Are there things beyond reasoning, laws and constitution?

In India, in many of the matters connected to temples and other places of worship, we usually follow some customs or conventions or traditions rather than resort to laws or provisions in the constitution. The constitution also permits  private bodies  and institutions to frame their own by-laws(like Articles of Association for companies or incorporation laws for any other forms) within  the constitutional provisions. While these may be applicable to most of the materialistic as well as spiritual or religious organizations, not every one used to be treated alike. In the case of spiritual or religious institutions or organizations like temples or churches or mosques, we normally tend to follow certain conventions or conventions, in effect, become the rules. One may not muster enough knowledge on why we follow some conventions, however deep we dig, because there may not be any scripture available on this.

Let’s take for example, temples. Many of the questions which the temples have to face are even these days resolved by Devaprasna, a process by which experts in the field sit together conduct the prasna process and then decide. Few, if any, question this primarily because many of us don’t know why we follow certain traditions. When we don’t know or we can’t know, isn’t it better to simply follow traditions and conventions?(First Break All The Rules could be apt in the  management of organizations but not necessarily everywhere.)

A typical issue is in front of Supreme Court now: entry of women in Sabarimala temple. Feminist organizations and their supporters argue that barring women from entering the temple is pure sexual discrimination and hence against constitutional provisions. The ruling government has also supported this stand(after some changes in its stance). But it might please be remembered that the Government had  decided to go by the Devaprasnas earlier in many of the Sabarimala matters.

Is it necessarily an issue to be decided by court? I don’t know. What I know is that there are more serious issues in India- a large number of them in front of the court and a large number not necessarily in front of them because nobody has brought them up- which need to be addressed than an issue like entry of women at Sabarimala. A verdict favouring women entry  might enthrall the anti-discrimination group but might create heart burns for many who believe in traditions.