Jain Shwetambar Tirth Shree Antariksh Parshwanath

Author(s): Jambuvijay
Publisher: Sumtilal Ratanchand Patni

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affairs of the temple and of this idol, the Degambaris having no part or lot therein, until 1905, when, with due consideration, as it is put, for the desire of the Digambaris to worship the sacred deity in their own way, some members of the Swetambari sect disinterestedly effected arrangement whereby the Digambaris were permitted to worship the idol at specified times without ornaments and under certain rules which safeguarded the religious beliefs and the customs of the Swetambaris. But after two year's cooperation the Swetambari followers had become convinced that the continuance of the association with the Digambaris was detrimental to the religious sentiments, rights and management of the Swetambaris, and on the 13th February 1908, matters came to a head, when the idol was mutilated by defendants 1-7 in the manner already referred to. Since then the defendants had been obstructing the Swetambaris in placing upon the deity Its accustomed ornaments and in restoring it to its self-existent form. And the plaintiffs claimed damages: injunctions restraining the defendants and other Digambari followers from raising any obstacle to the managements of the Samsthan by the Swetambaris or thy restoration of the image to its original form by them. Declarations were asked for, framed so as to obtain a decision from the Court that the Swetambari management of the temple and