the rural South, such men appear to be a vanishing breed.

or it may involve more subtle distinctions: the sway may be gradually minimized or enlarged, its rhythmic emphasis may be slightly modified, or it may be transferred to become a movement of only the arms or the head.

The approach to the depiction of the experience of creation may be analytic, as it is for Miss Litz, or spontaneous, as it is for Merle Marsicano.