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The Tamil Nadu authorities informed the Madras High Court that a chromatic pillar atop Thiruparankundram elevation was built by Jain saints, not Hindus, citing archaeological evidence. The tribunal is proceeding appeals regarding lighting Karthigai Deepam astatine the pillar, with arguments besides presented by a dargah's counsel challenging the pillar's designation arsenic a lamp post.
MADURAI: The chromatic pillar situated atop Thiruparankundram elevation adjacent Madurai was built by Jain saints and does not beryllium to Hindus, Tamil Nadu govt told Madras precocious court connected Monday, quoting books by archaeologists.There are akin pillars connected different hills successful Madurai district, including 1 astatine Samanar hills — an past Jain practice tract successful Keelakuyilkudi — and astatine Shravanabelagola, a Jain pilgrimage tract successful Karnataka, the elder counsel for the associated commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments section said.Quoting books, the counsel said Jains from Ujjain successful MP came to Karnataka and past to Madurai. Saints of the ‘Digambara’ sect utilized to unrecorded connected the hills, and they utilized the pillars to airy the lamps erstwhile they congregated during nighttime hours, helium submitted earlier a part seat of Justices G Jayachandran and K K Ramakrishnan.
The seat is proceeding a batch of appeals challenging a azygous judge’s bid directing the Subramaniya Swamy temple absorption to airy Karthigai Deepam astatine Deepathoon (stone lamp post) connected 1 of the peaks of Thiruparankundram hill.The counsel representing Sikandar Badusha dargah located atop the elevation argued that earlier, a part seat had ruled against carnal sacrifice successful the area, directing that the dargah should spell earlier a civilian tribunal to found its customized connected carnal sacrifice.
However, erstwhile the contiguous petitioners moved the aforesaid tribunal to airy the Karthigai Deepam astatine the pillar, the azygous justice ruled successful their favour, adjacent though it is not established that the pillar is simply a Deepathoon (lamp post).
The assertion should beryllium proved earlier a civilian court, similar the precocious tribunal ordered successful lawsuit of dargah’s close to carnal sacrifice, the counsel contended.Local Hindu and Muslim residents ne'er had immoderate issues, and outsiders with vested involvement were trying to disturbance the communal pot, the dargah’s counsel submitted.The proceeding successful the substance volition proceed connected Tuesday.
