New Delhi, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly defended artistic creativity, cautioning against attempts to stifle literature, art and culture merely because creative works depict Hindu Gods and Goddesses, as it refused to interfere with the release of the animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath. A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan dismissed an application filed by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration seeking modification of the court's July 17 order that had permitted the release of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)-certified movie after the conclusion of the Rath Yatra. "We have already passed an order (on July 17) allowing the film's release. If we pass an order, all televised series on Ramayana and Mahabharata will stop," said the bench, repeatedly underscoring during the hearing that courts cannot curb artistic expression because a handful of people object to a creative work. "This will no way come in the way of devotion and reverence to Lord Jagannath. If there are such kinds of sensitivities and two-three people go on filing writ petitions, we will pass an order that in respect of Hindu Gods, Goddesses and mythology, let there be no art form in India. We can pass so in the interest of preserving peace.We don't want such kind of thing. This is creativity. Every person has creativity," remarked the bench. Emphasising that Indian traditions themselves accommodate multiple retellings of epics and mythology, the bench further said: "Just because two-three sensitive people in the country are filing these cases, we will pass an extreme order that there shall be no creativity, no literature. Every place has a story of Ramayana and Mahabharata in its own way." The court also noted that animation was primarily intended for children and lamented that artistic expression could not be held "to ransom", adding: "There is creativity in the country. Animation is for the purpose of children... There can't be ransom like this." Appearing for the temple committee and the state, advocate general Pitamber Acharya clarified that the state was not seeking to prevent the film's release but wanted the CBFC to independently exercise its revisional powers after the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration approached it seeking revocation of the film's certification....