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Hinduism, Hinduism is so tolerant and Hindu religious practices so varied and eclectic that one would find it difficult to say whether one is practicing or professing Hindu religion or not. Especially when one is born a Hindu the fact that he goes to a Buddhist temple or a church or a durgah cannot be said to show that they are no more Hindus unless it is clearly proved that they have changed their religion from Hinduism to some other religion, Ganpat v. Presiding Officer, AIR 1975 SC 420 (424): (1975) 1 SCC 589: (1975) 2 SCR 923.Hinduism cannot be defined in terms of Polytheism or Henotheism or Monotheism. The nature of Hindu religion ultimately is Monism/Advaita. This is in contradistinction to Monotheism which means only one God to the exclusion of all others. Polytheism is a belief of multiplicity of Gods. On the contrary, Monism is a spiritual belief of one Ultimate Supreme who manifests himself as many. This multiplicity is not contrary to on-dualism. This is the reason why Hindu...
Object held sacred
Object held sacred, the word 'object' has to be interpreted 'ejusdem generis' with a 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 any class of persons' even otherwise will apply only to idols in a temple or when they are carried out in processions on festival occasions, A. Veerabhadran Chettiar v. E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, AIR 1955 Mad 550. (Indian Penal Code, s. 295)Any object however trivial or destitute of real value in itself, if regarded as sacred by any class of persons would come within the meaning of the Penal Section, Veerabadran Chettiari v. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker, AIR 1958 SC 1032 (1035): 1959 SCR 1211. (Indian Penal Code, s. 295)...
Or
Or, construed as 'and'. The courts may construe 'or' as 'and' if they find from the context that the wrong word must have been used, Morgan v. Thomas, (1882) 9 QBD 643 (645), per Jessel (MR).Or, in the sentence any 'any person concerned in any such offence shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three times the value of the goods or not exceeding 1000 rupees.' It is clear that if the words form an affirmative sentence, then the condition of one of the clauses only need be fulfilled. In such a case 'or' really means 'either' 'or'. In the Shorter Oxford Dictionary one of the meanings of the word 'or' is given as 'A participle co-ordinating two (or more) words, phrases or clauses between which there is an alternative.' It is also there stated, 'The alternative expressed by 'or' is emphasised by prefixing to the first member or adding after the last, the associated adv. EITHER.' So, even without 'either', 'or' alone creates an alternative. If, however, the sentence is a negative one, th...
Prathista
Prathista, means consecration, Rama Rao v. Venkata Ratnam, AIR 1947 PC 88: 230 IC 438: 1947 All LJ 365: 1947 All WR (PC) 25: 1947 Mad LJ 400: (1947) Mad WN 240 (PC).Consecration or setting up of an image, or a temple a 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....
Reader
Reader. 1. A lecturer. 2. An official of the Temple Church, appointed alternately by the Inner and Middle Temple. He reads the lessons and preaches on Sunday afternoons....
Public institutions
Public institutions, would mean not merely temples dedicated to the public as a whole but also those founded for the benefit of ss. thereof, and denominational temples would be comprised therein, Venkatarama Devaru v. State of Mysore, AIR 1958 SC 255 (267): 1958 SCR 895. [Constitution of India, Article 25(2) (b)]...
Religious institutions of a public character
Religious institutions of a public character, the expression 'religious institutions of a public character' occurring in Article 25(2)(b) of the Constitution contemplates not merely temples dedicated to the public as a whole but also those founded for the benefit of ss. thereof and includes denominational temples as well, Sri Venkataramana Devaru v. Stateof Mysore, AIR 1958 SC 255: (1958) SCR 895. [Constitution of India, Art 25(2)(b)...
Emendals
Emendals, an old word made use of in the accounts of the Society of the Inner Temple, where so much in emendals at the foot of an account, on the balance thereof, signifies so much money in the bank or stock of the house, for reparation of losses or other emergent occasions, Oxf. Dict....
VerbarSekes
A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed...
Shekinah
The visible majesty of the Divine Presence especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat in the Tabernacle or in the Temple of Solomon a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews and adopted by Christians...
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