HC tells Madurai police to decide on granting nod for Lord Murugan meet
Madurai:
Madras high court
on Monday directed the Madurai city police to take a decision on the application submitted by Hindu Munnani, seeking permission to conduct the Lord Murugan devotees conference (Muruga Bakthargalin Aanmeega Maanadu) in Madurai by June 12.
The conference is scheduled to be held on June 22.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Hindu Munnani state secretary, S Muthukumar, seeking a direction to the police to grant permission to set up miniatures of the six abodes of Lord Murugan and conduct pujas at the conference venue from June 10 to 22.
Pursuant to the earlier order, the state, by referring to the recent Bengaluru stampede incident, submitted that it apprehended law and order issues.
Therefore, the state submitted that police are willing to grant permission for three days to set up the miniatures at the venue. With regard to the application submitted seeking permission for the conference, the state submitted that the petitioner had not responded to certain queries put forth by the police.
However, Muthukumar's counsel submitted that the petitioner had responded to all the queries and he would also respond to any further queries.
Taking into account the submissions, justice B Pugalendhi directed the police to take a decision on the application seeking permission by June 12. The judge permitted the petitioner to continue with the work of setting up the miniatures, however, directed that no pujas shall be conducted, till a decision taken by the police with regard to granting permission. The hearing was adjourned to June 13.
In his petition, Muthukumar had stated that Hindu Munnani has decided to arrange for a gathering of devotees of Lord Murugan in Amma Thidal near Pandikoil Ring Road in Madurai on June 22.
He stated that the miniatures of the six abodes will be installed as a temporary structure within the conference premises in order to let the devotees get darshan of all six abodes of Lord Murugan in one place from June 10 to 22. They had also planned to perform pujas at the miniature abodes from 10am to 12pm and 5pm to 7pm and distribute prasadam to the devotees.
The Sthalapuranam of the six abodes would also be displayed and explained to the devotees.
On the day of the conference, devotees would be chanting Kanda Shashti Kavacham and Thiruppugazh. In addition, spiritual and cultural programmes reflecting the rich culture and heritage would also be held. A representation was made to Madurai city police for using sound amplifiers. However, police had rejected permission for sound amplifiers and miniature structures. Challenging the rejection order, the petitioner moved court.
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