In Bengal, traditionally, many people drop images of Lord Kartik inside the boundaries of different households, who all are either newly married, or else, intend to get a son to carry on with their ancestry. However, the popularity of Kartik Puja (worshipping Kartik) is decreasing now, and Lord Kartik is primarily worshipped among those who intend to have a son. Kartikeya also known as Kartik or Kartika is also worshipped in West Bengal, and Kolkata(the capital of the state) on the last day of the Hindu month of ' Kartik'. After this event, Ganesha was considered the elder brother owing as a tribute to his wisdom. After winning it, he offers to give the mango to his upset brother. While Murugan speeds around the world thrice to win the contest for the mango, Ganesha circumambulates Shiva and Parvati thrice as an equivalent and is given the mango. A Puranic story has Ganesha obtain a divine mango of knowledge from Narada winning a contest with Murugan. In South India, it is believed that he is the younger of the two. In the Ganapati Khandam of the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, he is seen as the elder son of Shiva and Ganesha as the younger. Also, Kartikeya is seen helping Shiva fight the newborn Ganesha, Shiva's other son, in the Shiva Purana. This is suggested by the legend connected to his birth the wedding of Shiva and Parvati being necessary for the birth of a child who would vanquish the asura named Taraka. Some Sanskrit epics and puranas indicate that he was the elder son of Shiva. Given that legends related to Murugan are recounted separately in several Hindu epics, some differences between the various versions are observed. He is also called Kumara (Tamil for 'youth'). He is first spotted and cared for by six women representing the Pleiades - Kritika in Sanskrit. The child is finally born in this forest (vana) with six faces-eesanam, sathpurusham, vamadevam, agoram, sathyojatham and adhomugam. But even Agni, tortured its heat, hands it over to GangaВ 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. 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. The Devas manage to get Shiva married to ParvatiВ (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.

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