Cock flag

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

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