Thousands of Indigenous Tamil Hindus gathered to protest against far-right Islamists who tried to do animal sacrifices at the holy hill of Thiruparankundram where the Lord Murugan temple resides in Madurai which these Islamists have renamed as Sikandar Malai Dargah.
Section 144 has been imposed in the entire Madurai district, while the Madras HC has allowed conditional protests by the Hindu Munnani.
Debate on the issue