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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Flag of Hindu deity Kartikeya}}<br />
[[File:Pachaimalai Kalyana Subramanyar pic1.jpg|thumb|The cock flag present in the left hand of a statue of Murugan (middle).|260x260px]]The '''cock flag''' ({{Lang-sa|कुक्कुटध्वज|translit=Kukkuṭadhvaja}}, {{Lang-ta|சேவல் கொடி|translit=Céval koți}}) is the flag of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] deity [[Kartikeya]], also rendered Skanda,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bonnefoy |first=Yves |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA125&dq=skanda+rooster&hl=en |title=Asian Mythologies |date=1993-05-15 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-06456-7 |pages=125 |language=en}}</ref> and Murugan in [[Hinduism in Tamil Nadu|Tamil tradition]]. The deity Murugan is depicted with the divine spear [[vel]] in one hand and the cock flag in the other in his iconography.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krishna |first=Nanditha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DF_af8_547EC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT271&dq=murugan+rooster+flag&hl=en |title=Sacred Animals of India |date=2014-05-01 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-182-6 |pages=271 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Legend==<br />
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According to the [[Skanda Purana|Kanda Puranam]], the deity Murugan is regarded to have battled the [[asura]] [[Śūrapadmā|Surapadman]] with the divine spear given to him by his mother, [[Parvati]]. After Surapadman had assumed the form of a tree, Murugan used his spear to split the asura into two. These halves became a peacock, which Murugan took as his [[Vahana|mount]], and a rooster, which he adopted as his flag. This legend is celebrated on the occasion of Skanda Shashti.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Melton |first=J. Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD_2J7W_2hQC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA821&dq=murugan+rooster+flag&hl=en |title=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations |date=2011-09-13 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-206-7 |pages=821 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSnJAAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT153&dq=skanda+rooster+flag&hl=en |title=Driven by the Divine: A Seven-Year Journey with Shivalinga Swamy and Vinnuacharya |last2=Kozlowski |first2=Frances |date=2013-08-21 |publisher=BalboaPress |isbn=978-1-4525-7893-4 |pages=153 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In the [[Mahabharata]], the cock is offered as the emblem of Skanda by [[Agni]] before his battle with [[Tārakāsura|Tarakasura]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=af1qFbouaVMC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA396&dq=skanda+cock+emblem&hl=en |title=The Mahabharata: Volume 3 |date=July 2012 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-310015-7 |pages=396 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{Kaumaram}}<br />
* [[Vel]]<br />
* [[Shankha]]<br />
* [[Hindu iconography]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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