Two Vaishnavite sects claiming ownership over a venerated temple and math, a beleaguered mahant, decades-long litigation and charges of mismanagement of temple property—Rajasthan’s famous Galta Peeth temple is caught in a vicious temporal tangle. Just 12 km from Jaipur and nestled in the lap of the lush Aravalis, the complex of institutions known as Galta Peeth evolved as a revered …
Two Vaishnavite sects claiming ownership over a venerated temple and math, a beleaguered mahant, decades-long litigation and charges of mismanagement of temple property—Rajasthan’s famous Galta Peeth temple is caught in a vicious temporal tangle. After registering the peeth—as the law demanded—under the then-new Rajasthan Public Charitable Trust Act in 1963, he also made an allowance for the mahant’s post being …
