Arabs worshipped him as Iskandar Dhu’lquarnein (two horned Alexander) and even Islam adopted Iskandar among her prophets.
The Alexander Romance in India

Arabs worshipped him as Iskandar Dhu’lquarnein (two horned Alexander) and even Islam adopted Iskandar among her prophets.
Bala Soopramaniar Kovil has steadily established itself as an ‘iconic’ pilgrimage site within the local Tamil community and its might has extended beyond the waters of the Indian Ocean.
Reflections on Divinity and Its Traits Originally published as “Skanda-Murugan: Supreme Deity or Divine Rascal?” by Patrick Harrigan For well over two millennia, people of the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka, have adored and worshipped Skanda-Kārttikeya, the ever-youthful wargod who
Index of research papers on the cult of the pan-Indian god Skanda-Murukan
சிவன் மற்றும் பார்வதியின் இரண்டாவது மகனான முருகனை சுப்பிரமணியர், கார்த்திகேயன், ஸ்கந்தன், தேவசேனாதிபதி, கார்த்திகேயா, ஷண்முகா, சிக்கில்வாஹனா மற்றும் சரவணபவா என்ற பெயர்களில் அழைக்கின்றார்கள்.
Lord Murugan flourishes as a major deity at six sacred sites in Tamil-speaking South India.
Murugan, the second son of Siva and Parvati, is variously known as Subrahmanya, Shanmukha, Karttikeya, Skanda, Devasenapati, Śikhivahana Saravanabhava, etc.
The evolution of Kumāra-Skanda-Kārttikeya…takes its origin from Vedic times.