Division Bench of this Court reported in Subramania Gurukkal v. Arulmighu Thirumaleswaraswami Deify , 1984 (97) L.W. 243, in a case arising under Tamil Nadu
divinities, Sri Andal was Vaishnavite woman saint of Srivilliputtur Village and was deified because of her union with Lord Ranganatha, while Sri "Ambal
that it was in the contemplation of the first defendant to deify his father and venerate him and, therefore, it is Nitya Karma or Kamya
period does not evolve into a temple. Otherwise all of us can deify ourselves.
In Ratnavelu Mudaliar v. Commr. for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
that the Supreme Court has not categorically stated that tombs constructed for deified saints are entitled to a greater status than tombs erected for ordinary
High Court that though there are instances of Hindu Saints having been deified and worshipped, they were not aware of any practice of dedication
Rajagopal Ammal , there have been instances of Hindu saints having been deified and worshipped but very few if at all have been entombed. Such cases
demand performance of pooja for images which were not installed and deified.
5. The Deputy Commissioner for Religious Endowments of Tanjore, issued a notice
great service to
the cause of Visishtadhvaitha philosophy. Sri Vedanta Desikan is deified at
Vilakkoli temple at Kanchipuram.
19.At about the 14th century, differences
Chockalingam
Pillai; that the same were named as Arulmigu Pethanadheswarar and
Pethanayagiammal deifying them, by their son and that in fact it was actually
worshiped