First
International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan: Chennai, December 1998
Papers for advance publication
The Skanda-Murukan Conference series publishes selected papers presented
at its international conferences, both in printed and electronic formats.
The Conference Website is now publishing selected papers from the First Conference, including:
"Mailam: A Murukan temple at the crossroads of myth and local culture" by François L' Hernault (24 kb)
"Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Flashes
of Insight" by Raju Kalidos (46 kb)
"Murukan In Cankam Literature:
Veriyattu - A Tribal Worship" by M. Shanmugam Pillai (20 kb)
"Murugan in the Indus Script" by
Iravatham Mahadevan (43 kb)
"The Guardian Deities of Lanka:
Skanda-Murukan and Kataragama" by S. Pathmanathan (42
kb)
"Tai Pucam in Malaysia" by Carl Vadivella Belle (44
kb)
"Karttikeya in Early Indian Coinage" by S. Suresh (21
kb)
See also:
"Skandakumara and Kataragama: An Aspect of the Relation of Hinduism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka" by Heinz Bechert (15 kb)
"Dionysus and Kataragama:
Parallel Mystery Cults" by Patrick Harrigan (96 kb)
"Kailasa to Kataragama: Sacred Geography in the cult of Skanda-Murukan" by Patrick Harrigan
(52 kb)
Reviews of the First Conference
For accounts of the First International Conference on Skanda-Murukan,
see these published reviews: