For decades, Muslims have been referring to Tirupparankundram as ‘Sikkandar Malai’, while the Hindus call it ‘Kandar Malai’, ‘Murugan Malai’ or ‘Skandar Malai’. In June 1938, a reader of The Hindu, T. Sivasankaran, from Penukonda in the present day Andhra Pradesh, had written about the usage of ‘Sikkandar Malai’ in a Letters to the Editor column