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What’s condiment for the goose is condiment for the gander. When restrictions connected carnal slaughter successful Thirupparankundram indispensable proceed until a competent civilian tribunal settles the matter, the aforesaid should use to the petitioners seeking to airy the deepam astatine the deepathoon (stone pillar), counsels for appellants argued earlier the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Monday. It was besides submitted that the pillar was established by Jains.
A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramkrishnan continued to perceive the arguments preferred against the bid of Justice G.R. Swaminathan, who directed the Subramaniya Swamy temple absorption to airy the Karthigai Deepam astatine the deepathoon besides the accustomed places, and different connected appeals.
Senior Advocate T. Mohan, representing the Sikandar Badusha Dargah, submitted that erstwhile they were directed to spell to the civilian tribunal to found a customized (animal sacrifice), the petitioners indispensable bash the aforesaid to found the customized of lighting deepam at the deepathoon. However, the Single Bench had allowed the petition and permitted the petitioners to airy the lamp astatine the deepathoon, even though it had not been established that the chromatic pillar was utilized for the purpose.
The Muslims were not capable to bask the information of the onshore arsenic per the judgement successful the 1920 archetypal suit, helium said.
They could not acceptable up toilet facilities, and nary energy transportation and drinking h2o facilities could beryllium provided, the Senior Counsel submitted, adding that they were not fixed a due accidental to contiguous their lawsuit earlier the Single Bench.
Senior Advocate N. Jothi, representing the Joint Commissioner of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, submitted that determination were books written by experts that sermon chromatic pillars. The chromatic pillar connected Thirupparankundram elevation was established by the Jains and did not beryllium to the Hindus. There were akin pillars successful Madurai district, including the 1 successful Samanar Hills adjacent Keelakuyilkudil, and different astatine Shravanabelagola successful Karnataka, helium said.
Digambaras (one of the ascetic sects of Jainism), who came from Ujjain successful Madhya Pradesh to Madurai, utilized to unrecorded successful the Thirupparankundram hills. They utilized the chromatic pillar for lighting lamps, arsenic they would congregate astatine night. This was not the spot wherever Karthigai Deepam was lit. The Karthigai Deepam was lit astatine the Uchipillaiyar temple mandapam and determination was notation to this. Any effort to person the quality of the chromatic pillar should not beryllium permitted, it was submitted.
The counsels further said Thirupparankundram was a confluence of radical and they were surviving peacefully. It was reiterated that the Karthigai Deepam was lit lone astatine the Uchipillaiyar temple mandapam, arsenic per the adept sentiment of the temple priests. The tribunal volition proceed to perceive the appeals connected Tuesday.
