Tamil Nadu Govt Faces Heat As Devotees Detained In Deepam Row
It's a fight over religious rights - one that has put devotees at the Lord Subramanya Swamy Temple and the DMK government in Tamil Nadu eyeball to eyeball. And today, a massive vindication came for the devotees who simply wanted to light the Karthigai Deepam festival lamp at the Deepathoon stone pillar on the Thiruparankundram hill. The Madras High Court dismissed the Tamil Nadu government's appeal against the earlier order that had allowed devotees to light the lamp at the hilltop - and went a step further, calling the government's plea one that was filed with "an ulterior motive."
