Tiruchendur Subramaniya Samy Temple. File
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) refused to intervene in a plea against a Madras High Court order constituting a committee to fix the schedule for Kumbhabhishekam (consecration ceremony) for Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple in Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu.

A Bench headed by Justice P. K. Mishra however allowed the petitioner, R. Sivarama Subramaniya Sasthrigal, the Vidhayahar at the temple, to file a review plea against the High Court order.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had directed the constitution of a committee of experts to decide the timing for conducting the consecration ceremony at the temple.

The petitioner, in the High Court, had argued that he said he had been the Vidhayahar at the temple for the past 13 years.

During temple festivals and other functions he had to fix the timings for their commencement, pujas and celebrations and point out customary and Agamic practices and principles to be adopted according to the nature of the deities and the functions, he had said in the High Court.

He had argued in the High Court that the date (July 7) and the timing fixed for the ceremony were not suitable for the event.

The petitioner had sought a direction to the authorities to follow the ancient texts and literature and declare the consecration ceremony.