Why was Tarakasur believed to be the evilest demon in Hinduism? Find out the story of Tarakasura in this video.<br /><br />Don't forget to Share, Like & Comment on this video<br /><br />Subscribe Our Channel Artha : https://goo.gl/22PtcY <br /><br />1 Tarakasur was the son of Vajranaka and a very powerful demon. He was also known by the name Taraka.<br />2 He carried severe austerities and asked for boons from the gods that made him formidable to the other deities.<br />3 Tarakasura had earned a clever boon from Lord Brahma that he could only be defeated by the son of Shiva.<br />4 It was not easy to breach this boon as during that period Lord Shiva was a complete yogi, who was far from any thoughts of material attachments.<br />5 It is said that this made the Daityas invincible as through Tarakasura’s help they repeatedly defeated the Hindu gods until heaven was on the verge of collapse.<br />6 For the destruction of this menacing Asura, the war god called Skanda (Lord Kartikeya) was miraculously born.<br />7 Kartikeya had killed Tarakasura and his two brothers, namely Simhamukhan and Surapadman.<br />8 In India, a popular festival called Skanda Sashti marks the death of the demon Tarakasura.<br /> <br />9 To get more amazing videos on Hinduism stay tuned with Artha Channel<br /> <br />Like us @ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ArthaChannel/ <br />Check us out on Google Plus - https://goo.gl/6qG2sv <br />Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ArthaChannel <br />Follow us on Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/arthachannel/ <br />Follow us on Pinterest - https://in.pinterest.com/channelartha/ <br />Follow us on Tumblr - https://www.tumblr.com/blog/arthachannel
