In the Hindu pantheon of gods Skanda Karttikeya the son of Siva, is the only god
who is endowed with six faces and twelve hands and named as Sanmukha. His six
faces indicate five elements, ether, fire, air, water and prthvi and the Life
Principle is the spirit that is the Supreme Force. The multi-faced god Sanmukha,
the divine essence of Universal Spirit is being represented in the iconic forms
known in the names of Skanda, Karttikeya, Guha, Subrahmanya and Naigameya, and
exclusively as Murugan in the Tamil country. Second notable fact is that, in the
legend of the birth (incarnations) of any other god we