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Kartikeya

Hindu deity, god of war, son of Shiva and Parvati
Person Hindu Deity Q380817

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
Hindu deity, war deity[7]
Sex or gender
male[6]
Father
Shiva[2]
Mother
Parvati[3]
Spouse
Devasena, Vallī[4][5]
Sibling
Ganesha[17]
Armament
Brahmastra, gada, Vel[9][10][11]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13][14][15][16]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Hinduism, WikiProject Shaivism, WikiProject India, WikiProject Karnataka, WikiProject Tamil Nadu, WikiProject Sri Lanka, WikiProject Nepal, WikiProject Mythology, WikiProject Religion[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Said to be the same as
Skanda[8]
Worshipped by
Kaumaram[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vishaka en Kumara en Cevvel en Krithikesh en Guha en Mahasena en Kartik en Kartikeya en Karttikeya en Eskanda en Bahuleya en Karhik en Murukan en Saurjyesh en Senapati en Shanmukh en Skanda en Skandapurvaja en Subrahmanya en Subramaniyam
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
35257211
GND ID
119017466
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gombak Selangor Batu-Caves-01.jpg ↗
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00545027
Colon Classification
Northern Ireland
DDB person (GND) ID
119017466
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID
A024161
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Murugan, topic/Skanda
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
skanda-divinite-hindoue
FES digital collections entity ID
406343
Freebase ID
/m/025t4rx
Getty Iconography Authority ID
901001901
Show all 19 identifiers +7
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122hjj0t
HAND ID
EFCF-F5BF-0DD7-14FB-B856
Interlingual Index ID
i86720
IxTheo authority ID
695654594
J9U entity ID
987007529695805171
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/SKANDA.html
National Virtual Library of India ID
489308

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🔗 Connections
Maintained by WikiProject 5
WikiProject India, WikiProject Religion, WikiProject Mythology, WikiProject Hinduism, WikiProject Nepal
Armament 3
gada, Brahmastra, Vel
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 2
Hindu deity, war deity
Parent of 2
Shiva, Parvati
Spouse 2
Devasena, Vallī
Spouses 2
Devasena, Vallī
← Depicts 2
Batu Caves Murugan Statue, Somaskanda
← Main subject 2
Batu Caves Murugan Statue, Kukke Subramanya Temple
Colon Classification 1
Northern Ireland
Father 1
Shiva
Mother 1
Parvati
Said to be the same as 1
Skanda
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Ganesha
Siblings 1
Ganesha
Worshipped by 1
Kaumaram
← Given name 1
Kartikeya Gummakonda
← Said to be the same as 1
Skanda
← Worshipped by 1
Ghati Subramanya
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Summary

Kartikeya is a Hindu deity[1].

FAQs

Who were Kartikeya's parents?

Kartikeya's father was Shiva[2]. Kartikeya's mother was Parvati[3].

Who was Kartikeya married to?

Kartikeya's spouses include Devasena[4] and Vallī[5].

Related Entities

Northern Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → EFCF-F5BF-0DD7-14FB-B856
    "Created claim: HAND ID: EFCF-F5BF-0DD7-14FB-B856, batch #265669"
  2. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Worshipped by → Kaumaram
    Sex or gender → male
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Armament → Brahmastra, gada, Vel
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 406343, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
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