Patrick Harrigan

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Editor
Affiliation	Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai
Email	editor@kataragama.org
Mailing Address	Kataragama Research Publications Project 3280 NW 47th Avenue Ocala, FL 34482 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: (904) 403-9523
Websites	http://www.Murugan.org ; http://www.Kataragama.org
Countries of Specialization	Sri Lanka, South India
Education	B.A., M.A. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Research Interests	Ongoing long-term photo, video and written documentation of the Kataragama Skanda jungle shrine and July festival, including indigenous, Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic oral and performative traditions, and the annual Kataragama Pada Yatra (May-July) from Jaffna/Trincomalee to Kataragama. Structural/comparative studies of Tamil and Sinhala oral traditions. Variations of Murukan worship in Sri Lanka and South India. Refai and Naqshabandhi Sufi mysticism and prophetic lore. Related studies in cosmography or sacred geography including Kataragama and Sigiriya. Also, documentation of contemporary indigenous Wanniyal-aetto (Vedda) communities in Sri Lanka as a part of a larger effort to create an Indigenous Cultural Sanctuary for Wanniya-laeto displaced by development activities. Electronic networking, e-mail and Web home page creation. Establishment of a Puranagama Village University of traditional studies and crafts in Kurunegala district. Organisation of the First International Conference Seminar on Skanda-Murukan to be held in Madras in December, 1998, and the Second Murukan Conference in Mauritius in April, 2001.
Publications	None on file
Keywords	Kataragama Skanda ; jungle shrine ; July festival ; Hindu ; Buddhist ; Islamic ; Sri Lanka ; Wanniya