nataraj- article 26 of the constitution of india which guarantees right to manage religious affairs finds origin in article 44 of the Irish Constitution which itself is based on article 114 of the Polish Constitution, 1921. However, such borrowings must not be used as rigid translation of meaning. The idea and origin of article 26 may be foreign but its interpretation must necessarily be indigenous keeping in mind the indic religions and social, cultural and religious demography of india