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    Lord Muruga is an avatar of Lord Shiva who was born to defeat the demon Tarakasura. Tarakasura was oppressing the gods, driving them from heaven. The gods sought help from Lord Shiva, who took the form of six faces and created six sparks that became Lord Muruga. Muruga fought battles against Tarakasura, his brother Soorapadman, and general Simhamugan. He used his powerful weapon, the vel, to defeat all the demons. His final victory over Soorapadman on the sixth day is still celebrated as Skanda Shashti. The gods were freed from oppression and order was restored to the heavens.

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    Lord Muruga is an avatar of Lord Shiva who was born to defeat the demon Tarakasura. Tarakasura was oppressing the gods, driving them from heaven. The gods sought help from Lord Shiva, who took the form of six faces and created six sparks that became Lord Muruga. Muruga fought battles against Tarakasura, his brother Soorapadman, and general Simhamugan. He used his powerful weapon, the vel, to defeat all the demons. His final victory over Soorapadman on the sixth day is still celebrated as Skanda Shashti. The gods were freed from oppression and order was restored to the heavens.

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    Lord Muruga is an avatar of Lord Shiva who was born to defeat the demon Tarakasura. Tarakasura was oppressing the gods, driving them from heaven. The gods sought help from Lord Shiva, who took the form of six faces and created six sparks that became Lord Muruga. Muruga fought battles against Tarakasura, his brother Soorapadman, and general Simhamugan. He used his powerful weapon, the vel, to defeat all the demons. His final victory over Soorapadman on the sixth day is still celebrated as Skanda Shashti. The gods were freed from oppression and order was restored to the heavens.

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    Soorasamharam

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    Lord Muruga is an avatar of Lord Shiva who was born to defeat the demon Tarakasura. Tarakasura was oppressing the gods, driving them from heaven. The gods sought help from Lord Shiva, who took the form of six faces and created six sparks that became Lord Muruga. Muruga fought battles against Tarakasura, his brother Soorapadman, and general Simhamugan. He used his powerful weapon, the vel, to defeat all the demons. His final victory over Soorapadman on the sixth day is still celebrated as Skanda Shashti. The gods were freed from oppression and order was restored to the heavens.

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    Lord Muruga is a ray born of the Chaitanya of Lord Shiva, the Light of lights, and the innermost

    self of all. Lord Krishna in the Bhagavat Gita says, “Senaninam Aham Skandah”. He is called Guha,
    Skanda, Kumaresa, Kartikeya, Shanmukha, Subrahmanya, Velayudha, Swaminathan,
    Mayilvaganan, and Saravanabhavan.

    Oppression of Taraka
    Skanda Purana, the longest of the 18 Puranas says that the Devas or the Gods faced terrible
    cruelty and oppression at the hands of the demons, Soorapadman and his brothers Tarakasura
    and Simhamugan. The asura Taraka oppressed the Devas very much. He drove them out of the
    heavens. All the Devas went to Brahma. Brahma said to the Devas: "O Devas, I cannot destroy
    Taraka, as he has obtained my grace through his severe Tapas. But I shall give you a suggestion.
    Get the help of Cupid or Kama Deva. Induce him to tempt Lord Shiva, who is now absorbed in his
    Yoga-Samadhi, to marry Parvati. A powerful son, Lord Subrahmanya or Kartikeya, will then be
    born to them. This son alone can destroy the Asura.

    Avatar of Lord Muruga


    All the deities went to Lord Shiva and sought his refuge. Lord Shiva took a form of six faces and
    from the third eye of each face, divine fire sparks emanated. Lord Shiva asked Vayu, the wind God
    and Agni, the fire God to carry the six sparks to Ganges. Mother Ganges carried the sparks to the
    Saravana pond and there the holy sparks became six babies on six red lotus flowers. Mother
    Parvati hugged the babies and made them into one and thus Muruga was born. His birth was
    absolutely needed to destroy the all-powerful Soorapadman and his brothers.

    Battle of the Gods with Soorapadman


    The Gods fought the battle with Soorapadman and his brothers under the leadership of Indra, his
    son, Sayanthan and Commander in Chief, Veerabahu, an emissary of Shiva. Soorapadman
    defeated them and held Sayanthan and other Gods captive. Indra and Veerabahu escaped and
    went to Kailash. Hearing this, Lord Shiva knew that it was time for Soorapadman`s destruction. To
    fight the war against Soorapadman, He sent the eleven Rudras with eleven weapons, and Parvathi
    gave the Vel or lance to Lord Muruga for the war. The Vel, or sacred spear, is the most powerful
    weapon. Indra gave his weapon Kulisam and his chief battle elephant, Pinimugam to Muruga.

    Muruga`s Battle with Taraka


    Lord Muruga stayed in Thiruchendur with His army. Tarakan had created an illusionary mountain
    and trapped Veerabahu and other Gods. Muruga used his Vel to tear the mountain apart and
    rescued the Gods and Veerabahu. He killed Taraka in the battle that ensued. Paanugopan, the
    son of Soorapadman marched into the battlefield to avenge the death of his uncle. He too was
    killed.

    Destruction of Simamughan
    Indra became a peacock and a vehicle for Muruga to fight the final war with Simamughan and
    Soorapadman. Simamughan came to fight with Muruga with a thousand heads. Muruga used his
    Vel to destroy all the heads of Simamughan. Finally, he destroyed him.

    Vehicle of Muruga
    Soorapadman did not give up the battle easily. He did not want to surrender to the Lord. He took
    the form of a big mango tree. Lord Muruga’s Vel split the tree and one part became a peacock and
    the other became a cock. Lord Muruga took the peacock as His vehicle and the cock as His flag.
    He defeated and killed him on the sixth day on the day of Shashti. Hence even today, Skanda
    Shashti is widely celebrated to rejoice the victory of the Lord over the Asura. Death of
    Soorapadman brought immense joy to all the Gods who were set free of captivity and they went
    to their abode. Indra was immensely happy and he gave his daughter, Devasena in marriage to
    Muruga. Indra and his wife, Indrani got back their lost glory and ruled the heavens with the grace
    of Muruga.

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