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Monday, September 8, 2008

Training for purohits on worship-management

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Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Sept 7: It is indeed a news for many in Asom and elsewhere in the country that there is a three-year worship-management training centre at Silchar in south Asom. Training on various kinds of pujas is being imparted to priests at the centre on every Sunday.

Almost 13 years ago, the worship-management training centre for priests had been initiated by Silchar Shani Mandir with cooperation from Arya Sanskriti Bodhan, a socio-cultural organization. The inaugural function was graced by late Swami Khyantananda Maharaj of Ram Krishna Mission and Swami Jyotirupananda, who is currently at Moscow. The training course had to be disrupted for a few years due to some unfavourable factors, said the centre’s publicity secretary Shanti Kumar Bhattachariya. However, it has been going on smoothly for the last three years with active cooperation from the Shani Mandir managing committee.

According to Bhattacharya, the training starts at 3 pm on every Sunday in the premises of the centre at Sadarghat. Lessons include both theoretical and practical aspects of priesthood with special emphasis on mantra explanation, accent on mantras, grammatical analysis, Gita and Chandi recitation as well as interaction in Sanskrit. Training on various kinds of pujas, with special significance on Durga Puja and Kali Puja, is also imparted to the trainees who have to face unit tests and half-yearly and annual examinations for evaluation of their knowledge on the subject.

Connected with this training are Sanskrit luminary Subodh Bhattacharya, Head of the Department of GC College Birendra Sinha, Women’s College lecturer Dr Ranjit Tiwari, former GC College Vice Principal Asit Sen, GC College lecturer Dr Shanti Pokhrel, teacher Amarendra Goswami, Tarktirth Tarapada Deshmikhya and teacher Khounish Chandra Chakraborty. Those who are imparting the training are Kishore Bhattacharya, Rahul Bhattacharya, Sudip Chakraborty, Gautom Chakraborty and others. source: sentinel assam

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