Subramanya

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Subramanya is a Hindu deity of war and wisdom, widely revered in South India and identified with the god Kartikeya (Murugan).

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Subrahmanya 8
Subramanya canonical 3
Subramania 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
war deity ⓘ
wisdom deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kartikeya ⓘ
Kumara ⓘ
Murugan ⓘ
Saravanabhava ⓘ
Shanmukha ⓘ
Kartikeya ⓘ
surface form: Skanda
associatedWith knowledge ⓘ
valor ⓘ
victory over demons ⓘ
youthfulness ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
importantTemple Kataragama ⓘ
surface form: Kataragama Temple

Kukke Subramanya Temple ⓘ
Palani Murugan Temple ⓘ
Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple ⓘ
Swamimalai Murugan Temple ⓘ
Tiruttani Murugan Temple ⓘ
surface form: Thiruttani Murugan Temple

Thiruchendur Murugan Temple ⓘ
surface form: Tiruchendur Murugan Temple
majorFestival Skanda Sashti ⓘ
Thaipusam ⓘ
Vaikasi Visakam ⓘ
mount peacock ⓘ
parent Goddess Gauri ⓘ
surface form: Parvati

Shiva ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
role god of war ⓘ
god of wisdom ⓘ
protector of devotees ⓘ
scripturalSource Mahabharata ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Skanda Purana ⓘ
sibling Ganesha ⓘ
symbol peacock ⓘ
rooster ⓘ
vel ⓘ
weapon spear ⓘ
vel ⓘ
worshippedBy Kannada Hindus ⓘ
Malayali people ⓘ
surface form: Malayali Hindus

Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Hindus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kartikeya → otherName → Subramanya ⓘ
S. Subramania Iyer → givenName → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subramania
Murugan → otherName → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Kumara → hasName → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Saravanabhava → refersTo → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Valli → associatedWith → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Palani → dedicatedToDeity → Subramanya ⓘ
Paravani → mountOf → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Shanmukha → hasAlternativeName → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Muthuswami Dikshitar → primaryDeityOfCompositions → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya
Bhagandeshwara Temple → deity → Subramanya ⓘ
Kataragama → hasDeity → Subramanya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subrahmanya