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Shebaitship

Shebaitship, property dedicated to an idol vests in it in an ideal sense only; ex necessitas, the possession and management has to be entrusted

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

Temple

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

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Iconoclast

A breaker or destroyer of images or idols a determined enemy of idol worship

Object held sacred

place of worship. Interpreted like that,it would mean that the section would apply only to cases where an idol in a temple is sought to be destroyed, damaged, or defiled. The words 'any object held sacred by

Prathista

ceremony performed on the completion of a house before it is inhabited; also, purification or re-consecration of an idol, house, or temple that has been polluted, Kapalavayi Kasi Raa Rao v. Kotta Venkataratnam, AIR 1947 PC 88.

Person having interest

an inclusive one, and includes the suit brought by two or more trustees in the name of the idol, to recover possession of its property against a person holding it adversely to the trust from the purview

Joss

A Chinese household divinity a Chinese idol

Religion

piety as ethical religions monotheistic religions natural religion revealed religion the religion of the Jews the religion of idol worshipers

Pagoda

of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India Farther India China and Japan usually but not always devoted to idol worship

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