They newly ordained girls are to be posted as assistant clergymen in Vaishnavaite temples.
Chennai:
Taking the chance to shut the gender hole within the occupation, three younger girls — one the primary graduate in a household, one other a graduate and the third a postgraduate — have chosen to take up the sacred vocation of priest in a Hindu temple.
The wage is meagre however that doesn’t appear to be a difficulty for these pious younger girls who say god will present for his or her wants.
“I used to be working in a non-public agency in Chennai and gave up the job after my buddy dropped at my discover the state authorities’s announcement on coaching girls from all castes to turn out to be temple clergymen,” says N Ranjitha, a BSc Visible Communications graduate.
“I discovered it vital to serve god and therefore the choice to turn out to be a priest,” Ranjitha advised PTI. Her mother and father from Needamangalam in Tiruvarur district are farmers and she or he is the primary graduate in her household, she mentioned.
Like her, S Ramya, a postgraduate in Arithmetic, and S Krishnaveni, a graduate in Arithmetic, determined to dedicate their lives to temple service. The three had been among the many 98 archakas — the opposite 95 being males — who efficiently accomplished a one-year course organised by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Non secular and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) division.
The coaching was difficult initially however their trainer Sundar Bhattar taught them effectively, Ranjitha mentioned.
They newly ordained girls are to be posted as assistant clergymen in Vaishnavaite temples underneath the ambit of the HR & CE division to endure coaching for a 12 months, after which they are going to be given everlasting positions.
In line with Krishnaveni, each her father and grandfather served on the Mariamman temple of their village in Tittakudi in Cuddalore district. “Neither I nor others are nervous concerning the wage since we belief that the Lord will present for us,” she mentioned.
All of them had been initiated into priesthood from the Mannargudi Sendalangara Jeeyar throughout the sixth month of their coaching. They’ve been educated in Pancharatra agama, the Vaishnavaite custom of worship, throughout their time on the Archakar Coaching College run by the Sri Ranganathar Temple in Srirangam.
Like the remainder of the trainees, they too had been offered a month-to-month stipend of Rs 3,000.
Ramya, additionally from Tittakudi, hopes to take up the brand new function in a significant temple in order that she will be able to get a possibility to be taught extra and achieve good publicity as effectively.
All of the 98 archakas and 4 odhuvars (who recite devotional hymns in temples) obtained their certificates from HR & CE Minister P Ok Sekar Babu at a perform held right here lately.
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