Giri: It has been held in Shrir Mutt and other judgments of the supreme court iself that what constitutes an essential part of the religion is primarily to be ascertained with reference to the doctrine of that religion itself. therefore, the content of the right claim would have to be ascertained with reference to the tenets of the religion itself. This would include the concept claiming to the consecration of the iold,, and the individual characterstics of the deity.