Kusavans are generally the pujarisat his temples, and they make the earthenware, and brick and mortar horses and images, which are placed before these buildings.
There are many professional exorcists, who are often the pujaris (priests) at the shrine of the local goddess.
The Pallivanlu have temples dedicated to a female spirit of this kind named Mutialamma, and served by pujaris (priests) of their own caste.
They also offer sacrifices to Mariamma, whose pujarisare Kurubaru.
Close to the spot where corpses are burnt, the pujaris place on the ground five conical heaps (representing Ganesa), made of the ashes of a corpse.
A title of Occhans, or pujaris (priests) at temples of Grama Devatas (village deities).
In the Census Report, 1901, Vairavi is returned as a sub-caste of Pandaram, and said to be found only in the Tinnevelly district, where they are measurers of grains and pujaris in village temples.
They are found only in the Tinnevelly district, where they are measurers of grain, and pujaris in village temples.
It is thought auspicious for the head to be severed at one blow, and, apparently, pujaris who are skilful in decapitation are much in request.
Francis [98] that "certain of the Valaiyans who live at Ammayanayakkanur are the hereditarypujaris to the gods of the Sirumalai hills.
Pujaris (priests) for temple worship are always elected from the Perumal sept, and caste messengers from the Bandari sept, if they are represented in a settlement.
The Samayas are the pujaris at Hanuman and other shrines, and perform the branding ceremony, called chakrankitam.
The Baruas are pujaris in the temples, and physicians.
Many of thesepujaris are credited with the power of invoking the aid of bhutas, and curing disease.
Under the name of Bhuma Deva, there are temples dedicated to this god in some large towns, the service being conducted by pujaris (priests) of the Agasa caste.
The Myasa Bedars have no guru, but, instead of him, pujaris belonging to their own caste, who are in charge of the affairs of certain groups of families.
The pujaris of all the bhuthasthanas and garidis are Billavas.
The Deuliyas are pujaris and menials in zamindars' houses, growers of 'yams,' and even day labourers.
For a month before this ceremony, all the people have taken no meat, and for three days the pujaris have lived on fruits and milk alone.
On the last day of their festival, the Kurumbas take a bath, worship a bull, and break cocoanuts upon the heads of pujaris who have an hereditary right to this distinction, and upon the head of the sacred bull.
There is, in the west Telugu country, a class called Varapu Dasari, who act as pujaris for the Sudras, and in all places the Dasari receives certain emoluments from Sudras for singing at weddings and funerals.
Some of them officiate as pujaris (priests) in the temples of the local deities or demons, and are employed to perform funeral rites.
Kusavans are generally the pujarisin his temples, and they make the earthenware (and brick and mortar) horses and images, which are placed before these buildings.
According to orthodox Kota views, a settlement should consist of three streets or keris, in one of which the Terkaran or Devadi, and in the other two the Munthakannans or Pujaris live.
A title of pujaris (priests) in South Canara, and a name by which Stanikas are called.
The Occhans are a class of temple priests, usually officiate as pujaris at Pidari and other Amman (Grama Devata) temples.
Some of the pujariswear the sacred thread when within the temple.
As I stood there, one of these pujaris stood up amidst the recumbent crowd.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pujaris" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
