Murugan Conference II: Participants and their topics

(in alphabetical order)

  1. Dr. Malati Agneswaran: "Legends of Karttikeya in Puruliya Chau"
  2. Prof. Jean-Luc Alber: "Anthrology of religions and the theory of ethnicity concerning the cult of Murukan"
  3. Dr. Krishnaveni Arunachalam "Muruga, The Beautiful"
  4. Dr. Mrs. V. Balambal: "Subramania Bharathi‘s concept of Valli and Murukan"
  5. M. Bhojan: "Murukan worship in Nilgris with special reference to Badagas"
  6. Dr. K. Chellappan: "Murukan, The Tamil ideal of beauty as divinity: A comparison with Dionysus"
  7. Jeevendiren Chemen: "Complementary roles of Kavati festival in Mauritius"
  8. Dr. S.A.K. Durga: "Lord Murugan in Nada Rupa: A Critical Study"
  9. Prof. Ron Geaves: "The legitimisation of a North Indian form of Skanda worship in the U.K: The Transmigration of Baba Balaknath from rural Punjab to urban centres of Britain"
  10. Dr. R. Ponnu Samy Gounder: "Murukan Worship in Fiji"
  11. Mr. H.S. Gundappa: "Subrahmanya worship in South India, Karnataka State"
  12. Mr.K.Guruswamy: "Arunagirinathar is a rare of the Rarest siddhar."
  13. Dr. N. Jayavidhya: "Kavadi Cintu"
  14. Prof. Dr. Raju Kalidos: "Arupataivitu Tradition: Cankam and Modern"
  15. Dr. Arumugam Kandiah: "Cevvel in the Paripatal: A brief survey"
  16. Dr. J.G. Kannappan: "Lord Murukan, A God of Medicine"
  17. Mrs. Vasuki Kanappan: Music Interlude
  18. Thangeswary Kathiraman: "History of Murukan worship in Sri Lanka"
  19. Dr. C.R. Krishnamurti and Dr. P. Rathanaswami: "The concept of the Absolute in Kandar Anubhuti"
  20. V.G. Krishnan: topic to be announced
  21. Dr. P. Marudanayagam: "Hail to the Heroic Lance: Murukan in Cilappatikaram"
  22. Dr. Aru. Marudha Durai: "A study in the iconography of Murukan"
  23. Mr. Mohan: topic to be announced
  24. Giridharlal Moolchand: "Murukan Temple at Vallakottai"
  25. M.C.Murukan: topic to be announced
  26. Prof. Murukesan: "Murukan worship in the Cankam Age as revealed in Partipatal and Tirumurukarruppatai"
  27. Rasiah Nagalingam: "Temples and modes of worship in the Northern and Eastern province of Sri Lanka"
  28. Sri Neelamegame: "Murugan Worship in Reunion"
  29. Dr. S. Padmanabhan: "Cankam Age Murukan at Velimalai (Fusion of Sanskrit and Tamil concepts in Skanda-Murukan)
  30. Prof. Arunai Palaravayan: topic to be announced
  31. Dr. P. Pandian, I.A.S. (retd.): "Guha Jñâna Bodham"
  32. Dr. A. Pandurangan: "The revival of Murukan Cult during Vijayanagar period: Historical background"
  33. Dr. Sivagami Paramasivam: "Sri Skandasramam, Salem"
  34. Sivasubramaniam Pathmanathan: "Skanda in the Buddhist Traditions in Sri Lanka"
  35. Dr. T. Neelakanda Pillai: "Murukan from Kurinchi God to Tamil Katavul"
  36. Lakshmi Poduval: "Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar"
  37. Mr. Namakkal Ponnusamy: "The Tamils and the Tamil God"
  38. Dr. Raju Poundurai: "Skanda in Hindu Temple Architecture"
  39. Dr. Paramu Pushparathinam: "History of Murukan Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka - Archealogical evidence"
  40. Dr. J. Raamachandran: "Murukan and Siddha Medicine II"
  41. T.N. Raamachandran: "Palani Dandapani Patikam"
  42. Dr. M.C. Rajamanickam: "Murugan Philosophy"
  43. Dr. D. Rajaram: "Energy Channels"
  44. K.V. Ramakrishna Rao: "The myth of deification of Alexandar and its alleged influence on the cult of Skanda-Murukan-Karttikeya"
  45. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ramasamy: "Valli Tirumanam in Tamil folk songs"
  46. Mr. S.A. Ramaswamy: "Marudamalai the sacred abode of Murukan"
  47. Dr. Sadasivam Reddi "Mauritius Taippucam Kavati Festival: a socio-historical perspective"
  48. Dr. P. Rozario: "Tribal Cult on Muruga with reference to Paliar"
  49. Dr. M. Sadasivam: "Does Nakkirar belong to the Cankam Age?"
  50. Dr. V.G. Santhosam: "Muruka the Light of Wisdom"
  51. Dr. Singaram Selvam: "Religion, Ethnicity and Diaspora: Murukan Worship among Tamil Hindus in Mauritius"
  52. Dr. T. Senthilwerl: "Kanda Sasti"
  53. Dr. Nagalingam Shanmugalingam: "Continuity and Change: Katirkama Cult in Sri Lanka"
  54. Sri P. Shanmugasundaram: topic to be announced
  55. S.N.P. Shanmugam: "Sathyam, Sivam, Sundaram"
  56. V. Sivasupramanlam: "Thai Poosaman and Kavadi Festival in Seychelles"
  57. Sivasupramaniam Sitsabesan: "Murukan worship in Melbourne"
  58. Prof. A. Subramanian
  59. Dr. Lalitha Sunder: topic to be announced
  60. A. Veluswamy Suthanthiran: "Murukan in Chola Art"
  61. Mr. Thiruvenkadam: topic to be announced
  62. Dr. P. Thiyagarajan: "Lord Murukan as Viewed by the Ancient Tamils"
  63. Dr. Ulakanayagi: "Tirumurukarrupatai"
  64. Kanakasabha Venkatasubbu Ravi: "Murugan worship according to Karatantra Agama"