Karthikeyan (in short

Karthikeya Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesha ...

, Karthik, Kartik) is an Indian masculine

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derived from the Lord Kartikeya.

People

D. R. Karthikeyan Devarayapuram Ramasamy Kaarthikeyan is a former Indian Police Service officer (1964 Batch and Karnataka cadre) from Tamil Nadu, and a former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Director General, National Human Rights Commission. ...

, an Indian Police Service Officer. *

G. Karthikeyan G. Karthikeyan (20 January 1949 – 7 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Aruvikkara constituency, who represented the Indian National ...

, an Indian politician and the speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly * M. L. R. Karthikeyan, an Indian playback singer * Murali Karthikeyan, an Indian chess Grandmaster * Narain Karthikeyan, the first Formula One motor racing driver from India *

P. S. Karthikeyan P. S. Karthikeyan (January 1918 – January 24, 1983) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congre ...

, an Indian politician who was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly * Sivakarthikeyan, an Indian film actor, television anchor, and stand-up comedian of Tamil Nadu

People

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