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Murugan Bhakti Newsletter No. 7: January-February 2001

MURUGAN BHAKTI Newsletter No. 7: January-February 2001

 

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* NEWSLETTER #7 CONTENTS:

* I. Discovery Channel documentary 21 January!

* II. What's new at Murugan Bhakti?

* III.Five new associated websites

* IV. Murugan Conference News

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Happy New Year and Pongal nal vaazhthukkal!

 

I. DISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY THIS SUNDAY 21 JAN

F L A S H :

The Discovery Channel documentary on body-piercing practices at Kathirkamam

Adi Festival will be broadcast this Sunday 21 January in North America at

10 pm EST/PST on The Discovery Channel. Tell your friends and don't miss it.

 

Note that this telecast is for North America only. Later telecast in

Europe, Asia, Africa & Australia will be at a later date. Watch our

websites and this newsletter for details.

 

Gabriel Films documentary producer Heidi Ewing announced on 17 Jan that The

Discovery Channel will be telecasting this documentary on body-piercing and

other spiritual practices shot at the Kathirkamam Adi festival in Sri Lanka

last July. Kataragama Devotees Trust devotees including Murugan Bhakti

editor Patrick Harrigan were closely involved in the planning and on-scene

direction of this documentary.

 

This documentary in The Discovery Channel's "Ancient Moderns" series

features stunning videography by Marcos Franzoni. The one-hour program is a

video montage contrasting body-piercing practices in three far-flung

locales: southern Sudan in Africa, the Kataragama festival in Sri Lanka,

and young Americans in Texas, USA.

 

For enquiries, contact the Murugan Bhakti editor or go to:

 

http://kataragama.org/news/discovery.htm

 

II. WHAT ELSE IS NEW AT MURUGAN BHAKTI?

 

There are SO many new pages since the last newsletter of a few months ago

that, once again, we can only offer an overview of highlights. These include:

 

2001 Calendar of Murugan festivals and observances:

http://www.murugan.org/events/2001-calendar.htm

 

English translation of Arunagirinathar's classic "Kandar Anubhuti"

http://www.murugan.org/texts/kandar_anubhuti_trans.htm

 

The life of Bhogar in words and pictures

http://www.murugan.org/bhaktas/bhogar-life.htm

 

Clickable map of sacred sites of Sri Lanka

http://kataragama.org/sacred/index.htm

 

"Earthman" saga of Kataragama guru-shishya sadhana

http://kataragama.org/sages/earthman2.htm

 

"Palani Andavar idol: a scientific study"

http://www.murugan.org/research/saravanan.htm

 

"Murugan worship in South Africa"

http://www.murugan.org/research/subramaniyan.htm

 

Dream Yoga and modern lucid dream research

http://kataragama.org/research/dream_research.htm

 

"Ode to Murugan"

http://www.murugan.org/texts/reverie.htm Ode to Murugan

 

Index of 37 in-depth research articles about Murugan at:

http://www.murugan.org/research/98papers.htm

 

And many other new pages -- 120 links at Murugan.org alone!

 

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5 NEW WEBSITES ASSOCIATED WITH MURUGAN BHAKTI:

 

http://Bhogar.com

Brand-new website devoted to Siddhar Bhogar of Palani. Superb graphics

(uses Flash technology).

 

http://Saranam.com

Pages on over 250 temples in India, including 18 Murugan temples, many with

detailed info not available anywhere else. They can arrange to perform

pujas on your behalf and ship the prasad to you. Check it out!

 

http://Vedda.org

Website of Sri Lanka's Veddas, the indigenous forest people and original

custodians of Kataragama's traditions. Photos, maps, and the complete story

of the Veddas.

 

http://CulturalSurvivalTrust.org

Murugan Bhakti's sister organisation Cultural Survival of Sri Lanka: its

role in helping to protect Sri Lanka's cultural & environmental diversity.

 

http://LivingHeritage.org

Living Heritage of Sri Lanka: our parent organisation responsible for

linking and protecting sacred sites all across Sri Lanka.

 

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III. MURUGAN CONFERENCE NEWS

 

The 2nd International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan will take place

2-5 May 2001 in Mauritius.

 

The deadline for submission of proposals for papers is 31 January, 2001.

 

The Government of Mauritius and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Moka,

Mauritius will host the Conference.

 

The theme of the 2nd Conference is: "Murukan Bhakti among the Tamil diaspora".

 

Enquiries about arrangements in Mauritius should be directed to the local

organising secretary, Maga Ramasamy. Mr. Ramasamy's e-mail address can be

found on the Murukan Conference home page:

 

http://www.murugan.org/events/conf2001.htm

 

See also complete index of topics with hyperlinks to websites at:

 

http://www.murugan.org/events/conf_topics.htm

 

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MURUGAN BHAKTI NEWSLETTER No. 7

To read past issues, go to the Murugan Bhakti online archives at:

 

http://eGroups.commurugan_bhakti

 

Patrick Harrigan

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