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A Division Bench of the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026), upheld the order of Justice G.R. Swaminathan, who had directed the Subramaniya Swamy Temple absorption successful Thirupparankundram to airy the Karthigai Deepam astatine the ‘deepathoon’ (stone pillar for lighting lamp) too the accustomed places.
The seat of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan criticised the Tamil Nadu authorities for citing apprehension of instrumentality and bid issues and nationalist bid arsenic a crushed for not complying with the order. The Bench said it was ridiculous and an “imaginary ghost” created by the authorities.
The tribunal said the appellants had not produced immoderate grounds to amusement that the lighting of the ‘deepam’ (lamp) was not allowed astatine the newly-identified pillar arsenic per Agama Shastra. Religious practices person reasons and the crushed for lighting the deepam astatine an elevated spot was for devotees to spot and worship, the tribunal said.
The tribunal said the temple absorption should airy the deepam astatine the ‘deepathoon’ and the territory medication should supervise the event. As it was a protected monument, the Archaeological Survey of India could enforce conditions, the tribunal said.
The judges began proceeding the appeals preferred against the Single Bench order connected December 12, 2025. While respective claims had been made regarding the quality of the chromatic pillar/’deepathoon’, the Tamil Nadu authorities had submitted that determination was nary grounds to found that the pillar was a ‘deepathoon’.
However, elder counsels, representing the archetypal petitioners, submitted that the authorities was lone disputing the assertion to complicate the matter. Besides, the appellants had not shown immoderate materials to beryllium that it was not a deepathoon. After proceeding each the arguments, the judges had reserved judgement connected December 18, 2025.
