STRANGE APPEAL.
IDOL BEFORE PRIVY COUNCIL. A Hindu idol, fashioned in gold, silver, and other precious metals, and named the goddess Sri Sri Bhudaneshwari Thakuarni, has appeared in the role of appellant before the Privy Council. The appeal has been brought in the name of the goddess by one of the trustees, Mohini. The case had its origin in the Calcutta courts, which finally disagreed. Two Hindu brothers, in the middle of last century, established a family idol in a Calcutta temple as their goddess. When their joint business prospered they bought land and used the income for the worship of the goddess, and arranged that their descendants should continue a similar form of worship. It is now alleged that the trustees, in 1902, secretly arranged to upset the agreement, with the result that the income on the goddess s property, valued at £50,000, which should have been spent on pious acts, - including distributing of sweetmeats to poor Brahmins, had been expropriated by certain members of the family. The healing of the appeal was adjourned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 69, 20 February 1937, Page 9
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175STRANGE APPEAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 69, 20 February 1937, Page 9
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