Chennai: Tension prevailed at the famed Tirupparankundram temple the abode of Lord Muruga (Karthikeya) in Madurai on Wednesday evening after members of the Hindu Munnani attempted to break police barricades in an effort to reach a hilltop location where they wanted the Karthigai Deepam (lamp) to be lit. The Madurai Police imposed prohibitory orders to control the escalating situation.

HC Judge Allows Lighting of Lamp; Police Cite Prohibitory Orders

At the time of filing this report, Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had directed a group of persons, including litigants, to be accompanied by CISF personnel from the court and allowed to go to the temple to light the Deepam as per an earlier order.

However, reports from Madurai indicated that the police

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