Deepam row: TN Govt debunks claims of ‘deepathoon’; HC told it is ‘Survey Pillar’

Debunking the claims of the stone pillar, abutting the dargah, atop the Thiruparankundram hillock, as a ‘deepathoon’ of the famed Murugan temple below, the Tamil Nadu Government on Friday told a Division Bench of Madras High Court that it was merely a survey pillar and there was no record of deepam being lit there.