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Kartikeya, 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.

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Is Kartikeya, son of Lord Shiva, still Chief Leader (Senapati) of Deva/Devta's army?

When the question of immortality is raised for Kartikeya, I can only answer with respect what Sri Vaishnava tradition believes. In that view, Kartikeya is as immortal as his father Shiva. … So, if is human's mortality is used as the yardstick, then Kartikeya can be considered as immortal. …
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Who is this figure depicted between Shiva and Parvati?

I happened to see a clipping in television describing this configuration as 'Somaskandan'. When googled I discovered a wikipedia page is dedicated for this purpose. An extract from it: Somaskan …
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