...situated in Triplicane is a very famous temple, with a history of more than 1500 years. The said temple is purely a temple of Thengalai tradition and the temple has been managed only by persons belonging...appointment of five non hereditary trustees for the Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple. The notice has called for the following: i) Two from Thengalai Srivaishnavite persuasion of...- 600 004. 3. The Deputy Commissioner H.R. and C.E. Department, 127, Yadaval Street, Padi, Chennai- 600 050. 4. A/m.Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple, Rep by the...

...Vaishnavites holding Offices in Sri Devaraja Swami Temple. The suit was filed for themselves and as representatives of the entire body of Thengalai Vaishanavites of Kancheepuram, who are office holders and...making an attempt to get an elephant themselves and introduce it with Vadakalai namam According to the plaintiffs, the established usage of the temple is that the elephant should have only a Thengalai...the defendants to accept the gift of an elephant to the suit temple by the plaintiffs or their nominees and have it painted with Thengalai namam on all occasions-inside and outside the temple and in...

...filed by the plaintiff in order to establish his right to conduct public worship at the temple according to the Thengalai ritual. Before the recitation of the Tamil scriptures (Prabandam), mantras...should only be sung at the worship in this temple. The contesting respondents say that the Vadagalai sect has the right of singing its own mantras at the same time as the Thengalai mantras are being...plaintiff who died during the pendency of the appeal. The plaintiff was the head of an important mutt and as such had the right of conducting public worship at the Tirupathi temple in the Chittoor...

...right to the use of the temple elephant and for painting its forehead with its own distinctive mark the Thengalai sought a mandatory injunction from the Munsif's Court asserting that the elephant...Thengalai sect, as the two sects shall now be required to maintain their own elephants for being employed in the worship and ceremonials. Be it ordered accordingly with the rider that should the temple at...through the judgment under appeal and other relevant material. The dispute, as it appears, is within a very narrow compass. In the ancient temple of Sri Devarajaswami at Kancheepuram in the State of Tamil...

...the religious rites of the parties. When frequent dispute between Vadagalais sect and Thengalai sect are noticed by the Temple administration, the same necessitated the Assistant Commissioner to...interfere with the religious performance or rituals or otherwise. In view of the fact that the Temple decorum is breached by developing dispute between Vadagalai sect and Thengalai sect, the...rituals in the Temple. The Vadagalai sect are ready and willing to co-operate for peaceful observance of rituals without affecting the rights of Thengalai Sect. 21. Under...

...This appeal arises out of the interminable and deplorable disputes between the Thengalai and Vadagalai sects of Vaishnava Brahmins worshipping in the Sri Varadarajaswami Temple at...Vazhi Thirunamam and the decree as modified by the High Court runs as follows:“That it is only the Thengalai Mantram of Sri Sailesa Daya Patram that may be recited within the temple...that the Adyapakam miras belonged exclusively to the Thengalais residing at Conjeevaram who were entitled to discharge the duties of the office both inside the temple and in processions outside the...

.... 2. At the time of the formation of the new temple a Thengalai namam was put on the forehead of the Utsavar. It was not there before. This seems to have annoyed some of the Vadagalai people. Whether on...1. The second appeal is by the plaintiffs. In Ulandai village in North Arcot, Dt., there was an ancient temple called Sri Kariamanicka Perumal temple. It fell into ruins. The daily...worship was not performed. It appears that, when His Holiness Sri Sankaracharaya of Kamakoti Peetam visited the village before 1960, he suggested that the temple had fallen on evil days because it was...

...1. Plaintiffs are the appellants. They are Thengalai Vaishnava Brahmins. The respondents belong to the Vadagalai Vishnava sect and are the dharmakarthas of the Devarajaswami temple in...Conjeevaram. In the Devarajaswami temple there is a shrine of Manavala Mahamuni a saint, who is held in very great veneration by the Thengalai sect but whom the Vadagalais do not worship. An utsawam is...the cost was met from the general funds of the Devarajaswami temple and in cases where there were no funds or the dharmakarthas alleged there were none, the Thengalai worshippers of the Manavala...

...1. This appeal arises out of another dispute between the Thengalais and Vadagalais. In the village of Thirukkannaraangai in the Tanjore District is a Thengalai temple known as the Sri...Bakthavathsala Perurmal Temple. The dispute is with reference to the twenty days' festival, which commences in the month of December and ends in January and is known as Pagal Pathu and Ra Pathu. It is...filed a suit (O.S. No. 506 of 1900) in the Court of the District Munsif of Tiruvarur for a declaration that a certain shrine in the temple had been dedicated to the spiritual leader of the Vadagalais and...

...were men representing the Thengalai Community of Conjeevaram and Sthalathars of the temple. They had themselves instituted other suits in the District Court of Chingleput for the settlement of a scheme.... 26 to 29 are Sthalathars. The object of these groups of respondents was to induce this Court to admit as trustees of the temple respectively, a Thengalai Vaishnava to protect and safe-guard the...management of the temple. One or two Thengalai trustees will not be likely to control the actions of the Vadagalai trustees, while it might lead to constant opposition and quarrels and mutual recrimination...

...for a day, the thengalai character of the temple would be affected. I have therefore no hesitation in turning down the appellant's contention and dismissing the suit. The Appeal No. 290 of 1933...causing to be put new or additional thengalai namams or marks to the idols in and about the temple and in several articles and things thereof. It has been alleged in para. 13 of the plaint that the act...appears to be due to the fact that the predominant character of this temple happens to be thengalai and it is highly distasteful to the vadagalais to seethe Gods they worship along with then galais...

...of Triplicane learned in Sastras and acquainted with the mamool of the temple and that not only in Triplicane but also in most of the Sri Vaishnava temples, the Thengalai Sthalathars are the mirasi...boundaries as were fixed by the schemes framed from time to time for the purpose of the temple.29. It seems to me to be desirable that the right which vests in the Thengalai Vaishnava...1. This is a suit filed by the plaintiffs for themselves and on behalf of the Thengalai Vaishnava Brahmans, residents in Triplicane, for a declaration that they are entitled to the office...

...quash the impugned show cause notice, issued vide Na. Ka. No. 8946/2011.BC dated 26.09.2011, being illegal, void and without jurisdiction.2. The petitioner Temple is a Temple of Thengalai...Persuation and comparatively an old Temple. The Temple is governed as per the scheme framed by this Court in C.S No. 593 of 1922 dated 20.11.1925, which was modified by the Hon'ble Division Bench of...filed by the present Trustees of the Temple. Thiru N.C Sridhar is the Chairman of the Trust Board.4. It is pleaded case of petitioner, that Officials of Hindu Religious & Charitable...

...hatred according to the Thengalai cult or that Vedantha Desikar is regarded as an enemy of god according to the Thengalai persuasion. It is stated that in the Srirangam temple itself there is a shrine of...restrain the respondents from carrying the idol of Desikar in procession through any of the streets within the seven Prakarams of the Srirangam temple. C.M.P. No. 926 of 1912 is an application by the...instituted a suit against the trustees of the temple and the Thengalais for a declaration of their right to carry the idol of Desikar, which they have apparently recently made, in procession through any of...

.... Admittedly almost of the Alwars and important Acharyars are having shrines with their idols in the temple, one such shrine is that of Sri Manavala Mamunigal, an Acharya belongs to Thengalai sect...branches. It is an admitted fact that among the idols of the Alwars, Sri Namalvar wears “Thengalai Thirunamam” in the temple and among the Acharyars, Sri Ramanuja wears ‘Vadagalai Thirunarnam’ and the.... He has admitted that both Vadagalai and Thengalai sects are devotees of Sri Devarajaswami Temple and that the first honour is being performed to Sri Namalvar during the third day of Brahmotsavam...

...Swamy Temple, Little Kancheepuram Page 2 of 16 2. The petitioner states that he belongs to Thengalai Sect...Srivaishnavite and a regular worshipper of Sri Devaraja Swamy Temple at Kanchipuram. The Thengalai Sect Srivaishnavites have a right to recite Tamil Divyaprabhandam Poetic verses in the said temple during..., H.R.&C.E. Admin Department, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 34. 2.Arulmigu Sri Devaraja Swamy Temple, Represented by its Executive Trustee/Assistant Commissioner, Sannadhi Street...

...Thengalai worshippers interested in the said temple. 2. Sri Parthasarathi Swami Temple is a famous and ancient Vaishnavite temple in Triplicane in Madras City. The administration of the...voters maintained at the temple. The qualifications necessary for a person to be registered in the list of voters are that he should be (a) a Vaishnavite of the Thengalai sect; (b) of the male sex; (c...temple has been in accordance with a scheme framed by this Court in CS. No. 527 of 1924. The scheme inter alia provides that the management and affairs of the temple shall be carried on by a body of...

...trustee of Sri Parthasarathiswami Devastanam, Triplicane, in the vacancy caused by the expiry of the term of the trustee. Sri V. Ranganadham Chetti. The petitioners are two Thengalai...worshippers interested in the said temple. 2. Sri Parthasarathiswami temple is a famous and ancient vaishnavite temple in Triplicane in Madras city. The administration of the temple has...been in accordance with a scheme framed by this Court in C. S. No. 527 of 1924. The scheme inter alia provides that the management, and affairs of the temple shall be carried on by a body of...

...worshipers of Thengala vaishnavite community of Mylapore under the provisions of Section 92 C.P.C., with the sanction of the Advocate General. It is a temple of Thengalai Persuasion and comparatively old...to Thengalai Sect and the Thengalai Sect devotees are worshiping the temple, would not confer any right to claim protection 46/81 http://www.judis.nic.in under Section 107 of the Act. A declaration...and worshiping the temple. The trustees from various communities professing Thengalai Sect have continue to hold the post of trustees. More than these aspects, perusal of the allegations in the...

...Temple.16. The learned Special Government Pleader has stated that certain disputes are prevailing between the Vadagalai Sect and Thengalai Sect and they are creating frequent trouble more...Vadagalai and Thengalai Sectors are disrespecting the religious sentiments of the public at large, as Sri Varadharaja Swamy Temple is being worshiped by lakhs and lakhs of devotees from various places across...or other in one form or another from time to time has been responsible for the series of litigations pertaining to this temple going on for the last two centuries. In Thathachariar v...