Priests in short supply

Hindus in parts of northern India are finding it difficult to find priests to perform yearly rituals for the dead.

Priests/Pandits in Agra, Mathura and neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh are working overtime because of the huge number of people who perform the annual ritual of feeding their ancestors during 'Pitr Paksh Shradh', a fortnight when people pay their respects to the dead.

"On occasions we have to eat at three different places with hardly a gap of one hour," says Pandit Mahesh Shukla, whose family specialises in performing rituals for the dead............Read more........Priests in short supply in Shradh season

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