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1. Aru Padai Veedugal: Six Abodes of Lord Muruga
2. Tiruchendur Subramanya Swami Devasthanam
3. Visit Tiruchendur
4. In the Footsteps of Saint Arunagirinathar: Pilgrimage to the sacred places in the Tiruppukal
5. Aru Padai Veedugal: Murugan's Six Battle Camps
6. Kumara Kottam Subrahmanya Temple, Kanchipuram
7. Places visited by Saint Arunagirinathar
8. Kumara Koil Murugan Temple
9. Kundalee Kumaran Kundru
10. Palani Dandayudhapani Swami Devasthanam
11. Invitation to visit Palani
12. Arulmigu Balamurugan Tirukkovil
13. Tirupparankundram Murugan Temple, Madurai
14. Legends of Tirupparankunram
15. Jnana Malai Murugan
16. Tiruchendur
17. Siruvapuri Murugan Temple
18. Arulmigu Swaminatha Swami Temple, Swamimalai
19. Viralimalai Murugan Temple
20. Palamuthircolai Subrahmanya Temple, Madurai
21. Singaravelavar Subrahmanya Temple, Sikkal
22. Vallakkottai Murukan Temple
23. Mailam: A Murukan temple at the crossroads of myth and local culture
24. Subramanya Swami Kovil, Tiruttani
• Tiruttani Tiruppugazh Tiruvizha 2001
25. Sri Subramanya Swami Devasthânam, Kumâra Vayalur
26. Tirupporur Subramanyar Temple, Tirupporur
27. Subramaniyar Swami Kovil, Valliyur
28. Temple Worship
29. Murugan Temples In Australia
30. Murukan Worship in Melbourne
31. Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia
32. Uttara Swaminatha Swami Temple, New Delhi
33. Vadapalani Dandayudhapani Temple, Chennai
34. Sri Vaishnavi Shrine, Aavadi (Chennai)
35. Arupadai Veedu Temple Complex in Madras
36. Sholinganallur Subrahmanya Temple
• Murugan Bhakti Ashrams in Sri Lanka and India
• Goddess Pongi Amma's Valli Malai home page
• Chennai Om Sri Skandasramam
• Om Murugasramam
• Sri Ramji Ashram, Kumaracoil
• Tiruppugazh Sangamam home page
• Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Natyalayam
• Murugan's Bhaktas and Sages
• Life of Bhogar Siddhar
• Biography of Saint Arunagirinathar
• Thiruppugazh — Musical Way of Worship
• Kumaragurupara Swamigal
• Ramana Maharshi on Bhakti
• Pamban Swamigal: His Life and Teachings
• Pamban Swamigal: Sa Vie et ses Enseignements
• My experience with Vallimalai Satchidananda Swami
• Kripananda Variar
• Sri Santananda Swamigal
• Rathinagiri Bala Murugan Adimai
• Personal accounts of Murugan devotees
  • "How Lord Centhil saved us from death"
  • A European bhakta's story
  • An Australian Spiritual Journey
  • Interview with Carl Vadivella Belle
• Murugan Bhakti photo galleries
1. Aru Padai Veedu scenes
2. Kanda Puranam in pictures
3. Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Gallery One
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Bala Swami
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Bala Swami
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Brahma Sasta
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Devasenapati
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Gaja Vahanar
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Kanda Swami
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Karttikeya
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Kraunchabhedanar
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Kumara
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Saravanabhavanar
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Senani
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Shakti Dharar
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Shikhivahanar
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Somaskanda
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Subrahmanyar-1
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Subrahmanyar-2
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Tarakari
• Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Sri Valli Kalyana Sundarar
4. Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Gallery Two
5. Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Gallery Three
6. Devotional Lithographs of Murugan: 1930-1950
7. Devotional Lithographs: 1930-1950
8. Tiru Avinankudi Gallery of Paintings
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9. Kanda Puranam introduction
• Kanda Puranam: Introduction
10. Moolavars: Nine aspects of Lord Murugan
• Cholai Moolavar Salaimalai Murugan
• Tirupparankundram Moolavar
• Palani Dandayudhapani Swami
• Palani Dandayudhapani Swami Raja Alankaram
• Palani Dandayudhapani Swami Tanga Kavacam
• Swamimalai Swaminatha Swami
• Tiruchendur Bala Subrahmanya Swami
• Tiruchendur Shanmugar
• Tiruttani Subrahmanya Swami
11. Thai Poosam in Singapore
• Murugan Bhakti newsletters
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter: Jan-Feb 2000
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter: November 2000
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter: Jan-Feb 2001
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter: Jan-Feb 2001
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter: Nov-Dec 2001
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 10: Jan-Feb 2002
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 12: September 2002
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 13: Jan-Feb 2003
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 15: July 2003
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 17: November 2003
  • Murugan Bhakti Newsletter 18: June 2004
• Cult of the Child-God Crosses a Millennial Milestone
• Murugan Bhakti: Cultivating Divine Love
• Skanda's Reverie
• Murugan: The Kali Yuga Varada
• Muruga -- The Ever-Merciful Lord
• How Murugan, Idumban and Kavadi came to Palani
• Foot Pilgrimage to Murugan Shrines
• Skanda's Sister Jyoti
• Skanda's Sister Jyoti
• Goddess Jyoti
• Tamils Abroad Seek Solace in Murugan
• Tirumurugarrupadai A Study
• The Tiruppugazh Way
• Tiruchendur Kanda Sashthi 1997
• Publications and Multimedia
  • Pierced by Murugan's Lance
  • Skanda-Murukan Publications
  • CD-ROM on Lord Muruga
  • Books on Traditional Studies
• Murugan Bhakti Guestbook
• Related Murugan Bhakti sites
• Living Heritage Network
• Links to other Murugan-related sites
• Other Digital Resource Areas
• Sacred Texts in Tamil, Sanskrit and English translation
  1. Mylai: Font download
  2. Sri Subrahmanya Ashtottara Sata Namavali: 108 Names of Skanda
  3. Skanda Purana Chapter 21: Parvati’s Penance
  4. Tirumurugarruppadai or 'Guide to Lord Murugan', translated by Layne Little
  5. 17 Aspects of god Skanda-Kumara: Pratimâlakshana of Saptadasha-Subrahmanya
  6. Kanda Puranam Part One: Uma Devi's Penance
  7. Devaraya Swamigal's Kanda Sashti Kavacam series
  • Kanda Sasti Kavacam One: Tirupparankundram
  • Kanda Sashti Kavacam Two: Tiruchendur
  • Kanda Sasti Kavacam Three: Palani
  • Kanda Sasti Kavacam Four: Swamimalai
  • Kanda Sasti Kavacam Five: Tiruttani
  • Kanda Sasti Kavacam Six: Pazhamutircolai
  8. Kandar Anubhuti
  9. The Great Eternal Speech or The Maha Vakyas
  10. Karttikeya Skanda Stotram
  11. Tirumurukarruppadai by Nakkeerar
  12. Sri Subrahmanya Bhujangam
  13. Kandar Anubhuti by Arunagirinathar in Tamil font
  14. Sri Subrahmanya Bhujangam by Adi Shankara Acharya in Tamil translation
  15. Kandar Alankaram
  16. Sri Subrahmanya Ashtotram
  17. Sri Sanmukha Kavacam by Pamban Swamigal
  18. Subrahmanya Sahasranamam: Thousand Names of Lord Skanda
  19. Sri Kârttikeya Stotra
  20. Kanda Guru Kavacam by Shantananda Swamigal in Tamil font
  21. Sri Kumara Upanishad
  22. Sri Subrahmanya Karâvalampashtakam
  23. Sri Kumârastavam
  24. Kandar Anubhutiyil pothinthu meypporul tattvam
• International Conferences on Skanda-Murukan
• First All-India National Murukan Conference 2005
• Call for papers
• The Second International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan
• Third International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Murugan Devotion among Tamil Diaspora
• Research Papers: First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan
• Speakers: First Intl Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• God Murukan as viewed by the ancient Tamils
• The Second International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan
• Letter from Prof. Fred Clothey
• Objectives and Scope of the Second International Conference on Murukan
• Murukan Conference Series Research Topics
• List of speakers at the Second International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Programme: Second International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Synopses: First International Conference on Skanda-Murukan
• Meet on Murugan: Hinduism Today article of May 99
• Intl Centre for the Study of Murukan-Skanda
• Research Articles Index
1. "Skanda: The Alexander Romance in India"
2. Introduction to Tamil Traditions on Subrahmanya-Murugan
3. Murugan and Valli Romance
4. Skanda-Subrahmanya in Sanskrit Tradition
5. Skanda Legends in the Puranas
6. The Skanda cult in India: Sanskrit sources
7. Skanda Kumara in ancient North India
8. Skanda-Murukan : time and nature associations
9. Some Observations on Kurinci Poetry
10. Muruga Sadhana in Tirumurugarrupadai
11. Devotion to Murukan
12. Iranian Sraosa and Indian Skanda
13. Skanda in Japanese Zen tradition
14. Wei Tuo Pú sà (Bodhisattva Skanda)
15. Iconographic Contact between Karttikeya and Manjusri in China
16. Tamil Language and Murukan Worship in South Africa
17. The Murukan cult in Mauritius
18. Taippoosam Kavadi Festival in Seychelles
19. Following Murukan: Tai Pucam in Singapore
20. Tai Pucam In Malaysia
21. Karttikeya in ancient Java
22. Skanda-Karttikeya in ancient Cambodia
23. Murukan worship in Fiji
24. Karttikeya in the folk life of Orissa
25. Karttikeya worship in Bengal
26. Legends of Karttikeya in Puruliya Chau
27. Facets of Murukan
28. Palani Andavar icon: A Scientific Analysis
29. Murukan , Tamil God of Justice
30. Tiruppuka l as classical music and its role in the cult of Murukan
31. Tirumurukarruppatai's place in the Saiva Canon
32. Rare Images of Brahmasasta and Varahasamhara
33. Significance of Kaumara Icons
34. Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Flashes of Insight
35. The Iconography of Somaskanda Murti
36. Trimurti Orientation in Medieval South Indian Temples
37. Murukan in the Indus Script
38. Discovery of an early sculpture of Murukan
39. Cult of Skanda-Murukan in ancient Tamil Nadu
40. Murukan in Cankam Literature: Veriyattu Tribal Worship
41. Murukan Cult in Cilappatikaram
42. Development of Muruku-Muruka-V 5;lan and Ce-Cey-Ceyon in Cankam Literature
43. Antiquity of Murukan Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective
44. Shanmuka Kavacam and the Kavacam genre
45. Saint Arunagirinathar: Was he a Shakta?
46. Viralimalai Murukan as described by Arunagirinathar
47. Murukan Worship through Musical Forms
48. Publication of Tiruppukal a Century Ago by V.T. Subramania Pillai
49. Arunakirinathar's Views on Acquisition of Wealth
50. Lord Murukan, the embodiment of beauty and love
51. Skanda Sashti: Reflections on Divinity
52. Karttikeya in Early Indian Coinage
53. Skanda's Sister Jyoti
54. Kanta Shasti Vratam
55. Pilgrimage and Mystical Practice
56. Kinetic Art Forms in the Iconograpy of Murugan
57. Guha Jnana Bodham
58. "Summa Iru in Tamil Scriptures"
59. "Skanda, the elegant war-god son of Shiva"
60. The Iconography of Murugan
by Raju Kalidos
61. "Note on Kaumari Iconography"
by Asim Kumar Chatterjee
62. "Deciphering the Indus Script" (book review)
by Richard Solomon
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