Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, Section 6(20)

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959—Section 6(20)—Term “temple”—There are two necessary ingredients for a structure or place to be described as a temple under the Act. First is its use as a place of public religious worship—Second is dedication of the structure or place to, or for the benefit of, or use as of right by, the Hindu community or a section thereof, as a place of public religious worship—The mere fact that members of the public are allowed to worship at a place, will not make it a public temple— The Hindu sentiments and the tenets of Hinduism do not normally exclude worshippers from a place of worship, even when it is private or part of a Math. Therefore, the crucial test is not whether the members of the public are permitted to worship, but whether the worship by the members of the public is as of right by the Hindu community or any section thereof, or whether a place has been dedicated a place of public religious worship.

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