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The primary responsibility of members of the priesthood class is to conduct daily prayers at the local temple and officiate Hindu rituals and ceremonies.A pujari assumes that all visitors to their temple wish to bear witness to a darshana, an auspicious vision of the murti, the temple idol, that serves as a representation of a given deity within the sanctum sanctorum.
) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, [1] particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era literature, the term generally refers to lawyers specialized in Hindu law. [3] Whereas, today the title is used for experts in other subjects, such as music.
The term originates from the Sanskrit term pandit (paṇḍitá पण्डित), meaning "knowledge owner" or "learned man". [4] It refers to someone who is erudite in various subjects and who conducts religious ceremonies and offers counsel to the king and usually referred to a person from the Hindu Brahmin but may also refer to the siddhas, Siddhars, Naths, ascetics, sadhus, or yogis ().
In other branches of Hinduism, the mahant is an ascetic who is the head and leader of the temple and has religious responsibilities as a preacher. [6] Mahant is a title of Bairagis and Goswamis. However The post of Mahant can be achieved by a person of any caste, even today many castes are involved in the Mahant/joggi post.
Madan Mohan Malaviya (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946; Hindi pronunciation: [məd̪ən̪ moːɦən̪ maːlʋiːj(ə)] ⓘ) was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and activist notable for his role in the Indian independence movement.
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Bansi Pandit (born 1942), Indian writer and speaker on Hinduism; Devaki Pandit (born 1965), Indian playback singer; Farah Pandith (born 1968), American academic; Korla Pandit (1921–1998), American musician, composer and TV personality; Lal Babu Pandit, Nepalese politician; M. P. Pandit (1918–1993), Indian spiritualist, teacher and Sanskrit ...
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