Originally posted by: GERTRUDIS
Dia not just Adishakti so many more if u count. After Adishakti, Karthikeya the most. Shown so inferior to Ganesh blood boils. 😡
Don't even make me go there...
My blood boils every time I see him as Ganesh's elder brother..Yeah ! I am aware of the difference in the narrative between North and South. But there were two very strong reasons why it must have been Murugan who was younger..:
1. His significance to Tamil culture surpasses anything anyone has heard of him elsewhere. He is not an obscure entity who can be shown any which way. So if they were choosing to go with the popular lore.. it must have been Murugan as the second child of Shiva and Parvati - not a single practicing Hindu household in the South is complete without a prominent picture of Subramaniya.
2. In all the different poojas I am aware of, when the Ganesha pooja is done first and we do the different namavalis of Ganesha, he is referred to as the elder brother of Skanda/first son of Gowri...this is debatable for the kind of reference..well then anything is game for debate then.
That said...I simply love Rushi as Murugan and want his potential to be explored and exploited. Love Saadhil too..but borderline hating his Gannu avatar

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