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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TEMPLE OF XRI DEVI XERVANI-VETAL, SALGAO-VADDO, ADVALPALE—IV. CHAPTER –IV. Servants of the Temple and their Duties. Art.—The servant staff of the temple consists of Puzari( Brahmin Priests), dancing girls, mazgaocares, marxelcares, vadcares, bhavinas, deulists and farazes( mhars) in conformity with the disposition of para 2 of the present article. The right of the respective servants is hereditary excepting that of puzari. Para 1- The entire servant staff is obliged to serve with the members of their families of the respective temples and each one will execute faithfully the duties entrusted to them and shall not absent without leave from the administrative body. Para 2—The obligations of each one of the servants, the duty to perform in the temples and other solemn occasions are given below and they should according to the category to which they belong comply with the following: No 1—It is the duty of the priest( pujari) to collect flowers and tulsis very early in the morning, take bath, enter the sanctuary, dictate the Puja in Vedic terms preparing for the use the rubbed sandalwood which should be used on images, to show lights to images and also to burn incense, to perform at mid-day the Arthis and the sacrifice of rice(nivedia) throwing on the images Montrapuspa and in the beginning of the Puja to perform the Abhixeca of water. At night to perform the Dhuparata. No 2—It is the duty of the dancing girls to sweep daily the ground to apply cowdung to the building of the temple where necessary and to the Sobha-montopo, to wash the ground, to get the seats by the five Vangoreiros( Porobo, Naique, Sinai, Dondo and Petkar Salgauncares) on festive occasions, to sing and to dance on these occasions and during processions enjoy their right of standing, in the first place the dancing girls, mazgaocares in the second place, marxelcares and in the third place vadcares. The duties referred to above shall be performed by dancing girls according to the instructions given by the administrative community observing the practice followed in the temple. No 3—It is the duty of the bhavinas to keep ready and light daily the lights in the temple and to keep in clean state the ground of the temples and the Sobha-montopo and to do all the work that may be necessary in the temples as well as to execute other work which they have been doing since long. No 4—It is the duty of the Deulis to hold the Diuli on festive occasions and the distinctive flags and abtanguir. No 5—It is the duty of the farazes to ring the bell( noboto) in the morning and at sunset on all days in both the principal temples and to do other work wich they have been performing since long on festive occasions. Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas, Vasco da Gama, 18-06-2004. |
