Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the management of the Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tirupparankundram, to light the Karthigai Deepam at the Deepathoon, besides at the usual places.
He was hearing petitions for a direction to the temple management to light the Karthigai Deepam on the Deepathoon (Stone lamp-pillar) located at one of the peaks of the Tirupparankundram hill.
Impleading petitions were filed, some supporting the claim that the festival lamp must be lit at the Deepathoon and others contending that the lamp should be lit only near the
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