Kautilya's Arthashastra 5.2.39

5.2.39

daivatacaityaṃ siddhapuṇyasthānam aupapādikaṃ vā rātrāv utthāpya yātrāsamājābhyām ājīvet //

Or having on some night set up a god or an altar, or having opened a sacred place of ascetics or having pointed out an evil omen, the king may collect subsistence under the pretence of holding processions and congregations (to avert calamities).