SC: Courts can’t interfere in daily temple rituals
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 16
The constitutional courts can’t interfere in the day-to-day affairs of temples, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday as it refused to issue directions on a petition alleging irregularities in rituals performed at Tirupati Balaji Temple.
Constitutional courts can’t spell out how rituals and “pooja” should be performed…how coconut should be broken…how a garland should be put on a deity, etc.,” a Bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana told petitioner Sarvari Daadaa.
Dadda, a devotee of Lord Venkateshwara Swamy, alleged irregularities in the conduct of “sevas” and rituals at the Tirupati temple.
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