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As the hostility implicit the Thirupparankundram deepathoon issue eased, the Madurai City Police connected Monday allowed devotees to ascent the hillock to connection prayers astatine the Kasiviswanthar temple and the Sikkander Dargah.
The pathway to the hilltop was retired of bounds for devotees ever since tensions broke retired implicit lighting Karthigai Deepam astatine a deepathoon arsenic directed by Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected December 3.
With the cadre of the BJP and Hindu Munnani staging a protest, the Madurai City Police imposed a prohibitory bid the adjacent time to forestall immoderate untoward incidental arsenic the dargah was located adjacent to the deepathoon, which the State authorities described arsenic a “survey chromatic pillar”.
Though the prohibitory bid was quashed by the High Court, the constabulary continued to contradict support to ascent the hillock. Even precocious connected Sunday, the constabulary allowed lone a fistful of representatives of the dargah committee to transportation a emblem mast up the hilltop for hoisting to people the commencement of the Santhanakoodu festival, scheduled connected January 6. The constabulary besides prevented a conception of the BJP and the Hindu Munnani cadre, who wanted to airy the deepam arsenic the dargah committee was allowed to hoist the flag.
On Monday, the constabulary allowed devotees to spell to some the temple and dargah aft noting their names and different applicable details. However, constabulary unit person been posted astatine the hilltop to forestall devotees from going adjacent the deepathoon.
