Pandrang Row, J.

1. This is an appeal from the judgment of Venkataramana Rao, J., in S.A. No. 469 of 1932 dated 14th April, 1936. The second appeal arose out of a suit for a declaration that the plaintiff and his family were entitled to the first honours, namely, Thirtham, Thulasi and Sri Satari on the occasion of the Pavitrotsavam festival in the temple of Sri Sarangapaniswami at Kumbakonam. The plaintiffs case was that he and his family had been performing the said festival from time immemorial and that immediately after the prayers or worship are over an offering of food prepared at the plaintiffs expense is offered to the deity and after Karpoora harathi the plaintiff has to be given Thirtham, Thulasi, etc., and Sri Satari has to be placed over his head with parivattam, that is, a piece of silk cloth. The claim was thus, as stated by Venkataramana Rao, J., "rested on long standing custom and practice", and related entirely to "first honours" in connection with the festival which the plaintiff claimed to be entitled to conduct in the temple. The only question that arose before Venkataramana Rao, J., was whether the decree passed in the suit in respect of these honours was