No Deepam Lighting at Pillar: Tamil Nadu Govt Under Fire for Not Following Court Direction
In a late-evening development today, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court pulled up the Tamil Nadu government for wilful disobedience after the Karthigai Deepam (holy lamp) was not lit on the ancient Deepathoon pillar at Thirupparankundram - despite a clear direction issued on December 1.
Instead, the temple lit the lamp only at the usual traditional spot near the Uchipillaiyar temple, continuing a practice followed for more than a century.
