Lord Skanda-Murugan
 

Murugan's Vel lance, His 'Jnana Shakti' or 'Power of Gnosis', a vertical shaft of light from heaven symbolising the axis mundi or stambha, the Axis of the World that Murugan the Shakti-Dhara or 'Holder of the Shakti (spear) wields as His ayudha or weapon.

The Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Gallery One

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These twenty images are from a rare Skanda Sasthi souvenir published in 1958 by Sri-la-Śrī Subrahmanya Desika Paramacharya Swamigal of Tiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, with the exception of last photograph of the curtain of Śrī Valli Amma Devalaya at Kathirkamam, Sri Lanka.

Śrī Kumarar
Śrī GajavahanaŚrī Kumara
Śrī Saktidharar
Śrī SaktidharaŚrī Somāskanda
Śrī SubrahmanyaŚrī Subrahmanya
BālaswāmiBālaswāmi
Śrī BrahmasastāŚrī Kārttikeya
Śrī TārakāriKraunchabheda
Śrī KandaswamiŚrī Saravanabhavar
SenaniShanmukhar
SikhivananarValli Kalyana Sundarar
Devasena PatiKathirkama Valli Amma