Cock flag

The Rooster flag present in the left hand of a statue of Murugan (middle).

The Rooster flag (Sanskrit: कुक्कुटध्वज, romanized: Kukkuṭadhvaja, Tamil: சேவல் கொடி, romanized: Céval koți) is the flag of the Hindu deity Kartikeya, also rendered Skanda,[1] and Murugan in Tamil tradition. The deity Murugan is depicted with the divine spear vel in one hand and the rooster flag in the other in his iconography.[2]

  1. ^ Bonnefoy, Yves (1993-05-15). Asian Mythologies. University of Chicago Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-226-06456-7.
  2. ^ Krishna, Nanditha (2014-05-01). Sacred Animals of India. Penguin UK. p. 271. ISBN 978-81-8475-182-6.