▁( 1 9 6 3 : 5 7 - 5 8 ) ▁thinks ▁that ▁Pal lav as ▁adopted ▁the ▁Gan esa ▁mot if ▁from ▁Chal uky as . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁century , ▁V at api ▁Gan ap ati ▁id ol ▁was ▁brought ▁from ▁Bad ami ▁( V at api ▁- ▁Chal uk ya ▁capital ) ▁by ▁Par an j oth i , ▁the ▁general ▁of ▁Pal lav as ▁who ▁defeated ▁Chal uky as . ▁ ▁Sk anda ▁▁ ▁Mur ug an ▁( , ▁S ansk rit : स ु ब ् र ह ् म ण ् य , ▁) ▁also ▁called ▁ ▁K art i key a , ▁Sk anda ▁and ▁Sub rah man ya , ▁ ▁is ▁more ▁popular ▁in ▁South ▁India ▁especially ▁among ▁T amil ▁people ▁fam ously ▁referred ▁as ▁Th am iz h ▁K ad av ul ▁( G od ▁of ▁T amil s ). ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁patron ▁de ity ▁of ▁the ▁T amil ▁land ▁( T amil ▁N adu ). ▁Like ▁most ▁H indu ▁de ities , ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁by ▁many ▁other ▁names , ▁including ▁, ▁, ▁ ▁( mean ing ▁' son ▁of ▁K ritt ika ' ▁), ▁Ar um ug am , ▁San m uga ( from ▁S ansk rit ▁ ▁), ▁Sh ad an ana ▁( mean ing ▁' one ▁with ▁six ▁faces '), ▁ ▁( mean ing ▁' child ▁or ▁son '), ▁ ▁or ▁G uru hu ha ▁( mean ing ▁' ca ve - dw eller