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A Math is a religious institution sui generic and unlike a temple where the presiding element is the diety, the presiding element of a math is its mahant or matadhipathi.The property belonging to the math is in fact attached to the office of mahant, and passed by inheritance to one who does fill the office. The head of the math is not a trustee in the sense in which the

term is generally understood, but in legal  contemplation he has an estate for life in its  permanent endownments and an absolute property in the  income derived from the offerings of his followers,  subject only to the burden of maintaining the  institution. He is bound to spend a large part of the  income derived from the offerings of his followers on  religious or charitable objects in accordance with  usage. Krishna Singh v Mathura Ahir AIR 1980 SC 707.

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A Math is a religious institution sui generic and unlike a temple where the presiding element is the diety, the presiding element of a math is its mahant or matadhipathi.The property belonging to the math is in fact attached to the office of mahant, and passed by inheritance to one who does fill the office. The head of the math is not a trustee in the sense in which the

term is generally understood, but in legal  contemplation he has an estate for life in its  permanent endownments and an absolute property in the  income derived from the offerings of his followers,  subject only to the burden of maintaining the  institution. He is bound to spend a large part of the  income derived from the offerings of his followers on  religious or charitable objects in accordance with  usage. Krishna Singh v Mathura Ahir AIR 1980 SC 707.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magieejacob (talk • contribs) 07:42, 14 September 2013 (UTC)