Research papers on the cult of Skanda-Murukan

  1. “Murugan in the Indus Script” by Iravatham Mahadeva
  2. “Murukan In Cankam Literature: Veriyattu – A Tribal Worship” by M. Shanmugam Pillai
  3. “Mayilam: A Murukan temple at the crossroads of myth and local culture” by François L’ Hernaul
  4. “Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Flashes of Insight” by Raju Kalido
  5. “Karttikeya in Early Indian Coinage” by S. Suresh
  6. “Tai Pucam in Malaysia” by Carl Vadivella Belle
  7. “Karttikeya worship in Bengal” by Seethalakshmi Viswanath
  8. “Vel Worship in Sri Lanka” by Vimala Krishnapillai
  9. “The Guardian Deities of Lanka: Skanda-Murukan and Kataragama” by S. Pathmanathan
  10. “Skanda-Murukan cult in Eastern Sri Lanka: Continuity and Change” by N. Shanmugalingam
  11. “The Murukan cult in Mauritius: Essence of Tamil ethnic identity” by Khesaven Sornu
  12. Tiruppukal in the cult of Murukan” by Ponnaih Jeyaalaki Arunagirinathan
  13. “Arunagirinathar’s Views on Wealth by S.R.S. Ayyar
  14. “Murukan, Tamil God of Justice” by Marudhamuthu
  15. “Swarupa Vel: Skanda’s Sister Jyoti” by A. Alagarappan
  16. “The Development of Muruku-Muruka-Velan and Ce-Ey-Ceyon in Cankam Literature” by K.V. Ramakrishna Rao
  17. “The Iconography of Somāskanda Mūrti” by S. Suthanthiran
  18. “Shanmuka Kavacam and the Kavacam genre” by S.P. Sabharathnam
  19. “Cult of Skanda-Murukan in Ancient Tamil Nadu” by Ambikai Velmurugu
  20. “Publication of Tiruppukal a Century Ago by V.T. Subramania Pillai: The Man and His Mission” by Gnanapurani Madhvanath
  21. “Palani icon: A scientific analysis” by M.S. Saravanan
  22. “Skanda in ancient North India” by R.K. Seth
  23. “Cannittiyan: Celva Cannitti Murukan” by Kandiah Neelakandan
  24. “Skanda-Subrahmanya in Sanskrit Tradition” by S.S. Janaki
  25. “The Skanda cult in India: Sanskrit sources” by K.V. Sarma
  26. “In the Footsteps of Saint Arunagirinathar: Pilgrimage to the sacred places in the Tiruppukal by Valayapettai Ra. Krishnan
  27. “Antiquity of Murukan Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective” by S. Kailash Sitrampalam
  28. “Skanda Legends in the Puranas” by N. Gangadhara
  29. “Murukan worship in Fiji” by R. Ponnu S. Goundar
  30. “My experience with Vallimalai Saccindananda Swami” by P.S. Krishna Iyer
  31. “Karttikeya in the folk life of Orissa” by Kailash Pattaniak
  32. “Murukan Cult in Cilappatikaram” by S. Kanmani
  33. “Discovery of an early sculpture of Murukan” by C. Veeraraghava
  34. “Significance of Kaumara Icons” by P. Suyamb
  35. “Murukan Worship through Musical Forms” by N. Jayavidhya
  36. “Viralimalai Murukan as described by Arunagirinathar” by D. Chandrasekaran, I.A.S.
  37. “Following Murukan: Tai Pucam in Singapore” by Gauri Parimoo Krishna
  38. “Lord Murukan, the embodiment of beauty and love” by Padmaja Anantharaman
  39. “Skanda-Murukan: Time and Nature associations” by Alexander Dubianski
  40. “Pilgrimage and Mystical Practice” by T. Senthilwerl
  41. “Pāda Yātrā to Palani Murukan Temple: A folk tradition” by R. Kannan
  42. “The Worship of God Murukan in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka” by Amirthalingam Sellia
  43. “Tamil Language and Murukan Worship in South Africa” by Prof. S. Subramaniyan
  44. “Murugan Devotion among Tamil Diaspora” by Patrick Harrigan
  45. “Legends of Karttikeya in Puruliya Chau” by Malati Agniswaran
  46. “Tirumurukarruppatai’s place in the Saiva Canon” by Ponnaih Jeyaalaki Arunagirinathan
  47. “Distinctive features of Tirumurukarruppatai” by Ponnaih Jeyālaki Arunagirinathan
  48. “Murukan Temples In Australia” by Dr. Arumugam Kandiah
  49. “Guha Jñāna Bodham” by Dr. P. Pandian, IAS (retd)
  50. “Kanta Shasti Vratam” by T. Senthilwer
  51. “Murukan Worship in Melbourne” by Sivasupramaniam Sitsabesa
  52. “God Murukan as viewed by the ancient Tamils” by P. Thiagaraja
  53. “Facets of Murukan” by V. Balambal
  54. “Vallakkottai Murukan Temple” by Giridharilal Moorchand
  55. “The Hexagram and its Parallel in the Indus Valley Graffiti” by N.S. Valluvan
  56. “Representations of Bala Murukan in Kunrutoradal Temples, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu” by Malati Agneswaran
  57. “The Worship of Murukan and the Zodiac” by K. V. Ramakrishna Rao
  58. Murukap Perumanin Virathankalum Vizhakkalum by Santhi Navukarasan
  59. “Murukan, The Protector and Healer” by Prof. Mrs. V. Balamba
  60. “Devaraya Swamigal’s contribution to ‘Murukanism'” by Sivagami Paramasivam 
  61. “Skanda: The Alexander Romance in India” by N. Gopala Pilla
  62. Introduction to Tamil Traditions on Subrahmanya-Murugan by Kamil Zvelebil
  63. “Murugan and Valli” by Kamil Zvelebil
  64. “Skandakumara and Kataragama: An Aspect of the Relation of Hinduism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka” by Heinz Bechert
  65. “Murugan in Kurinci Poetry” by Alexander Dubiansky
  66. “Dionysus and Kataragama: Parallel Mystery Cults” by Patrick Harrigan
  67. “Kailasa to Kataragama: Sacred Geography in the cult of Skanda-Murukan” by Patrick Harrigan
  68. “Devotion to Murukan” by by J.I. McGrath
  69. “Iranian Sraosa and Indian Skanda” by Sukumar Sen
  70. “Note on Karttikeya in ancient Java” by Hayati Soebadio
  71. “Skanda-Karttikeya in ancient Cambodia” by Mahesh Kumar Sharan
  72. “Rare Images of Brahmasāsta and Varāhasamhāra” by R.K.K. Rajarajan
  73. “Iconographic Contact between Karttikeya and ManjuŚrī in China” by B.N. Mukherjee
  74. Bodhisattva Skanda in China illustrated research note
  75. “Cosmography of Lanka Down the Ages” by Patrick Harrigan
  76. “Islamic Traditions of Kataragama” by Patrick Harrigan
  77. “Kinetic Iconography of Murukan” by Malati Agniswara
  78. “Arunagirinathar: Was he a Shakta?” by Sadhu Ram
  79. “Lord Kataragama’s Two Wives” by Paul Younger
  80. “Trimurti Orientation in Medieval South Indian Temples” by Raju Kalidos
  81. “Summa Iru in Tamil Scriptures” by S.R. Jayavelu
  82. “Skanda, the elegant war-god son of Shiva” by Rohit Pillai
  83. “The Iconography of Murugan” by Raju Kalidos
  84. “Murukan Worship in Sri Lanka: New Archaeological Evidence” by P. Pushparatnam
  85. “Skanda Cult in South India” by K.R. Venkataraman
  86. “Aspects of Karttikeya’s Character” by Asim Kumar Chatterje
  87. “Vaikasi Visakam and Lord Murukan” by Sivanandini Duraiswamy
  88. “Tiruppukazh: The Human Interface between Polytheism and Absolute Reality” by C.R. Krishnamurti and P. Rathanaswami
  89. “Indus Graffiti as Rock Art and their Astronomical Implications” by N.S. Valluvan)
  90. “The Hexagram, Symbol of God Murukan, and its parallel in the Indus Sign denoting Space and Time” by N.S. Valluvan
  91. “Evolution of the Asian Deity Murukan from the Indus Valley Prototype Ahmuvan and his Role as a Mediator” by N.S. Valluvan
  92. A Note on the Muruku Sign of the Indus Script in light of the Mayiladuthurai Stone Axe Discovery by Iravatham Mahadevan
  93. “Sacred Trees in Murukan Temples” by V. Balambal
  94. “The Story of Skanda as told in the Northern and Southern Recensions” by P.R. Kannan
  95. “Skanda the Merciful and His Devotees “ by P.R. Kannan
  96. “How the Murukan Conference Series began” by Patrick Harrigan, First Murukan Conference Secretary
  97. “Cult of the Child-God Crosses a Millennial Milestone”
  98. Hinduism Today May 1999 feature article
  99. Review published in the International Institute of Asian Studies Newsletter
  100. “Third Murukan Conference: Whither the Murukan Conference Series?”
Research papers on the cult of Skanda-Murukan