Lord Shiva created 6 divine sparks in the Saravana Poigai and the sparks were converted into babies. The babies were fostered by 6 Karthigai Pengal (Divine Angels). On the day of Karthigai Deepam festival, Goddess Parvathy blended all the 6 babies to become a single boy, Lord Karthikeya (Lord Muruga), to massacre Surapadhman
