settlor, and it was recited therein that the settlor
had installed a deity named Iswar Srigopal in her house and
had since been regularly worshiping ... performing the puja
of the said deity; and that she had been erecting a Nat
Mandir to be named in memory of her deceased
Harijans the same right to enter the temple for
darshan of the deity as can be claimed by the other Hindus.
The act of actual ... attendance at a temple
for the purpose of darshan' of a deity or deities installed
in or within the precincts thereof. Section 3 which
join the company of the
33 crore deities which are said to comprise the Hindu
Pantheon. How then can the association of Dhruva with ... qualities made. But
since Dhruva is not regarded as a deity or a Godhead a
reference to him cannot be said to have religious
significance
CITATION:
1959 AIR 1204 1960 SCR (1) 271
ACT:
Execution-Deity's claim based on deed of trust upheld by
executing court-Suit ... declaration that the
deed of trust executed in favour of the appellant deity was
a sham and fictitious document and the properties covered
offered at the time of the
dedication of a calf to the deity and to no other
perquisites or emoluments. As regards the Karnam ... certain pumpkins which were brought to the temple as
offerings to the deity. It was their claim that their right
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to these items
property dedicated or presented to or otherwise coming to
the Deity Shrinathji was property of the shrine, that the
Tilkayat Maharaj for the time being ... defied extrication; upon which the Sookuni (augur)
interpreted the pleasure of the deity that he desired to
dwell there. This circumstance occurred at an
inconsiderable
very many years. For the expenses of the worship of the
deities and for the upkeep of the temple., one village by
the name ... this village of
Telibandha but themselves dedicated the village Telibandha
to the deities in this temple by accepting the award made by
the Panchas
declared that Mahabir was a benamidar for Shri Thakur
Taraknathji and the deity was the real owner of the
villages. In view of this adjudication ... interest in the present suit. By order dated August 25,
1952, the deity was added as a coplaintiff in the suit.
The subordinate Judge, Arrah
Choudrain v. Jawahir Singh Choudhri, (1890)
L. R. 17 1. A. 122, Deity Pattabhiramasiqwamy v. S.
Hanymayya ... case
of Mst. Durga Choudhrain (1). In the case of Deity
Pattabhiramaswami'v. S. Hanymayya (2), this Court had
occasion to refer
built a small temple at Salouna in which he installed a
deity called Sri Thakur Lakshmi Narainji. This temple came
to be known ... built a new temple in 1916 into which he removed the deity
from the old temple and installed two new deities, Sri Ram
and Sita
