Karthikeya - Murugan Rajnarayan Bohre Karthikeya is the most popular deity of Indian Mythology! Kartikeya means Murugan. Murugan is the deity who is said to be the son of the supreme deity Shankar in North India and he is worshiped equally in North India as well as in South India. As such, worship of Vishnu is also done in South India like North India and Lakshmi is also worshiped in both places. It is said that when all the Gods and Goddesses were troubled by the demon named Tarakasura and he was not allowing normal people to live life properly,