What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. When restrictions on animal sacrifice in Thirupparankundram must continue until a competent civil court settles the matter, the same should apply to the petitioners seeking to light the deepam at the deepathoon (stone pillar), counsels for appellants argued before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday (December 15, 2025). It was also submitted that the pillar was established by Jains.
A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan continued to hear the arguments preferred against the order of Justice G.R. Swaminathan, who directed the Subramaniya Swamy temple management to light the Karthigai Deepam at the deepathoon besides the usual places, and other connected appeals.
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Senior Advocate T. Mohan, representing the Sikandar Badusha Dargah, submitted that when they were directed to go to the civil court to establish a custom (animal sacrifice), the petitioners must do the same to establish the custom of lighting deepam at the deepathoon. However, the Single Bench had allowed the petition and permitted the petitioners to light the lamp at the deepathoon, even though it had not been established that the stone pillar was used for the purpose.
