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The Supreme Court connected Friday decided to analyse a plea to nonstop the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to “take implicit and control” the Thirupparankundram Lord Murugan Subramaniya Swamy Temple successful Madurai successful Tamil Nadu.
A Bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar issued announcement to the Centre, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the State of Tamil Nadu connected the plea.
The petition filed by the Hindu Dharma Parishad sought the lighting of a lamp atop of the deepathoon (ancient chromatic lamp post) located connected the apical of Thirupparankundram Hill, permanently for 24 hours daily,
The Parishad said that each year, connected the time of Karthigai successful the period of Karthigai, the full Thirupparankundram Hill should beryllium lit with lamps and Lord Muruga devotees beryllium allowed to worship.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court had precocious upheld an earlier Single Judge bid of Justice G.R. Swaminathan, directing the temple absorption to airy the Karthigai Deepam astatine a chromatic pillar, identified arsenic the Deepathoon, atop Thirupparankundram Hill, dismissing fears of nationalist disturbance arsenic an “imaginary ghost”, which would lone hap if sponsored by the State itself.
The Tamil Nadu authorities had made wide its intentions to situation the bid successful the Supreme Court.
