Subrahmanya is one among the numerous names of

Lord Muruga or Lord Karthikeya or Kartik. An

important god in Hindu pantheon, he is the son

of Lord Shiva and Parvati and is the army general

of the Devas (gods). In Sanskrit, ‘su’ means

anything good natured or beautiful or good.

‘Brahmanya’ means a person who has had realized

Brahman.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods