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Kartikeya Temple, Pehowa

Pehowa, Kurukshetra district, Haryana · 29.9800°, 76.5800°

KartikeyaUndeterminedNagara
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Nagara-style shrine at Pehowa in Kurukshetra district, described as one of the oldest Kartikeya temples in north India. It worships the god in his celibate form, and women are barred from entering.

Sthala katha — the legend

The Skanda Purana account followed here has Kartikeya born of the fire of Shiva's third eye, carried by Agni and Ganga, reared by the six Pleiades in a reed thicket and grown to six faces before slaying the demon Taraka.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined