Overview
- The court permitted only the Urus (sandalwood) observance at the hill shrine and ordered that prohibitions on animal sacrifice and non‑vegetarian food be enforced from the foothills to the summit.
- Attendance for the festival was capped at 50 participants, with district officials directed to enforce the restrictions and police tasked with maintaining law and order.
- The State informed the bench that permission applies only to the Santhanakoodu event on January 6 and not to any Kandhoori Mahautsav, referencing earlier High Court directions.
- The petition filed by M. Manickamoorthy sought to restrain the dargah from conducting Kandhoori involving animal sacrifice on Thiruparankundram hill.
- After recording the State’s assurances, the bench set the matter for further proceedings, requiring the dargah administration to file its counter by January 20.