Thiruparankundram: HC allows lighting of lamp on Deepathoon near dargah

OBSERVING that it is Tamil tradition to light Karthigai Deepam on hilltop and the very purpose of a Deepathoon is to light lamp, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday allowed four petitions that sought direction to light the lamp on an ancient stone pillar atop Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai.

- JEGADEESWARI PANDIAN @ Madurai

Though the location was opposed owing to its proximity to the Sikandar Badusha Dargah and the fact that the Karthigai Deepam is usually lit on a Deepa Mandapam near the Uchipillaiyar temple on the hill, Justice GR Swaminathan rejected the objections. He said while the right