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Although I love the metrics aspect of Last.fm, I find they raise more questions than they answer (possibly that's what Metrics are for).
So please answer the following questions:
1) have you heard of 'Boards of Canada'
2) have you heard of 'Siouxsie and the Banshees'
Now, I would have thought, in a straw-poll, and possibly based upon universally recognised measurements such as record sales etc, that the second question would have garnered more positives.
Looking at the plays and shouts shown on Last.fm however, one could postulate that despite the Record Companies protestations to the contrary, listening to music on the internet is a truer reflection of public consumption - and the bands that have been earning money from the 'traditional' distribution models have not been the bands that the public, money being no object, would actually have listened-to (and therefore made rich).
Or am I talking bollocks?
“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ''WHAT DOES A WOMEN WANT?''~Sigmund Freud
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Thanks idk i don't remember sorry x) for tagging me!
How old are you? 15
Do you have any pets? No but i will have a little dog very soon i really can't wait :3
Which is your favourite Disney movie? The little mermaid ! I saw this movie arround a 1000 times !
Favourite cartoon? I always watched Winx when i was young but now i don't really like the cartoon.
But i still love Winx.
How many Monster High dolls do you have? I don't know i used to have a lot of them in the past but i sold almost all of them because i don't really like Monster High now...
How many Ever After High dolls do you have? 11 x) I don't really work on my EAH collection i'm really searching for the Mythix dolls.
How many Winx Club Mattel dolls do you have? 2 x) All the other ones are sold and yeah i don't really care finally...
Which doll is your favourite? It was Musa GM x) Now i'm going to say that it's... hm... Maybe all the Mythix ones.
Who is your Winx favourite Fairy and Why? Musa ! I adoooooooore her !
I always loved her in the past and now ! I love her story , the fact that her mom was dead when she was young , she always stay strong and i think that a lot of people (Me too) Should be like her.
And of course she is super pretty !
Which was your most expensive doll? The Mythix dolls (30 euros each). I don't really want to spend a lot of money for dolls.
YouTube or Flickr? Both.
Which one was your first doll? First doll ever got is Stella Pixie Magic ! I was so happy when i had her omfg.
Which is your most wanted doll at the moment? MUSA MYTHIX :'(.
Who is your favourite Monster High Character? Clawdeen.
Which power would you choose: Earth or Water? Water.
MyScene or Bratz? None , i don't really like these dolls & i personally think that Bratz dolls are very ugly but that's just my opinion.
Barbie or MyScene? No wonder, Barbie. There are so many pretty Barbie dolls ! :D
When you can choose a Fictional Character to be your
Girlfriend, who would you choose? Flora , she is so sweet !
When did you start to collect dolls? I really started to collect in 2011 With MH dolls.
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I tag nobody.
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Okay if I was to start a bntm would you audition ? . I did one but I didn't get many entries an I was embarrassed so I deleted the photo and never started . I think it's going to be fun but its okay if you don't want to enter ill just wait another time because I have so many bntm themes so consider it and yeah .... Bye !
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Page: 210
Year: 1845
Place: New-York
Publisher: Pratt, Woodford & Co.
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Here's my first bag of suri alpaca fur. 2 ounces white raw materials.
now I need to not be lazy and practice on my MH doll that I cut the hair off of.
can I cut up a white shirt in strips and make a wig cap using the strips if I dunk them in modge podge or just glue? (kinda like paper mache)
Or what kind of material can I use to make a wig cap like Xanthi did?
They usually stare at me straight in the eyes...
p.s. Worked on the eyes a bit after comments from Deepak and Rakesh.. thanks guys !!!
Post a pic of yourself & answer the questions...I was tagged by Jenny/krousegirl2
1: What are you wearing?
thrifted t-shirt and black corduroy pants
2: Something about you that nobody ever knew?
hmmm, have to think about that one.
3: Biggest phobias?
having to speak or give a presentation to a group of people, or having to cold call someone i don't know... social anxiety things :)
4: How tall are you?
5' 9”
5: Ever been in love?
yes
6: Any tattoos that you want?
I enjoy seeing creative tattoos on other people, but I don't feel the urge to get one myself.
7. Any piercing that you want?
nope
8. Makeouts or cuddling
cuddling
9. shoe size
8 - 8.5
10. favourite bands
Cold Play, Ben Folds Five, Radiohead... others that I can't think of right now
11. something that you miss
my grandparents huge old house with the warm wood-burning fireplace in the kitchen
12: Favourite song?
not sure i have just one
13: How old are you?
38
14: Zodiac sign?
Libra
15: Hair Color?
light brown
16: Favourite Quote?
not sure.
17: Favourite singer?
i really adele right now. and nina simone has an amazing voice.
18: Favourite colour?
bluish-green
19: Loud music or soft?
loud, i think? probably because my kids have made me deaf. :)
20: Where do you go when you're sad?
on a long walk by myself wearing headphones and tuning out the world.
21: How long does it take you to shower?
15 - 20 minutes
22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
i don't do much to get ready. besides showering, maybe about 10 minutes?
23: Ever been in a physical fight?
nope. i am a wimp.
24: Turn on?
people who like to laugh
25: Turn off?
lack of humor about one's self or the terminal inability to be silly
26: The reason I joined Flickr?
I originally joined to share family photos with friends, but then I discovered quilting and fabric groups.
27: Fears?
social things. talking in front of people i don't know.
28: Last thing that made you cry?
probably a movie with parent/kid drama? i tend to be susceptible to that at certain times...
29: Last time you cried?
not sure
30: Meaning behind your url:
a favorite kid's song by Raffi
31: Last book you read?
Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge
32: Last song you listened to?
33: Last show you watched?
Bones last night
34: Last person you talked to?
my husband
35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted?
I rarely text - only my husband while he's at work
36: Favourite food?
custard... chocolate... sweet yummy autumn desserts, all the things i'm trying not to eat
37: Place you want to visit?
Japan, Croatia, Germany
38: Last place you were?
Today?
39: Do you have a crush?
nope
40: Last time you kissed someone?
kissed my husband when he got home from work
41: Last time you were insulted and what was it?
i can't remember. i try not to remember bad stuff or think about it too much. :)
42: What colour underwear are you wearing?
bright green
43: What colour shirt are you wearing?
gray
44: Are you tired?
a little
45: Wearing any bracelets?
no
46: Last sport you played?
badminton with my kids. but in general, i don't play many sports.
47: Last song you sang?
something Top40 on the radio. my kids love pop songs.
48: Last prank call you remember doing?
ages ago when i was like 8 and thought that was the funniest thing ever
49: Last time you hung out with anyone?
do my kids count? and other moms at my kid's gym class?
50: Do you consider yourself to be approachable?
not sure. i'm shy and i don't usually start up random conversations with strangers. but hopefully i don't give off an unfriendly vibe. i try to appear harmless and friendly. ;)
The forum includes participants from both St Kitts and Nevis and the wider Caribbean region. The majority are already involved in community groups and/or initiatives to support youth and women impacted by crime and violence.
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What do you think, should I marry this hare? Maybe go to a haircut before the wedding ceremony?
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The program collects films that are asking the same questions: What was here before? And how can you show it if it’s not there anymore? When and how did absence turn into presence? Does it always do that?
It also connects places in East and West, New York, Berlin and Warsaw. Shanghai and Venice. Not only through images, but also through the people who made the films (and are in them): For them, 1984 had been fiction and 1989 a reality. They are from a generation that has been producing images and sounds before and after the Berlin Wall, in East and West, until today.
Program runtime is 62 minutes.
a-b-city by Dieter Hormel and Brigitte Bühler
BRD 1985, 8 minutes, digital projection
Accompanied by a score using music of Pere Ubu and Einstürzende Neubauten, a-b-city revolves around West-Berlin’s psychodelic atmosphere. Brigitte Bühler and Dieter Hormel, who were renown for their fast paced and skillfully edited Super-8 clips, mix TV images and time-lapse shots of nightly streets, drifting clouds, and a men continuously jumping in front of the Berlin Wall, bringing about an impression of the enclosed city that constantly shifts between ecstasis and depression. (Text: Florian Wüst)
Haunt No. 1-3 by Niklas Goldbach
2007, 2 minutes, digital projection
Haunt No. 1, Video Loop, 35 sec., Stereo
Assistance: Daniel Reuter
Haunt No. 2, Video Loop, 28 sec., Stereo
Assistance: Viktor Neumann
Haunt No. 3, Video Loop, 36 sec., Stereo
Assistance: Viktor Neumann
The video triptych focuses on the historical background and the future of up to now abandoned places in Berlin’s former working-class district Prenzlauer Berg where the gentrification process is almost accomplished.
5 lessons and 9 questions about Chinatown by Shelly Silver
USA, 2009, 10 minutes, digital projection
You live somewhere, walk down the same street 50, 100, 10,000 times, each time taking in fragments, but never fully registering THE PLACE. Years, decades go by and you continue,unseeing, possibly unseen. A building comes down, and before the next one is up you ask yourself ‘what used to be there?’ You are only vaguely aware of the district’s shifting patterns and the sense that, since the 19th century, wave after wave of inhabitants have moved through and transformed these alleyways, tenements, stoops and shops.
10 square blocks, past, present, future, time, light, movement, immigration, exclusion, gentrification, racism, history, China, America, 3 languages, 13 voices, 152 years, 17,820 frames, 9 minutes, 54 seconds, 9 questions, 5 lessons, Chinatown.
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Former East/Former West by Shelly Silver
USA, 1994, excerpt 10-15 minutes digital projection
Made up of hundreds of street interviews done in Berlin two years after the Reunification, FORMER EAST/FORMER WEST is a vital, surprisingly open, and at times disturbing documentary. Silver questions the very notion of a shared language, focusing on changing definitions of words for political and economic systems – democracy, freedom, capitalism, socialism, nationality and history.
Magnetic [eye] Berlin by Gunter Krüger
Germany, 2007 / 08, excerpt 10 minutes, digital projection
Since 1997, Gunter Krüger has been archiving media fragments which he finds on the street – broken audiotapes, scraps of VHS and discarded compact discs. At the location he records additional filmic notes.
In the second part of the “Magnetic [eye]” series, “Magnetic [eye] Berlin”, a selection of media fragments forms a portrait of his living space. The film is designed as a generative structure, i.e. there is no final version.
In 2007 and 2008, three different playlists were made, each varying in both the selection of the media fragments as well as their compilation. By integrating new modules, new playlists with predefined running times can be created for each screening.
Nullpanorama by Martin Ebner
Germany, 2003, 1 minute, digital projection
The ascent and decent of an advertiser’s captive balloon over the roofs of the capital.
Proprio Aperto by Judith Hopf, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Florian Zeyfang
Germany / USA, 2005, 6 minutes, digital projection
The single channel video and installation work PROPRIO APERTO, which was first presented in February 2005 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in the exhibition, “Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourist’s Eye,” shows a walk taken through the giardini, the grounds of the Venice Biennale, in winter.
The conversations that took place there among Judith Hopf, Natascha Sadr-Hadhighian and Florian Zeyfang result in a text that circles around landscapes of ruin, ghosts and the Dasein in cultural hegemony. The images — actually photographs — are presented in slow pans, and the various levels of destruction of the pavilion come more and more into the center.
The tone of voice and language congenially conveys the suitably contemplative mood during the walk, which carries over to the spectator.
The Rooms (excerpt) by Tim Blue and Paul Rowley
USA 2010, 5 minutes, digital projection
With rich sound design and diverse formats, THE ROOMS is an experimental study of an abandoned world that somehow continues to operate. This excerpt feautures the HAU 1 / Hebbel am Ufer, a historical theater in Berlin, that turned into a cultural space for contemporary experimental and innovative theater and performance art (HAU 1).
We will be strong in our weakness. Notes from the first congress of the Jewish Renaissance in Poland.Performance by Yael Bartana with Susanne Sachsse and Slawomir Sierakowski
Israel/Netherlands/Poland, 2010, 15 minutes, digital video projection
Jewish Renaissance movement in Poland, Tel-Aviv/Amsterdam/Warsaw
Stefanie Schulte Strathaus is a film and video curator who lives and works in Berlin. She is Co-Director of Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art (with Milena Gregor and Birgit Kohler) and Member of the selection committee of the Berlinale Forum and founding director of Forum Expanded, a new section of the Berlin International Film Festival which negotiates the boundaries of cinema. Her curatorial work comprises numerous film programs, retrospectives and exhibitions, among them Michael Snow, Guy Maddin, Heinz Emigholz, Birgit Hein, Ulrike Ottinger, Stephen Dwoskin and many others. She recently co-curated (with Susanne Sachsse and Marc Siegel) LIVE FILM! JACK SMITH! Five Flaming Days in A Rented World (October 2009).
Her texts have been published in Frauen und Film, The Moving Image, Texte zur Kunst, Ästhetik & Kommunikation, Schriftenreihe Kinemathek as well as in various festival and exhibition catalogues. She is the editor of: Kinemathekheft Nr. 93: Germaine Dulac (with Sabine Nessel and Heide Schlüpmann), Berlin 2002; “The Memo Book. Films, Videos and Installations by Matthias Müller”, Berlin: Vorwerk 8, 2005; “The Primal Scene: Christine Noll Brinckmann. Films and Texts”, Berlin: arsenal edition, 2008; “Who says concrete doesn’t burn, have you tried? West Berlin Film in the ’80s” (with Florian Wüst), Berlin: arsenal edition, 2008. www.arsenal-berlin.de
Paul Rowley was born 1971 in Dublin. He has worked for more than ten years as a filmmaker and visual artist.
His critically acclaimed feature documentary Seaview, which he co-directed with Nicky Gogan, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has toured festivals internationally since.
Together with David Phillips, Paul completed a collection of films to accompany a live performance of John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes, premiered at The Stone in New York in collaboration with pianist Emily Manzo. They recently completed a 60 screen permanent video installation in the international terminal at LAX airport.
Paul was artist in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida with Gillian Wearing, and has received many awards from the Irish Arts Council for his work since 1997. He was a fellow at the Macdowell Artist Colony in New Hampshire, and the Bogliasco Foundation, Italy. He was awarded a residency at the Experimental Television Center in New York, which led to a grant from NYCSA, the New York State Council for the Arts. He lives in Dublin and Brooklyn.
See also www.condensate.net and www.stillfilms.org
Shelly Silver is a New York based artist utilizing video, film and photography. Her work, which spans a wide range of subject matter and genres, explores the personal and societal relations that connect and restrict us; the indirect routes of pleasure and desire; the stories that are told about us and the stories we construct about ourselves.
Silver’s work has been exhibited and broadcast widely throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. Screenings and installations have been mounted by venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the International Center of Photography in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Yokohama Museum, the Pompidou Center, the Kyoto Museum, the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Museo Reina Sofia, and the London, Singapore, New York, Moscow, and Berlin film festivals. Her work has been broadcast on BBC/England, PBS/USA, Arte, Planete/Europe, RTE/Ireland, SWR/Germany, and Atenor/Spain. Silver’s numerous fellowships and grants include awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, NYSCA, NYFA, the DAAD, the Jerome Foundation, the Japan Foundation and Anonymous was a Woman. She is based in New York where she is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts in the School of the Arts, Columbia University.
Pour illustrer ce tag,quoi de mieux que ma chouchoute du moment?
Couleur préférée ? Rose poudré.
Plus grand rêve ? Pouvoir vivre sans me poser de questions.
Lucky Number / préféré ? Aucun.
Celeb bégui ? Oui.
La sexualité? Hétéro.
Si vous pouviez rencontrer personne sur la terre qui serait-il ? Mon ancien patron.
Prénom ? Céline.
Croyez en l'amour à première vue ? Non, je ne crois pas vraiment au coup de foudre.
Allergie ? Acariens et pollen.
Addiction ? Umi,ma Minifee Chloe.
Week-end typique ? Couture,tricot et bijoux pour dolls!
Serial Killer préféré ? Aucun.
Anniversaire ? 25 Octobre.
Meilleur ami (s ) Badoulagrenouille. Mais je considère également mes poupées comme mes meilleures amies, je sais que c'est dingue mais moi je leur parle xd!
Plat préféré ? Je n'en ai pas mais je suis fan du Nutella >-< !
Milkshakes ou yaourt ? Yaourts.
Cheetos ou fritos ? Plutôt frites.
État d'esprit actuel ? Marre des gens égoïstes. Amoureuse de ma doll.
Âge ? 23 printemps!
Avez-vous jamais rien volé ? Non jamais, même si certaines ont voulu m'entraîner...
Lorsque vous avez obtenu votre premier baiser ? Oulà je ne m'en souviens plus, vers mes 5 ans je pense?
Quelle est la nourriture la plus bizarre que vous aimez ? Chips avec mayonnaise!
Souhaitez-vous embrasser plutôt un singe ou Satan ? Tout dépend de la tête de Satan...
Avez-vous déjà trompé sur quelqu'un ? Non pour moi la fidélité est quelque chose de primordial dans un couple, ceux qui le font sont juste des gros lâches!
Combien de temps avez-vous attendu avant de prendre une douche ? Je prend des bains!
Quel est votre film préféré ? Princesse Mononoké.
Vous souvenez-vous bien de vos rêves ? Ca m'arrive!
Qu'aimez-vous sur vous-même ?
Mes yeux.
Quel est votre sport préféré ? J'en ai pas mais on va dire monter les escaliers xd!
Fumez-vous ? Non.
Buvez-vous ? Jamais, je ne supporte pas l'alcool...
Avez-vous jouer à des jeux vidéo ? Oulà beaucoup, déjà tous les Pokemon, deux Zelda, des jeux sur DS...
En ce moment je suis sur Okami,très bon jeu d'ailleurs!
Que pensez-vous de la Saint Valentin ? Pas besoin d'une journée spéciale pour se dire je t'aime.
Que pensez-vous des tatouages ? Joli mais pas pour moi.
Aimez-vous quelqu'un ? Oui ma Minifee *câlin*
Avez-vous déjà chargé un os ? What?
Qu'est-ce déodorant portez-vous? Un déo de marque repère tout simple sans parfum.
Si vous pouviez vivre n'importe où dans le monde ou serait-il ? Au Japon.
Que craignez- vous ? La mort.
Quel était le nom de votre jouet préféré étant un gamin ? Barbies,et je jouais aussi aux petite voitures!
Quel est votre céréales sucrées préférées ? Miel'Pops.
Quand vous allez à dormir la nuit dernière ? Je suis une couche-tôt j'ai besoin de beaucoup de sommeil, et même le week-end car sinon mon rythme est déréglé et bonjour le lundi!
Donc à 21h30 je suis couchée.
Quelle est votre relation la plus longue ? Pour le moment je me consacre à mes études,on verra plus tard!
Chanson préférée ? Romio et Cinderella,un des titres d'Hatsune Miku.
Mais en général j'écoute beaucoup de musique asiatique!
Entertainers and athletes take questions and interact with the audience during a USO Show at Caserma Carlo Ederle as part of U.S. Army Garrison Italy, the seventh and final stop on the annual Vice Chairman’s USO Tour, April 3, 2019. Country music artist Craig Morgan, celebrity chef Robert Irvine, UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn, former UFC Middleweight champion Chris Weidman, professional mixed martial artist Felice Herrig, two-time MLB World Series champion Shane Victorino; and professional surfer Makua Rothman joined Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on a tour across the world as they visit service members overseas to thank them for their service and sacrifice. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)
President Ramaphosa virtually updating Parliament on the national effort to contain the coronavirus, including public health measures, social relief, economic recovery and on a range of related matters on the occasion of questions for Oral Reply in the National Assembly. [Photo: GCIS]
Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper takes a “selfie” with U.S. Army Col. Joe Guzman following physical training at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Feb. 20, 2020. Esper participated in circuit training with more than 40 U.S. Strategic Command and 55th Wing service members, following up the workout with a question and answer session. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie R. Matyascik)
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Photos From a chat with Newt Gingrich by Lindsay Ferrier and Frank Luntz. Taken during the Moms Matter 2012 event at Java Joe's CoffeeHouse in downtown Des Moines, Iowa on January 30, 2011. Sponsored by CafeMom.
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The steady advancement of artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming our world with a host of emerging innovations such as self-driving cars, automated financial advisers, and expert medical systems. Developers are producing data-intensive computer systems designed to observe, learn, and solve complex problems faster and more accurately than their human counterparts. As these technologies become increasingly mainstream, they promise enormous public benefits including higher productivity, improved health and safety, and fairer decision making. While these technologies have incredible potential to generate economic and social good, these breakthroughs may not occur unless the public and private sectors work in partnership to promote the development and adoption of artificial intelligence, address new regulatory questions, and integrate the technology into agencies at all levels of government.
The Center for Data Innovation hosted a conversation with leading experts on the state of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the efforts by the public and private sectors to support related research and development, and the important policy steps that regulators and lawmakers should make to unlock these new opportunities.
Speakers included: Greg Corrado (co-lead of Google’s deep neural networks project), Ashley J. Llorens (Chief of the Intelligent Systems Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Fernando Diaz (Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research), Dennis Mortensen (CEO, x.ai), FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny, Terah Lyons (Policy Advisor, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House), Hilary Cain (Director, Tech and Innovation Policy, Toyota), and David Moschella (Director of Research, Computer Sciences Corp).
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Kartikeya (/ˌkɑrtɪˈkeɪjə/), also known as Skanda, Murugan and Subramaniyan, is the Hindu god of war. He is the commander-in-chief of the army of the devas (gods) and the son of Shiva and Parvati.
Murugan is often referred to as "Tamil Kadavul" (meaning "God of Tamils") and is worshiped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore and Reunion Island. His six most important shrines in India are the Arupadaiveedu temples, located in Tamil Nadu. In Sri Lanka, Hindus as well as Buddhists revere the sacred historical Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna and Katirkāmam Temple situated deep south.[1] Hindus in Malaysia also pray to Lord Murugan at the Batu Caves and various temples where Thaipusam is celebrated with grandeur.
In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Kartikeya is known as Subrahmanya with a temple at Kukke Subramanya known for Sarpa shanti rites dedicated to Him and another famous temple at Ghati Subramanya also in Karnataka. In Bengal and Odisha, he is popularly known as Kartikeya (meaning 'son of Krittika').
Other names[edit]
Like most Hindu deities, Subrahmanya is known by many other names, including Senthil, Vēlaṇ, Kumāran (meaning 'prince or child or young one'), Swaminatha (meaning 'smart' or 'clever'), Saravaṇa, Arumugam or Shanmuga (meaning 'one with six faces'), Dandapani (meaning God with a Club), Guhan or Guruguha (meaning 'cave-dweller'), Subrahmanya, Kartikeya and Skanda (meaning 'that which is spilled or oozed).[3][4] He was also known as Mahasena and the Kadamba Dynasty kings worshiped him by this name.[5]
Vedas[edit]
The Atharva Veda describes Kumaran as 'Agnibhuh' because he is form of 'Agni' (Fire God) & Agni hold in his hand when kumaran born. The Satapatha Brahmana refers to him as the son of Rudra and the six faces of Rudra. The Taittiriya Aranyaka contains the Gayatri mantra for Shanmukha. The Chandogya Upanishad refers to Skanda as the "way that leads to wisdom". The Baudhayana Dharmasutra mentions Skanda as 'Mahasena' and 'Subrahmanya.' The Aranya Parva canto of the Mahabharata relates the legend of Kartikeya Skanda in considerable detail. The Skanda Purana is devoted to the narrative of Kartikeya.[6] The Upanishads also constantly make a reference to a Supreme Being called Guha, the indweller.
The first elaborate account of Kartikeya's origin occurs in the Mahabharata. In a complicated story, he is said to have been born from Agni and Svaha, after the latter impersonated the six of the seven wives of the Saptarishi (Seven Sages). The actual wives then become the Pleiades. Kartikeya is said to have been born to destroy the Asura Mahisha.[7] (In later mythology, Mahisha became the adversary of Durga.) Indra attacks Kartikeya as he sees the latter as a threat, until Shiva intervenes and makes Kartikeya the commander-in-chief of the army of the Devas. He is also married to Devasena, Indra's daughter. The origin of this marriage lies probably in the punning of 'Deva-sena-pati'. It can mean either lord of Devasena or Lord of the army (sena) of Devas. But according to Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, in his master work on Shiva[8] and other works, Kartikeya was married to Devasenā and that is on the ground of his name as Devasena's husband, Devasenāpati, misinterpreted as Deva-senāpati (Deva's general) that he was granted the title general and made the Deva's army general.[9]
Tolkappiyam, possibly the most ancient of the Tamil literature mentions him as "Seyon", the three other gods referred in Tolkappiyam are "Maayon", "Indhiran" and "Kotravai(see:Durga). Extant Sangam works, dated between the 3rd century BCE and 5th century CE glorified Murugan, "the red god seated on the blue peacock, who is ever young and resplendent," as "the favoured god of the Tamils."[10] The Sangam poetry divided space and Tamil land into five allegorical areas (tinai) and according to the Tirumurugarruppatai ( c. 400–450 AD) attributed to the great Sangam poet Nakkiirar, Murugan was the presiding deity the Kurinci region (hilly area). (Tirumurugaruppatai is a deeply devotional poem included in the ten idylls (Pattupattu) of the age of the third Sangam). The other Sangam era works in Tamil that refer to Murugan in detail include the Paripaatal, the Akananuru and the Purananuru. One poem in the Paripaatal describes the veneration of Murugan thus:
"We implore thee not for boons of enjoyment or wealth,
But for thy grace beatific, love and virtuous deeds."
According to the Tamil devotional work, Thiruppugazh, "Murugan never hesitates to come to the aid of a devotee when called upon in piety or distress". In another work, Thirumurukkarrupatai, he is described as a god of eternal youth;
His face shines a myriad rays light and removes the darkness from this world.[11]
The references to Murugan can be traced back to the first millennium BCE. There are references to Murugan in Kautilya's Arthashastra, in the works of Patanjali, in Kalidasa's epic poem the Kumarasambhavam. The Kushanas, who governed from what is today Peshawar, and the Yaudheyas, a republican clan in the Punjab, struck coins bearing the image of Skanda. The deity was venerated also by the Ikshvakus, an Andhra dynasty, and the Guptas.[6] The worship of Kumāra was one of the six principal sects of Hinduism at the time of Adi Shankara. The Shanmata system propagated by him included this sect. In many Shiva and Devi temples of Tamil Nadu, Murugan is installed on the left of the main deity. The story of His birth goesas follows:
Sati immolated herself in a pyre as her father King Daksha had insulted Shiva, her Lord. She was reborn as Parvathi or Uma, daughter of the King of Himalayas, Himavan. She then married her Lord Shiva. The Devas were under onslaught from the Asuras whose leader was Soorapadman. He had been granted boons that only Lord Shiva or his seed could kill him. Fearless he vanquished the Devas and made them his slaves. The Devas ran to Vishnu for help who told them that it was merely their fault for attending Daksha's yagna, without the presence of Lord Shiva. After this, they ran to Shiva for help. Shiva decided to take action against Soorapadman's increasing conceit. He frowned and his third eye- the eye of knowledge- started releasing sparks. These were six sparks in total. Agni had the responsibility to take them to Saravana Lake. As he was carrying them, the sparks were growing hotter and hotter that even the Lord of Fire could not withstand the heat. Soon after Murugan was born on a lotus in the Saravana Lake with six faces, giving him the name Arumukan. Lord Shiva and Parvati visited and tears of joy started flowing as they witnessed the most handsome child. Shiva and Parvathi gave the responsibility of taking care of Muruga to the six Krittika sisters. Muruga grew up to be a handsome, intelligent, powerful, clever youth. All the Devas applauded at their saviour, who had finally come to release them from their woes. Murugan became the supreme general of the demi-gods, then escorted the devas and led the army of the devas to victory against the asuras.
Though slightly varying versions occur in the Puranas, they broadly follow the same pattern. By this period, the identification of Shiva/Rudra with Agni, that can be traced back to the Vedas and Brahmanas, had clearly made Kartikeya the son of Shiva.[citation needed]
The Skanda Purana narrates that Shiva first wed Dakshayani (also named Sati), the first incarnation of Adi Shakthi the granddaughter of Brahma, and the daughter of Daksha. Daksha was a Vishnu devotee and never liked Shiva, who symbolized destruction of evil, detachment, and who lives a simple life . Daksha publicly insults Shiva in a Yagna ceremony, and Dakshayani immolates herself. The Yagna is destroyed by Shiva's avatar Virabhadra. Virabhadra broke the sacrificial vessels, polluted the offerings, insulted the priests and finally cut off Daksha's head, trampled on Indra, broke the staff of Yama, scattered the gods on every side; then he returned to Kailash.[12] Taraka believed that, because Shiva is an ascetic and his earlier marriage was conducted with great difficulty, his remarriage was out of the question, hence his boon of being killed by Shiva's son alone would give him invincibility.
The Devas manage to get Shiva married to Parvati (who was Dakshayani, reborn), by making Manmatha (also known as Kama), the God of love awaken him from his penance, but Manmatha incurred the Lord's wrath indicated by the opening his third eye – "Netri Kann", and being destroyed and resurrected. Shiva hands over his effulgence of the third eye used to destroy Manmatha to Agni, as he alone is capable of handling it until it becomes the desired offspring. But even Agni, tortured by its heat, hands it over to Ganga who in turn deposits it in a lake in a forest of reeds (sharavanam). Then Goddess Parvati, took the form of this water body as she alone is capable of taming the Tejas of Shiva, her consort. . The child is finally born in this forest (vana) with six faces: eesanam, sathpurusham, vamadevam, agoram, sathyojatham and adhomugam. He is first spotted and cared for by six women representing the Pleiades — Kritika in Sanskrit. He thus gets named Kartikeya. As a young lad, he destroys Tarakasur. He is also called Kumara (Tamil and Sanskrit for "youth")
Historically, God Kartikeya was immensely popular in the Indian subcontinent. One of the major Puranas, the Skanda Purana is dedicated to him. In the Bhagavad-Gita (Ch.10, Verse 24), Krishna, while explaining his omnipresence, names the most perfect being, mortal or divine, in each of several categories. While doing so, he says: "Among generals, I am Skanda, the lord of war."
Kartikeya's presence in the religious and cultural sphere can be seen at least from the Gupta age. Two of the Gupta kings, Kumaragupta and Skandagupta, were named after him. He is seen in the Gupta sculptures and in the temples of Ellora and Elephanta. As the commander of the divine armies, he became the patron of the ruling classes. His youth, beauty and bravery was much celebrated in Sanskrit works like the Kathasaritsagara. Kalidasa made the birth of Kumara the subject of a lyrical epic, the Kumaarasambhavam. In ancient India, Kartikeya was also regarded as the patron deity of thieves, as may be inferred from the Mrichchakatikam, a Sanskrit play by Shudraka, and in the Vetala-panchvimshati, a medieval collection of tales. This association is linked to the fact that Kartikeya had dug through the Krauncha mountain to kill Taraka and his brothers (in the Mrichchakatikam, Sarivilaka prays to him before tunnelling into the hero's house).
However, Kartikeya's popularity in North India receded from the Middle Ages onwards, and his worship is today virtually unknown except in parts of Haryana. There is a very famous temple dedicated to Him in the town of Pehowa in Haryana and this temple is very well known in the adjoining areas, especially because women are not allowed anywhere close to it. Women stay away from this temple in Pehowa town of Haryana because this shrine celebrates the Brahmachari form of Kartikeya. Reminders of former devotions to him include a temple at Achaleshwar, near Batala in Punjab, and another temple of Skanda atop the Parvati hill in Pune, Maharashtra. Another vestige of his former popularity can be seen in Bengal and Odisha, where he is worshipped during the Durga Puja festivities alongside Durga. Lord Subramanya is the major deity among the Hindus of northern Kerala. Lord Subramanya is worshipped with utmost devotion in districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the state of Karnataka. Rituals like nagaradhane are unique to this region.Temples[edit]
The main temples of Murugan are located in Tamil Nadu and other parts of south India. They include the Aru Padaiveedu (six abodes) — Thiruchendur, Swamimalai, Pazhamudircholai, Thirupparangunram, Palani (Pazhani), Thiruthani and other important shrines like Mayilam, Sikkal, Marudamalai, Kundrathur, Vadapalani, Kandakottam, Thiruporur, Vallakottai, Vayalur, Thirumalaikoil, Pachaimalai and Pavalamalai near Gobichettipalayam. Malai Mandir, a prominent and popular temple complex in Delhi, is one of the few dedicated to Murugan in all of North India apart from the Pehowa temple in Haryana.There are many temples dedicated to Lord Subramanya in Kerala. Amongst them are Atiyambur Sri Subramanya Temple in Kanhangad Kasaragod, Payyannur Subramanya Swamy temple in Payyanur, Panmana Subramanya Swamy temple in Panmana and the Subramanya temple in Haripad. There is a temple in Skandagiri, Secunderabad and one in Bikkavolu, East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. In Karnataka there is the Kukke Subramanya Temple where Lord Murugan is worshiped as the Lord of the serpents. Aaslesha Bali, Sarpa Samskara with nagapathista samarpa are major prayers here. There is a temple called Malai Mandir in South Delhi. Malai means hill in Tamil. Mandir means temple in Hindi.
The key temples in Sri Lanka include the sylvan shrine in Kataragama / (Kadirgamam) or Kathirkamam in the deep south, the temple in Tirukovil in the east, the shrine in Embekke in the Kandyan region and the famed Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna. There are several temples dedicated to Lord Murugan in Malaysia, the most famous being the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur. There is a 42.7-m-high statue of Lord Murugan at the entrance to the Batu Caves, which is the largest Lord Murugan statue in the world. Sri Thandayuthapani Temple in Tank Road, Singapore is a major Hindu temple where each year the Thaipusam festival takes place with devotees of Lord Muruga carrying Kavadis seeking penance and blessings of the Lord.
In the United Kingdom, Highgate Hill Murugan temple is one of the oldest and most famous. In London, Sri Murugan Temple in Manor park is a well-known temple. In Midlands, Leicester Shri Siva Murugan Temple[20] is gaining popularity recently. Skanda Vale[21] in West Wales was founded by Guruji, a Tamil devotee of Subramaniam, and its primary deity is Lord Murugan. In Australia, Sydney Murugan temple in Parramatta (Mays Hill), Perth Bala Muruguan temple in Mandogalup and Kundrathu Kumaran temple in Rockbank, Melbourne are major Hindu temples for all Australian Hindus and Murugan devotees. In New Zealand, there is a Thirumurugan Temple in Auckland and a Kurinji Kumaran Temple in Wellington, both dedicated to Lord Murugan. In the USA, Shiva Murugan Temple[22] in Concord, Northern California and Murugan Temple of North America[23] in Maryland, Washington DC region are popular. In Toronto, Canada, Canada Kanthasamy Temple is known amongst many Hindus in Canada. In Dollard-des-Ormeaux, a suburb of the city of Montreal in Canada, there is a monumental temple of Murugan. The Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple, located in the Sihl Valley in Adliswil, is the most famous and largest Hindu temple in Switzerland.[24]