Studio design: drawn with AI image tools to the iconography of Hinduism, checked against that tradition's rules and approved by a person. Captions are set in real type, never generated. Made to order in the USA.
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Murugan is the ever-youthful god cherished across the Tamil world, from the hilltop shrine at Palani to the golden statue at Batu Caves. Son of Shiva and Parvati and brother of Ganesha, he carries the vel, the lance his mother gave him, and rides a peacock beneath a rooster banner. In Tamil tradition he stands with his consorts Valli and Devasena; in much of North India he is Kartikeya, the celibate commander. Devotees see in his lance wisdom that pierces ignorance.
The design and its line printed in a single ink on a heavyweight garment-dyed Comfort Colors tee in soft, lived-in colours: gold on the deep dyes, warm ink on the pale ones.
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