US EditionSubramaniya Swamy Temple Row: Chaos Erupts over Lamp Lighting at Thiruparankundram Hilltop in Madurai
The Madurai Bench ordered lighting the Karthigai Deepam lamp atop Thiruparankundram hill, but officials lit it at the traditional site, sparking protests and police action.
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Subramaniya Swamy Temple row: Chaos erupts over lamp lighting at Thiruparankundram hilltop in Madurai
Trouble began on Wednesday evening when activists from right-wing groups clashed with police after state government officials failed to light the sacred lamp at the hilltop stone lamp pillar.
Madurai temple showdown peaks: Hindu groups clash with cops over lighting lamp
The members of these four groups, Hindu Makkal Katchi, Hindu Tamilar Katchi, Hanuman Senai, and Hindu Munnani, clashed with the police after they tried to climb the Thiruparankundram Hill to light up the lamp.
A few days ago, Madurai Bench Judge G.R. Swaminathan of the High Court had ordered that the lamp should be lit at the lamp post on the top of the Thiruparankundram hill on the occasion of Karthigai Thiruvananthapuram. Following that order, on the occasion of Karthigai Thiruvananthapuram yesterday (04-12-25), the lamp post was lit at the nearby Pillaiyar temple instead of the lamp post on the top of the Thiruparankundram hill. Hindu organizations…
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