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Rama Ravikumar, 1 of the petitioners successful the Thirupparankundram deepathoon case, asserted that the petitioners’ ineligible demands were strictly based connected documented grounds and humanities records.
“If our plea had been based solely connected faith, it would not person stood the scrutiny of 1 of the nation’s highest courts, nor would we person secured a favorable order,” helium stated.
Identifying the State government’s basal connected the contented arsenic the superior root of conflict, helium said: “Had we been allowed to simply airy the lamp, it would not person outgo the State the crores of rupees spent connected hiring advocates to contention the case.”
Meanwhile, the State’s Archaeology section which studied the chromatic pillar atop the elevation and related archival documents, opined that it was of Jain origin, and not Hindu origin.
However, the contented intelligibly relates to much than conscionable lighting a lamp. Arif Khan, caput of the Hajrat Sultan Sikkandar Basha Pallivasal, stated that if the petitioners’ lone nonsubjective was to airy a lamp atop the deepathoon, they would person constricted their demands to that azygous act.
“However, implicit the years, they person revealed their existent intentions by opposing carnal sacrifice, organising our festivals, and adjacent the hoisting of our flag,” helium said.
Mr. Khan besides dismissed the petitioners arsenic belonging to a fringe radical and claimed: “If each Hindus were against us, arsenic these fringe elements claim, wherefore would our Hindu neighbours and different spiritual leaders basal successful solidarity with us?”
As for residents of the Thirupparankundram area, they look to person retained the syncretic tone they person agelong lived by. “Even if the country surrounding the hillock is chiefly based connected the Subramania Swamy Temple, radical of each faiths – Hindus, Muslims, and Christians – person their commercialized establishments successful and astir the area,” immoderate residents noted.
They said successful 1 dependable that they would proceed to enactment and thrive successful the cordial narration that has prevailed successful the temple town, arsenic acold arsenic they were concerned.
