So after yesterday's verdict, what will be the outcome if an oppressed member of the Hindu community moves the court demanding access into the Garbhagudi?
Remember, the courts for all its virtue signalling over freedom of speech, and "dissent is safety valve" will waste no time in throwing out someone who dissents against them.
So the courts reserve the right to maintain propriety in their domain, while deny the same to Hindus in their religious domain. Why?
Because at a fundamental level the courts believe that there is only a single "True" domain which is a universal one. And within this single domain, there is only one true form of propriety and that is the one defined by them.
This ability to allow for multiple domains to simultaneously co-exist, and be able to recognize the validity of propriety in their respective domains is the hallmark of Pagan systems.
I might be the most powerful person within my guild which allows me some previleges. But
I cannot demand those previleges within the domain of another guild member's family affairs. I am at best only an esteemed guest in that place.
I cannot demand those previleges within the domain of another guild member's family affairs. I am at best only an esteemed guest in that place.
These "rights" are not even transferable within domains of similar nature. The esteemed member of one family cannot and will not dictate the functionings of another person's family.
As @GhorAngirasa said, each temple is basically a separate domain where a certain timeless ritual is enacted over and over again, with the devotees in that temple taking part in it. Irrespective of the part I play, I am guaranteed the phala of the ritual.
And in India there are thousands and thousands of domains of such rituals, each different from the other, each having its own mythology, rules of worship, restrictions on who can and cannot participate in it.
Thus it might not be the case that all members of the society have equal "rights" to all the ritual domains, but what is true is that every member will have access to some ritual domain where he/she can participate and gain the phala they are seeking.
The problem with Abrahamic religions & their modern offshoots is that they believe there is but one domain, governed by one God, with one set of rules, and one ritual.
The internecine fight between them is w.r.t what is domain constitutes, the God, rules & the ritual.
The internecine fight between them is w.r.t what is domain constitutes, the God, rules & the ritual.
And no matter which is the offshoot of Abrahamism that currently prevails, there will always be a case to be made for someone who is oppressed, depressed & suppressed within this single domain of things
Unless our jurisprudence recognizes this fundamental structurural difference between pagan systems & Abrahmic ones, we cannot expect that it will provide Justice to the Indic religions.
Thus at best the courts will seek compatibility between the myths of the said religious sect with the myths in the Constitution. But most of the time it will see the religious sect as a competitor which will usurp its role as the soverign within the single universal domain /END
