Tag: Lighting
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DMK MPs Initiate Impeachment Proceedings Against Judge Over Controversial Lamp Lighting Ruling
DMK MPs are attempting to bring an impeachment motion against Judge GR Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, sources said. The move followed an order by the judge directing that the Karthigai Deepam be lit atop the Deebathun Pillar near a dargah on the Thiruparankundram hills. The court said this would…
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2025 Holiday Season Kicks Off with Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in NYC
Rockefeller Center’s first Christmas tree lighting officially took place in 1933, but two years earlier, a group of Rockefeller Center workers chipped in to buy a 20-foot tree for the area, decorated with homemade garlands. The famed ice rink was introduced in 1936, along with two trees. But with World War II, tree decorations became more modest,…