The priests of Bubaneshwar !


The priests of Bubaneshwar !

 

The job hours are long. Lot of wait and patience is required to attract (!) the devotees .

 



One priest is devoted to every idol / worshiping place in the temple campus. He earns bread and butter from the it. More devotees he attracts, more he earns !



Apart from performing rituals, any other sacred job has to be performed by the priests of the temple. Cooking included.


There is leisure time too ! They are so many fr a small temple.


Some lucky ones get time to pose for the camera and they do it happily !



8 comments:

  1. Wonderfully captured! Yes priests are part of every temple here...they cook delicious food,chant mantras & do pujas at home during festivals like Ganesh Puja,Saraswati Puja & so on! :)

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  2. Nice pics, Paresh :)
    Bhubaneswar is the temple city and has many temples.

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  3. Nice pictures, interesting story. I realize that a priest's job isn't easy.

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  4. Interesting photos and accompanying words.

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