05/12/2025
𝐀 𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐌𝐊’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 🪔
When a simple Deepam becomes a 'law-and-order threat', you know politics has crossed a line.
Despite the Madras High Court allowing the Karthigai Deepam ritual, the TN government blocked devotees and stopped the lamp lighting at Madurai hill.