<h1>Thiruparankundram temple dispute raises communal tension claims and a Supreme Court appeal over ritual access near a dargah.</h1> The controversy arises from statements by a national organisation leader that the Thiruparankundram temple matter can be resolved by Hindu community strength while the issue is sub judice, prompting political criticism that such remarks seek to create communal tension and calls to protect long standing local temple practices from external interference; the state government has appealed to the Supreme Court against a High Court order allowing devotees to light a traditional lamp near a dargah on the hillock.