Conferences & Publications

This collection preserves Murugan.org’s record of international conferences, calls for papers, programs, participant materials, press coverage, newsletters and publications. It functions both as an institutional archive and as a guide to the scholarly networks that helped shape modern Murugan studies.

Complete Collection Index

1998 Murugan Conference

1998 conference papers, programs, participants and records.

• Synopses: First International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Profiles of Murukan Conference Participants: First International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Speakers: First Intl Conference on Skanda-Murukan

2001 Murugan Conference

2001 conference papers, programs and records.

• 2001 Tamil Religious Calendar
• Programme: Second International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• International Murukan Conference Series

2003 Murugan Conference

2003 conference papers, programs and records.

• 2003 Murukan Conference Programme
• Thrust Areas: Third International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Third International Conference on Skanda-Murukan announcement

2012 Murugan Conference

2012 conference announcements and records.

• 2012 Muruga Bhakti Conference
• முருகபக்தி மாநாடு 2012 (Tamil Original)

Conference Programs, Calls & Administration

Programs, calls for papers, organizing material and technical conference resources.

• Call for papers
• Letter from Prof. Fred Clothey
• Murukan Conference Series Research Topics
• How the International Murukan Conference Series began
• Standard Transcription of Devanagari characters
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 17: November 2003
• International Centre for the Study of Skanda-Murukan
• Registration Form: Skanda-Murukan Conference
• Nine synopses: Murukan Conference II
• The Second International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan
• Paper synopses from the Third Murukan Conference in Kuala Lumpur, 2-5 November 2003

Conference Reports, Press & Participants

Press coverage, reviews, speaker and participant records.

• Review of the First International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Research articles on Skanda-Murukan Index of research papers from the First International Conference on Skanda-Murukan 1998
• Meet on Murugan: Hinduism Today article of May 1999
• The Second International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan
• The Second International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan
• Cultural Performances at Batu Caves during four-day Conference
• Synopses of articles at 1st International Conference on Skanda-Murukan 1998

Conference Archive & Related Events

Conference-history material, abstracts and related institutional events.

• Synopsis: Legends of Karttikeya in Purulia Chhau
• Synopsis: Dance Representations of Bala Murugan in Kunruthoradal Temples
• Pan-Hindu Pilgrimage Traditions, Batu Caves and Murukan Worship
• Complementary Roles of Kavati Festivals in Mauritius
• Synopsis: The legitimisation of a North Indian form of Skanda worship in the UK: the transmigration of Baba Balaknath from rural Punjab to urban centres of Britain
• Cevvel (Murukan) as depicted in the Paripatal
• Synopsis: “Murukan, the Tamil Ideal of Beauty as Divinity: A comparison with Dionysus”
• The theological concept of Absolute Reality enunciated by the 15th Century poet saint, aruNakiri nAthar
• Hail to the Heroic Lance: Murukan in Cilappatikaram
• Vallakkottai Murukan Temple
• Cankam Age Murukan at Velimalai
• The Vijayanagar period revival of the cult of Murukan: A historical background
• Skanda in Hindu Temple Architecture
• Myths of Kartik and its use as poetic motifs in Bengali Poetry
• Archaeology of Idumpan
• The Myth of Deification of Alexander and its alleged influence on the Cult of Skanda-Murukan-Karttikeya
• Synopsis: “Mauritius Taippucam Kavati Festival: a socio-historical perspective”
• Does Nakkirar belong to the Sangam Age?
• Religion, Ethnicity and Diaspora: Murugan Worship among Tamil Hindus in Mauritius
• Continuity and Change: The cult of Kataragama in Sri Lanka
• Murukan Worship in Melbourne
• Synopsis: Thai Poosaman and Kavadi Festival in Seychelles

Newsletters & Conference Bulletins

Murugan.org newsletters and conference bulletins.

• Murukan Conference Newsletter 12: Kuala Lumpur 2003 special issue
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter Archive
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 10: Jan–Feb 2002
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 12: September 2002
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 13: Jan–Feb 2003
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 15: July 2003
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 17: November 2003
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 2: Jan–Feb 2000
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 6: November 2000
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 7: Jan–Feb 2001
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 8
• Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 9: Nov–Dec 2001

Publications, Books & Bibliographies

Book, publication and bibliography pages.

• Murugan Bhakti Guestbook
• Skanda-Murukan Publications
• Books on Traditional Studies

66 legacy documents are represented in this collection. Existing archive URLs are preserved.