New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Expressing satisfaction over the Madras High Court's verdict, which upheld Justice GR Swaminathan's order regarding the lighting of lamps on the "Deepathoon" in Tirupparankundram temple, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday accused the Tamil Nadu government of berating, deriding and attacking Sanatan Dharma.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Goyal stated that Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin made an audacious and reprehensible demand to eradicate Sanatana Dharma itself in September 2023. He added that a few months later, the lighting of the lamp on the Thiruparankundram Hill associated with Lord Kartikeya and Bhagwan Murgan was prohibited.

"It is not a mere coincidence that the Chief Mi...