Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Dec 3 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday welcomed the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court declining to interfere an earlier judgment on the Thiruparankundram issue and dismiss the appeal of the Tamil Nadu government on the matter while the ruling DMK called it a "setback for Hindus".

Following a standoff between a section of devotees and Thiruparankundram temple management, a single-judge Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on December 3 directed the petitioner to light a lamp on an ancient stone pillar near a Dargah on the Thiruparankundram hill here on the occasion of Karthigai Deepam on Wednesday, with CISF protection.

However, the Tamil Nadu government not only stopped the lighting of the lamp by issuing a prohibitory order under Section 163 of the BNSS, but also c

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