SC to hear TN government’s plea amid Thirupparankundram row

The Supreme Court on Friday, December 5, agreed to hear Tamil Nadu’s petition challenging a Madras High Court order that allowed a section of devotees of the Uchchipillaiyar Temple to light the traditional Karthigai deepam at Deepathoon, a stone lamp pillar located near a Dargah at Thirupparankundram in Madurai.