Chennai Court May 1882 Judgments
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Parthasaradi Ayyangar and ors. Vs. Chinnakrishna Ayyanger and ors.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-01-1882
Reported in: (1882)ILR5Mad304
1. In the village of Mathura Mangalam there is a Vaishnava temple erected in honour of a devotee, Embar. The appellants are members of the Tenkalai sect interested in maintaining the worship at this temple and in defending the privileges of the temple.2. The respondents are members of the Vadakalai sect, who have erected a Vaishnava temple on a private site in the Sanadi (temple) street in honour of a devotee, Vedhanta Desikar, which has been lately thrown open for regular-public worship.3. It appears that in 1849 the Vadakalais endeavoured to open a temple for public worship according to the tenets of their sect on a site in the Sanadi street adjoining that which they now occupy.4. The Tenkalais thereupon instituted a suit--Original Suit 13 of 1850--in the Court of the Sadr Arain, praying that the Vadakalais might be compelled to remove their idols and prohibited from celebrating festivals and erecting any temple in the village for the worship of their idols. The Vadakalais, in their ...
Krishnasami Tatacharyar and ors. Vs. Krishnamacharyar and ors.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-01-1882
Reported in: (1882)ILR5Mad313
1. In the ceremonial worship conducted at Chinna Conjeeveram there is pronounced the Thodakam or invitation to prayer given by uttering the word Sathitarula. This is followed by the Mantram or address to a spiritual teacher and Sevakalam or chant of some verses of a Tamil hymn, Prabhandam.2. The Brahman who pronounces the Thodakam is known as the Thodakagar. His office is regarded as one of considerable dignity, and entitles him to certain honours and emoluments. He receives a rice cake known as Arulapadu and a garland and cloth, and is provided with a gold crown. He also partakes of the emoluments of the Brahmans who proclaim the Mantram and chant the Sevakalam. It is admitted that the office and emoluments of these assistants are known as the Adhiapaka Miras.3. The plaintiffs, who are Vaishnavite Brahmans of the Tenkalai sect, claim for the members of their caste and sect the Adhiapaka Miras in the pagoda of Sri Devarajaswami and seventeen other Vjagodas, and they assert that the Tho...
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