DEEKSHITHAR
In our previous post i define experience in natraja temple.which located in small town of chidamabaram in south india. In this post.I share about priest of the natraja temple. The temple is managed and administered hereditarily by the chidambaram dikshitar,A class of vaideeka brahmins whom,legend say,were brought here from mountain kailas,by saint patanjali specifically from the performance of the daily rituals and maintenance of the natraja chidambaram temple. These deeekshita,follow the vedic rituals,unlike the sivachariyars or adhisaivars,Who follow the agamic rituals for the worship of lord siva.The rituals temple were collated from the vedas and set by patanjali,who is said to have inducted the deekshithars into the worship of lord siva as natraja......)))) The morning at the temple begins with the Chief Priest preparing himself to enter into the temple. In order to honor Si...