worshippers and to
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preserve the image of the Deity from pollution, defilement or
desecration. Pollution or desecration may take place in a
variety ... ways and according to the Agamas, an image becomes
defiled if there is any departure or violation of the rules
relating to worship. Further
confers great spiritual benefit.
The priest preserves the image from pollution,
defilement or desecration. By performing rituals, rites and
reciting hymns he makes Lord present ... religious belief of Hindu worshippers
that when the image is polluted or defiled, the divine
spirit in the image is diminished or even vanished.
According
ground that performance of such rituals by any
other person would defile the image is a thought and action which is
prohibited by Article ... Bench came to the following conclusion.
“Any State action which permits the defilement or pollution of the image by
the touch of an Archaka
attract the lay worshippers and also to
preserve the image from pollution, defilement or desecration, which is
believed to take place in ever so many ... departure
from the traditional rules would result in the
pollution or defilement of the image which
must be avoided at all costs. That is also
prescribed
traditional mode of its execution as a degrading punishment
which would defile "the dignity of the individual" within
the contemplation
freedoms is deprived when he is hanged to death, his dignity is defiled when his neck is noosed and strangled.
7. Against the above, Kailasam ... social purpose and its value as a deterrent remains unproven and it defiles the dignity of the individual so solemnly vouchsafed in the Preamble
freedoms is deprived when he is hanged to death, his dignity is defiled when his neck is noosed and strangled.
Against the above, Kailasam ... social purpose and its value as a deterrent remains unproven and it defiles the dignity of the individual so solemnly vouchsafed in the Preamble
February, 1978, Sri Babuji, Jagjivan Ram, it was believed to have been defiled and was purified ceremoniously with water brought from Ganges with all religious ... According to Dr. Ambedkar, "the untouchability is the notion of defilement, pollution, contamination and the ways and means of getting rid of that defilement
committed by a man, as it generally is. Therefore, those
men who defile that sanctity are brought within
custody, if the cruelty is contrary to law, degrades human
dignity or defiles his personhood to a degree that violates
Articles ... stand him for
hours in the courts is to torture him, defile his dignity,
vulgarise society and foul the soul of our Constitutional
culture
