First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan: Chennai, December 1998

See also Synopses of Conference papers.

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:

  1. "Mailam: A Murukan temple at the crossroads of myth and local culture" by François L' Hernault (24 kb)
  2. "Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Flashes of Insight" by Raju Kalidos (46 kb)
  3. "Murukan In Cankam Literature: Veriyattu - A Tribal Worship" by M. Shanmugam Pillai (20 kb)
  4. "Murugan in the Indus Script" by Iravatham Mahadevan (43 kb)
  5. "The Guardian Deities of Lanka: Skanda-Murukan and Kataragama" by S. Pathmanathan (42 kb)
  6. "Tai Pucam in Malaysia" by Carl Vadivella Belle (44 kb)
  7. "Karttikeya in Early Indian Coinage" by S. Suresh (21 kb)

See also:

  1. "Skandakumara and Kataragama: An Aspect of the Relation of Hinduism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka" by Heinz Bechert (15 kb)
  2. "Dionysus and Kataragama: Parallel Mystery Cults" by Patrick Harrigan (96 kb)
  3. "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: