The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by Sivarama Subramaniya Sasthirigal (the temple’s Vidhayahar) against the Kumbhabhishekam timing at Sri Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thiruchendur. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and N. Kotiswar Singh upheld the High Court’s expert committee decision to hold the ceremony on July 7 from 6:00–6:47 AM, saying courts should not decide auspicious timings. The petitioner had been on the committee.
