Tiruparankundram Hill and the Politics of Sacred Ownership

Tiruparankundram Hill and the Politics of Sacred Ownership

A court-sanctioned intervention over the lighting of a ceremonial lamp has reopened a settled dispute, testing Tamil Nadu’s traditions of interfaith coexistence, judicial restraint, and State authority.

HC Bench upholds single judge ruling allowing lighting of deepam on Thirupparankundram hill

Madurai, Jan 6 (PTI) The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench on Tuesday upheld a single judge’s order allowing the lighting of a lamp on a ‘Deepathoon’ on the Thirupparankundram hill here. A Division Bench of Justices G Jayachandran and KK Ramakrishnan delivered the judgment, making it clear that the spot on which the stone pillar […]

Madras HC upholds ruling allowing lighting of deepam on Thirupparankundram hill     - The Tribune

The Madurai Division Bench delivered the judgment, making it clear that the spot on which the stone pillar (Deepathoon) is located belongs to the Lord Subramania Swamy Temple.

Madras HC backs ruling on lighting deepam at Thirupparankundram hill

Madras High Court’s Madurai bench upheld the right to light the Deepathoon lamp, ruling the spot belongs to the Lord Subramania Swamy Temple.

Madras HC to pronounce verdict on appeals in Thiruparankundram case today

Justice S Srimathy imposed the restriction in an interim order passed on a petition filed by M Manickamoorthy seeking direction not to allow kandoori during the

Tamil Nadu Deepam Row: Madurai Bench To Deliver Verdict Tomorrow

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow in the high-profile writ appeal arising out of the Thiruparankundram hilltop dispute.