| Kartikeya Temple | |
|---|---|
 Kartikeya Temple, Pehowa | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| District | Kurukshetra |
| Deity | Kartikeya |
| Festivals | Sarasvati Mahotsav, Maha Shivaratri |
| Location | |
| Location | Pehowa |
| State | Haryana |
| Country | India |
  Shown within Haryana  Kartikeya Temple, Pehowa (India) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 29°59′N 76°35′E / 29.98°N 76.58°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Nagara style |
| Temple(s) | 1 |
Kartikeya Temple is a Hindu temple in Pehowa township of the North Indian state of Haryana is one of the oldest Karthikeya temple in North India. Kartikeya is a popular Hindu deity in India and is worshiped across the length and breadth of the country. Like most Hindu deities, He is known by many other names, including Murugan, Senthil, Saravaṇa, Arumugam or Shanmukha (meaning 'one with six faces'), Kumāra (meaning 'child or son'), Guha, Skanda (meaning 'that which is spilled or oozed, namely seed' in Sanskrit).[1]
The Kushanas, who governed from what is today Peshawar, and the Yaudheyas, a republican clan in the Punjab, stuck coins bearing the image of Skanda. The deity was venerated also by the Ikshvakus, an Andhra dynasty, and the Guptas.[2]