Announcements
CSS: A Year in Review — FY 2025–26
The Centre for Shaiva Studies presents its activities for 2025–26: Book publications, pedagogical activities, lectures and new projects.
April 15, 2026
Publication of Kāmikāgama, Volume I
The Centre for Shaiva Studies has published the first volume of the Kāmikāgama, edited by Dr. T. Ganesan — a central text within the Śaiva Siddhānta Āgamic corpus.
December 23, 2025
A Recap of the Monthly Lectures on the Śaiva Tirumuṟai Corpus
The Centre conducted six monthly lectures in Tamil (June 2024–March 2025) covering the theological and devotional aspects of the Tamil Śaiva literary tradition.
March 24, 2025
Second Anniversary Celebrations and the Launch of the Indian Edition of Tantrāloka
The Centre's second anniversary featured lectures, the launch of the Indian edition of the Tantrāloka, and the unveiling of the Kāmikāgama draft edition.
May 15, 2024
Release of the Draft Edition of the Critically Edited Text of the Kāmikāgama, Volume I
The Centre unveiled the draft critical edition of the Kāmikāgama on October 23, 2023 — drawn from 18 manuscripts, with planned Tamil and English translations.
November 15, 2023
Celebrating the 1st Year Anniversary of the Centre
The Centre's first anniversary featured lectures by Mark Dyczkowski and Karttikeya Sivam, and the release of the Tantrāvatārapaṭala draft critical edition.
June 10, 2023
Critical Edition and Translation of the Śaiva Āgama Corpus
The Centre's flagship project aims to critically edit all 28 remaining Śaiva Āgamas with English and Tamil translations over 8–10 years.
March 19, 2023
A Recap of the Lectures Held at the Centre
The Centre's monthly lecture series, launched in October 2022, covers Śaiva philosophy, the Tevaram corpus, and Śivadharma texts in both Tamil and English.
March 17, 2023
Critical Edition of the Kāmikāgama
The Centre has commenced a critical edition of the Kāmikāgama Pūrvabhāga using 12+ manuscripts, covering all major aspects of the Śaiva ritual system.
October 1, 2022
The Start of the Lecture Series on Vijayadaśamī
The Centre announces its inaugural public lecture on October 5, 2022, with Dr. T. Ganesan delivering a talk on the profundity of Śaiva philosophy.
September 25, 2022
Fellowships and Scholar-in-Residence Program
The Centre announces stipendiary fellowships for PhD and postdoctoral researchers, and a scholar-in-residence program for manuscript training.
September 15, 2022
The Inauguration of the Centre
The Centre of Shaiva Studies was inaugurated on 6th May 2022, the auspicious day of vaisakha suklapaksa pancami, Vikrama Samvat 2079 of the Hindu Calendar.
May 6, 2022
The Unveiling of the Logo of the Shaiva Centre
The Centre's logo was unveiled on April 30, 2022 at the Indica Shaiva Conference in Varanasi, designed by Sindhu Kulkarni to represent the manifestation of consciousness from the formless to form.
April 30, 2022