Basic Description:  God of Mars, one of the Nine Planets.

Alternate Names:   Khujan. Also sometimes identified with Kartikeya,

History/Practices:  The Hindu name for Tuesday, Mangalavara, is named after him.  Khudiru is sacred to him.

Sources:

Moor, Edward.  The Hindu Pantheon.  Los Angeles: Philosophical research society, 1976.

Thomas, P.  Epics, Myths and Legends of India.  Bombay, India: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Private Ltd, 1961.