Research articles concerning Kataragama

1. Ameresekere, H.E. "The Kataragama God Shrines and Legends", Ceylon Literary Register, third series, Vol. I. No. 7, July 1931, p. 291.
2. Amirthalingam Selliah. "The Worship of God Murukan in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka"
3. Arunachalam, Ponnambulam. "The Worship of Muruka or Skanda (the Kataragama God)" Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch, vol. 29, no. 77, 1924, pp. 234-261.
4. Asangananda, Swami. "Kataragama, the Holy of Holies of Sri Lanka", Colombo, Ramakrishna Mission, 1970, first published in The Kalyana-Kalpataru, Gorakhpur, India, Dec. 1935.
5. Bechert, Heinz. "The Cult of Skanda-Kumara in the Religious History of South India and Ceylon", Proceedings of the Third International Conference Seminar, (Paris: International Association of Tamil Research, 1970), pp. 199-20
6. Harrigan, Patrick and Swami Vigyananand. "Annadanam from Kailasa to Kataragama"
7. Harrigan, Patrick. "Kataragama's Role in Sri Lankan History or 'History Is Whose Story?'"
8. Harrigan, Patrick. "Kataragama's Holistic Orientation: An example of Oriental Cosmography"
9. Harrigan, Patrick. "Cosmography of Lanka Down the Ages" from Sri Lanka and the Silk Road of the Sea edited by Dr. Senake Bandaranayake and jointly published by UNESCO and the Central Cultural Fund (Colombo: 1990)
10. Harrigan, Patrick. "Islamic Traditions of Kataragama" (Colombo: The Sunday Observer, April 7, 1991)
11. Harrigan, Patrick. "Sri Lanka: Gateway to Other Worlds?" (Colombo: The Sunday Observer, October 4, 1992)
12. Harrigan, Patrick. "Did Lord Buddha visit ancient Lanka?" (Colombo: Sunday Observer, 1992)
13. Harrigan, Patrick. "Sri Lanka's Indigenous Wanniya-laeto: A Case History" Report to Sri Lanka's National Committee for the International Year of the World's Indigenous People (Colombo: 1993)
14. Harrigan, Patrick. "Dionysus and Kataragama: Parallel Mystery Cults" Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies, Vol. XIV No. 2 March 1997, pp. 1-28.
15. Harrigan, Patrick. "Kailasa to Kataragama: Sacred Geography in the cult of Skanda-Murukan" Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies, Vol. XV No. 2 March 1998, pp. 33-52.
16. Krishnapillai, Vimala. "Vel Worship in Sri Lanka" paper presented at the First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan (Chennai, 1998)
17. Navaratnam, C.S. "Three Murugan festivals of Sri Lanka" from Short History of Hinduism in Ceylon (Jaffna: Sri Samuganatha Press, 1964)
18. Neelakandan, Kandiah. "Cannittiyan: Celva Cannitti Murukan" paper presented at the First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan (Chennai, 1998)
19. Pathmanathan , S. "The Guardian Deities of Lanka: Skanda-Murukan and Kataragama" paper presented at the First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan (Chennai, 1998)
20. Shanmugalingam, N. "Skanda-Murukan cult in Eastern Sri Lanka: Continuity and Change" paper presented at the First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan (Chennai, 1998)
21. Shanmugalingam, N. "Continuity and Change: The Kataragama Cult in Sri Lanka" paper presented at the Second International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan (Mauritius, 2001)
22. Sitrampalam, S. Kailas. "Antiquity of Murukan Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective " paper presented at the First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan (Chennai, 1998)
23. Younger, Paul. "Lord Kataragama's Two Wives" (Colombo: The Island, August 1990)

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