Tensions rose at the Vaikasi Visakam festival at Velimalai Murugan Temple near Thakkalai in Kanyakumari district after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and members of a Hindu organisation objected to the participation of DMK minister Mano Thangaraj, who is a Christian and had recently mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing Sashtanga Namaskaram. Following the protest, 63…