User:Bal gangal

user:Bal Gangal Currently there is raging acontroversy about whether non-Brahmins can enter a temple/sanctum sanctorum.There is a lot of misunderstanding, misconception, misrepresentation about this and related matters I endevour here to removesome. First,there are hundreds, if not thousands, of temples where the keeper/chief worshipper is not only a non-Brahmin but has to be a non-Brahmin and Brahmins flock to such temples in large numbers, accept Prasad and Tirth [food and water sanctified at the time of worship]. Moreover,the term PRIEST applied to describe Brahmana-class[not caste, there are many among Brahmins] is atrociously misleading. I remember my grandfather telling me that we are Grihasthas[ just householders], not Priests and we have no right to officiate at a ritual worship and accept Dakshina.Hinduism, not being an organised religion there is no appointing authority for PRIESTS[we have to make do with this term]. No priest was assigned to/ thrust upon a given locality.Since the time of ritual texts of the Veda[circa 3000 B,C.?],a householder, if he so wanted, could choose his PRIEST. And whatever priests are there, they are not the spiritual leaders of Hindus. Most spiritual leaders/ saints are non-Brahmins and their followers/ devotees ARE Brahmins. I will follow this up with more minute details some other time