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Home Dictionary Name: devoteePublic temple
Public temple, denotes a temple belonging to a family which is a private temple is not unknown to Hindu law. In the case of a private temple it is also not unlikely that the religious reputation of the founder may be of such a high order that the private temple founded by him may attract devotees in large numbers, and the mere fact that a large number of devotees are allowed to worship in the temple would not necessarily make the private temple a public temple. On the other hand, if the public is allowed to worship the deity installed, in such a case the temple would be a public temple, Tilkayat Shri Govindallji Maharaj v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1963 SC 1683....
Temple
Temple, is as 'an edifice or place regarded primarily as the dwelling place or 'house' of a deity; hence an edifice devoted to divine worship. Historically, the word is applied to sacred buildings of Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc., but now to those of Hindu-ism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, etc.' The essence of the matter is the existence of a place of public religious worship. In the case of a temple, it becomes a place of public religious worship when the idol is installed and consecrated and the pranaprathishta or vivification ceremony is performed. 'Until then, it is elementary knowledge that the image does not become an object of worship. The deity does not begin to reside in the Idol (the visible image) until the consecration or the appropriate ceremony is completed, T.V.D. Naidu v. Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Administration) Department, Madras, AIR 1989 Mad 60. (See also New English Dictionary, Vol. IX, Part II)Means a place, by whatev...
Devotee
One who is wholly devoted esp one given wholly to religion one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies a bigot...
Devoto
A devotee...
ISKCON
The abbreviation for International Society for Krishna Consciousness a society founded in the US in 1966 based on Vedic scriptures Groups of devotees engage in joyful chanting of Hare Krishna O Krishna...
Jagannath
A particular form of Vishnu or of Krishna whose chief idol and worship are at Puri in Orissa The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul The principal festivals are the Snanayatra when the idol is bathed and the Rathayatra when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution...
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