The Vehicle Lord Murugan rides is a peacock called Paravani.

Vahana, Paravani, rooster, Krichi, Sarasvathi Poojay, PRAYER, Hindu temples, Priest, bhajan, SONGS, DANCE, festival, Religious Organization, Clairwood Mathar Sungum, Shri Muruga Alayam, KM Naidu, Ganesha, Vikneshvarar, elephant deity, Shiva, Parvathy, Luxmi, marigold garland, 9 planets, Peacock, Lord Muruga, Sathi Sanmarka Sangam, Guru Krishna
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Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
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Photograph collection of Hindu festival – Sarasvathi Poojay
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South Africa
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UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

Vahana. The Vehicle he rides is a peacock called Paravani. Kartikeya, also known as Lord Murugan in Southern India, is also mounted on a peacock. This peacock was originally an Asura called Surapadma, while the rooster which was called the angel, Krichi.

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