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| group = Kaumaram |
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| image_caption = Entrance to ], Malaysia, with the Lord Murugan statue |
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{{Kaumaram}} |
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'''Kaumaram''' is a ] that focuses on the deity of love and war ''Kumara'', also known as ''Murugan'' (in ]), ''Kandan'', or ''Kadamban ]''. Most devotees of Kumara also revere members of his family: ], ], and ]. The important theological texts relating to Kumara are a part of the ] canon. This sub-tradition is found among the ], ], ] in South India, Sri Lanka, and among the ] worldwide.<ref name="Dalal">{{cite book |author=Roshen Dalal |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&pg=PA417 |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=417–418, 137, 198–199, 241, 425}}</ref> The love story of Kumara/Murugan and his wife ], a girl from a local tribe, is immensely popular in ], where Kumara acquired the status of a national God.<ref name="Zvelebil">{{cite book |author=Kamil V. Zvelebil |chapter=Murugan and Valli |title=Tiru Murugan |location=Madras |publisher=Ulakat Tamilaraycci Niruvanam |year=1981 |pages=40–46 |url=http://www.murugan.org/research/zvelebil.htm}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|name="term"|The term ''Kaumaram'' also means "childhood, youth" in Hindu texts, as in verse 2.13 of the '']''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Winthrop Sargeant |author2=Christopher Key Chapple |title=The Bhagavad Gita: Revised Edition|url=https://archive.org/details/bhagavadgitasuny00chri|url-access=registration |year=1984 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-87395-831-8 |page=}}</ref> It is sometimes a substitute for ] stage of life.<ref>{{cite book |author=Suresh Chandra |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mfTE6kpz6XEC&pg=PA63 |year=1998 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-039-9 |page=63}}</ref>}} |
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'''Kaumaram''' is a ] that focuses on the deity of love and war ''Kumara'', also known as ''Murugan'' (in ]), ''Kandan'', or ''Kadamban ]''. Most devotees of Kumara also revere members of his family: ], ], and ]. The important theological texts relating to Kumara are a part of the ] canon. This sub-tradition is found among the ], ], ] in South India, Sri Lanka, and among the ] worldwide.<ref name="Dalal">{{cite book |author=Roshen Dalal |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&pg=PA417 |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=417–418, 137, 198–199, 241, 425}}</ref> The love story of Kumara/Murugan and his wife ], a girl from a local tribe, is immensely popular in ], where Kumara acquired the status of a national God.<ref name="Zvelebil">{{cite book |author=Kamil V. Zvelebil |chapter=Murugan and Valli |title=Tiru Murugan |location=Madras |publisher=Ulakat Tamilaraycci Niruvanam |year=1981 |pages=40–46 |url=http://www.murugan.org/research/zvelebil.htm}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|name="term"|The term ''Kaumaram'' also means "childhood, youth" in Hindu texts, as in verse 2.13 of the '']''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Winthrop Sargeant |author2=Christopher Key Chapple |title=The Bhagavad Gita: Revised Edition|url=https://archive.org/details/bhagavadgitasuny00chri|url-access=registration |year=1984 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-87395-831-8 |page=}}</ref> It is sometimes a substitute for ] stage of life.<ref>{{cite book |author=Suresh Chandra |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mfTE6kpz6XEC&pg=PA63 |year=1998 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-039-9 |page=63}}</ref>}} |
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==See also== |
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==See also== |
Entrance to Batu Caves, Malaysia, with the Lord Murugan statue
Hinduism portal
Media related to Kaumaram at Wikimedia Commons
