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As per Lexicon of Revenue terms, Bije means--Abbreviated form of Bijesthali or appearance of an idol or idols at a chosen place.

„Bijesthali‟ means--Capital seat of an idol, the holly place where an idol is worshiped.

„Nijgan‟ means--The village, to which, the record belongs, a resident of the village, to which, the record relates.

A private deity has not been defined in Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951. But, deity or endowment, which is not a religious institution, is to be considered as a private deity.

14. On this aspect, the propositions of law has already been clarified in the ratio of the following decision:-

(i) In a case between Basanta Kumar Pradhan vrs. Sri Laxmidhar Sahoo and others : reported in 2006(Supp.II) OLR-558(Para-10)--That, as "private deity" has not been defined in the Act. A deity or endowment, which is not a religious institution, is to be considered as a private deity.

The meaning of "institution" has been clarified in the Law Lexicon.

As per Law Lexicon--"Institution" means, an establishment of a public character, i.e., whose cause is not personal, but, public.

So, an institution is one, whose cause is not personal, but, public and which does not carry on business, making profits and whose benefit be not made in private account.

The meaning of an institution, has already been clarified in the ratio of the decision between K.V. Mathew vrs. District Manager, Telephones, Ernakulam :

reported in AIR 1984 (Kerala)-40 that, "An institution is one, whose cause is not personal, but public, and which does not carry on business, making profits and whose profit be not made in private account."
When, Bijestali of an idol, i.e., deity, i.e., Sri Jameswar Mahadev Bije is Nijgan, i.e., village Jamara to be worshiped by all the villagers of Jamara and its nearby villagers and it is a religious establishment of public character, but, not a personal in character, then, at this juncture, by applying the meanings of the words clarified above in the Lexicon of revenue terms, it is held that, the deity Sri Jambeswar Mahadev Bije, Jamara is not a private deity, but, a public deity.