Published on : 04 Dec 2025, 12:52 pm 3 min read

The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld a recent order of a single-judge permitting devotees of the Arulmigu Subramania Swamy temple to light the Karthigai Deepam lamp (to mark the Hindu festival of lights) on the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thirupparankundram hillock near a Dargah [ KJ Praveenkumar, IAS & Anr. v. Rama Ravikumar & Anr. ].

On December 1, Justice GR Swaminathan had held that the Arulmigu Subramania Swamy temple at Thirupparankundram is obligated to light this lamp at the Deepathoon , in addition to lighting the lamp at the existing site near the Uchi Pillaiyar Mandapam.

He had also held that the same will not infringe the rights of the nearby Dargah or Muslims in any manner.

However, noting

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