In a historic move, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) is ready with its first batch of non-Brahmin priests. The newly appointed priests are mainly from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
About 200 people from Dalit and backward communities have undergone rigorous training for three months as part of a pilot project by the TTD management. An official of Anil Singhal said that the management is going to appoint SC, ST priests in temples governed by it very soon.
This is the first time in India people from downtrodden communities are raised as priests in world’s richest temple. This is after several decades of demands by Dalits for the priesthood.
Now the first batch of trained priests are out and very soon they will be appointed at the temples. TTD is going to construct around 500 temples in SC, ST and fishermen colonies along with the Endowments department.
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