The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that Hinduism will be adversely impacted and the society will stand divided if temples and "mutts" restrict entry on the grounds of sect and separate denominations inside a religion. ADVERTISEMENTVaidyanathan appeared in the court on behalf of the devotees of Lord Ayyappa of the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala. He submitted that a denominational temple can give permissive rights and have worship or confine it only to the denomination. He agreed that public temples must be open to all, but added that the same cannot be insisted for denominational temples. "He asked whether individual rights would prevail over group or collective rights and he held wrongly that individual rights can prevail over collective religious rights," he submitted.

Source: The Telegraph April 09, 2026 20:39 UTC