The issue at hand concerns the lighting of the lamp at the Deepathoon, or lamp pillar, located on one of the peaks of the ...

Thiruparankundram, a hill in Tamil Nadu with a history of religious coexistence, is now a flashpoint for political and legal battles. A dispute over lighting a sacred lamp during the Karthigai deepam ...

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