Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, hearing forest related cases, took note that the temple management had initially planned to install the huge statue on the foothills of the western ghats but changed the plan after finding that area fell inside an elephant corridor. Now, the statue had been proposed at a new location.

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Reconsider location of 184-feet high Lord Murugan statue, Madras High Court tells Marudhamalai temple management
Justices N. Sathish Kumar & D. Bharatha Chakravarthy say, the stress that could be caused to the ecology due to proximity to reserve forests must be taken into account
Published – November 17, 2025 09:09 pm IST – CHENNAI

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On finding that the new location was only 137-metre away from the forest boundary, the judges requested the temple authorities to reconsider the new location. File
On finding that the new location was only 137-metre away from the forest boundary, the judges requested the temple authorities to reconsider the new location. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Madras High Court has requested the Marudhamalai Subramaniaswamy Temple administration to reconsider the location where a 184-feet tall statue of Lord Murugan had been proposed. It has asked the authorities to take into account the stress that could be caused on the ecology due to its proximity to the reserve forests in Coimbatore district.

A special Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, hearing forest related cases, took note that the temple management had initially planned to install the huge statue on the foothills of the western ghats but changed the plan after finding that area fell inside an elephant corridor. Now, the statue had been proposed at a new location.