Thirupparankundram, a significant Murugan temple town in Tamil Nadu, is experiencing legal and ideological disputes. The conflict centers on a petition to light a lamp on a pillar during the Karthigai Deepam festival, reigniting historical contentions over the ownership of the hill. A 1920s Privy Council ruling vested the hill with the temple while protecting the Sikandar Badusha Dargah and its access. The current dispute involves lighting a lamp on a pillar, referred to as 'deepathoon,' on one of the hill's peaks.