Guest guest Posted October 29, 1996 Report Share Posted October 29, 1996 There was a querry on bhattara providing Samashraynam. At least in the old days, the temple hierarchy was well established. Bhattars or Archakas were well versed in the temple prayers and rituals. One used them as intemediaries to the idols, offering various archanas, abishekas etc. These have been formalized with tickets sold at the temple offices nowadays. In the old days, one just offered a donation on the plate, that he brought out with the lighted camphor. The there were pundits or mebers of the Vedha ghosti, attached to the temples. They preceded the processions of the Utsavaar or sung the Vedic hymns in front of the deities. There were restricitions on inter-dining between the bhattars and other groups. Outside the temple control, were Purohits or Vadyars who were knowledgable in the rites for the household. They initiated and led the rituals in Namakaranm, Anna-prasanm, Aksharabyasam,Poonal, wedding and Shraddam. The household need other Athithis for dining. The achryas, Jeeyars were Vedantins who could lecture on the vedic philosophy. The set-up was more like the college system producing technicians, engineers and experts. Nowadys, several of these roles are taken up by a single person. But it may be difficult to find' a bhattar well-versed in all of these. Krishna Praba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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