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" As long as even a single slab belonging to the ancient ruined temple is found in the site, the temple continues to exist in the
eye of law and has its right to claim its possession was the historic
judgment delivered by the London High Court with the reference to
an ancient Hindu temple that was ruined and remained with out
worship for long. The Appeal Court in London presided over by
three senior judges, to which the case was taken upheld this judgment, but the case was taken to the Privy Council and the apex
court also upheld the judgment. Thus three Foreign courts that command greatest respect in the world of judiciary held that the presence of even one slab in the site empowers the ancient temple to be
treated as an existing entity in the eye of law, irrespective of whether
the temple was in ruins or was not under worship. This decision of
the London high Court was delivered hardly fifteen years ago when
the then Congress Government headed by late Rajiv Gandhi was
Prime Minister of India, who enthusiastically supported and got the
case filed in the London high Court in the now famous London
Nataraja case. The present writer appeared in the case as an Expert witness in that case on behalf of Government of India.

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One of the Pivotal arguments in the case advanced by the

Indian Government was once a temple; it remains always a temple.
The history of the case is as follows.

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A group of Bronze Idols including a Nataraja, was found in

a land behind a ruined Chola temple at Pattur, in Tanjore District.
The idols were found by a laborer who sold the Nataraja to an
antique dealer and the image was smuggled out of India and was
caught in London by the Scotland Yard Police. The Government of
India filed a case in the London High Court claiming the Nataraja as
a property of the ruined temple.

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Among the various legal points raised in the case, a few are
relevant. What constitutes the Hindu temple? Is it the structure, or
the space around it or the enshrined image? When the temple has
been ruined and worship ceased, whether it could claim ownership?
The court agreed that not only the building and the image but also
the consecrated space around the religious building constitutes the
temple. The temple ritual treatises mention various causes of ruin
such as vegetation on the buildings, fire, floods, earthquakes and the
like besides destructions by enemy during invasion. Having examined the ritual and historical position, the court came to the decision
so long as even one stone slab belonging to the ancient temple is
found in the site, the temple continues to exist in the eye of law. Any
ruined temple could be brought back to worship at any point of time
by purificatory rites. to be certain that the vexed question of this
case seems to be nearing an end. "
The Court here means the London Court. But what is important here for us is that the Government of India took a stand in
London Courts was " once a temple it remains always a temple"
and the observation "all consecrated place in and around the temple
are sacred". These points will help us in many cases.
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Extracts from the Rules under the Tamil Nadu Temple Entry Authorisation Act, 1947
(G.O.Ms.No.164, FIRKA DEVELOPMENT, DATED THE 23RD
MARCH 1948)
5. No Person shall......
(iii) do any act which is opposed to custom or established usage of
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8. The temple buildings and premised shall not be used for purposes
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worshippers had generally exercised in respect of those matters before the passing of the (Tamil Nadu) Temple Entry Authorization
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