| Temples & Legends Of Assam |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE SATRAS - III |
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functionaries are Bhagavati, the reciter and expounder of the Bhagavata Purana, the Pathak, the reader of the religious texts, Deuri, the distributor of mah-prasad,
sacred offerings after congregational prayer, Bharali,
store -keeper, Sravani, hearers, who are to listen
daily to recitations and expositions of the scriptures, Athpariya, who keeps vigil over the Satra and arranges lights in the Namghar, and Hatimata, who summons the monks in the Hatis to prayer services. Functionaries are appointed to organize religious music and to enact dramatic performances. The Gayan, singers, and the Bayan, players of musical instruments are incharge of the monastically orchestra, and they arrange music in religious services, festivals and in bhawana, religious performances.
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