Is a bhoomi pujan or foundation laying ceremony for construction of a new building a secular or non-secular activity? So queried Justice Jayant Patel of the Gujarat High Court while heading a three member bench looking into the question on whether the Valsad Parsi Anjuman (VPA) has the right to bar entry to their fire temple to a Parsi Zoroastrian woman married to a non-Parsi under the Special Marriage Act 1954 and continuing to profess the Zoroastrian religion.
"The court has to examine if the bhoomi pujan is an essential part of the religion… Certain characteristics are common to every religion.......