People to perform religious ceremonies.

[Guest guest]

I have followed the correspondence relating to priests for performing

some of the religious ceremonies. I hope what I am adding here is

viewed in a positive sense. It is not intended to adversely comment on

any thoughts expressed so far.

 

In my experience, I feel there is a difference between the purohita

function and the priest function. The training for the two functions

are distinct and different from each other. Even though in this country

because of the limitation in resource availability we have the temple

priests essentially also functioning as purohita-s, this does not

necessarily mean that they are the also the ones who are trained for the

purohita function. When an attempt is made to put together a list of

people qualified to perform the different ceremonies, this needs to be

kept in mind.

 

Also, when we look for people competent or trained to perform the

religious functions, I

have found some non-vaishNava priests (smartha priests for instance)

have been very good in their knowledge of purohitam as well.

 

-dAsan kr*shNamaAchAryan

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