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Skanda worship is very important in the Vedas.

While organizing the innumerable Deities mentioned in the Vedas and those followed by misinterpretations of the Vedas, Adi Shankarachatya gave the pride of place in the Shanmathas, the six systems of worship, The Kaumaram.

The Tamils speak of Lord Subrahmanya, best among Brahmins, as Murugan, embodiment of Beauty and the Tamil Language represents Lord Muruga in all his aspects.

Innumerable Hymns abound in Sanskrit,Tamil and other Regional languages of India.

Lord Subrahmanya is called as Karthikeya in India other than Tamil Nadu where he is worshiped as Murugan.

Lord Subrahmanya Murugan Foot Print

Of the few major Deities mentioned in the Vedas ,Subrahmanya is One.

He is called Skanda in the Veda.

The ancient language Tamil venerate Him as the God of Tamil and He is the personification of Tamil.

The eighteen consonants and vowels are represented by Murugan, Murugu in Tamil means exquisitely beautiful, by His six faces and twelve forms.

He imparted Brahma Gnana to Brahma and even preached His Father, Lord Shiva.( The temple depicting this incident is Tiruthani, Tamil Nadu, where Lord Shiva kneels before Subrahmanya!

One who realized Brahman is a Brahman.

In Sanskrit, when you add the prefix 'su', it means the 'highest, best'