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temple is a public temple in the absence of the clearest possible evidence of
the alleged conversion into a public temple especially when ... public
or a private temple. The question whether the temple is a private or a public
one, did not arise as an issue ancillary
whether the temple was a public temple or a private
temple. Although the temple was a private temple, the evi-
dence disclosed that the Pujari ... public
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character of the temple are factors that go to
establish whether a temple is a public temple
or a private temple
temple.
20. Therefore, the first and foremost question to be determined
is as to whether the Raghunathji Temple is a public temple or a private ... question arose whether the temple was
dedicated to the public and whether the temple was a public or private
temple. The Hon'ble Supreme
public or a private one. Plaintiffs contend that it is public; the defendants that is a purely private institution in which the public have neither ... temple only lays upon the Court the further difficult and irrelevant task of deciding whether temple A and temple B are public or private, when
festivals of the temple or
whether their continued offerings at the temple will transform
a private temple into a public temple? The learned Senior
Counsel ... temple
belonging to a family which is a private
temple is not unknown to Hindu law. In the
case of a private temple
temple or a private temple. Although
the temple was a private temple, the evidence
disclosed that the Pujari Lakshmana Goundan, the
founder of the temple ... case the
temple would clearly be a public temple. If a
temple is proved to have originated as a public
temple, nothing more is necessary
himself in support of his stand that the temple is a private temple and not a public trust. He gave the family tree ... entire property clearly indicates the nature of temple as private temple and not public temple. The Assistant Judge was not right when he observed that
sought to be contended that the
temple was a public temple.
37. The land, on which a public temple is situated, submits Mr.
Grover, vests ... temple. The very fact that the public were offering prayers at
the temple, he submits, renders it a public temple, as the public cannot
possibly
temple being a public temple. In South India
except in Kerala is a presumption that a temple is
a public temple. there is no such ... that the
temple was dedicated to the Hindu public or a
section thereof and the public treat the temple as
public temple and worship thereat
public temple. To constitute a temple under this BPT Act applies only to a public temple. To constitute a temple under this ... also mentioned, however, that only because public uses a temple for Darshan, the temple is not a public temple, unless it is established that
