Only one batch of students passed out from the schools in 2008 after which they were closed due to a slew of court cases and a change of regime in 2011.Ģ4 students, who passed out in 2008, belonging to non-Brahmin communities now work as priests in several temples administered by the Hindu Religious Charitable and Endowments (HR & CE) Department.
After lying idle for over 13 years, six Archakar Payirchi Palli (Priests’ Training Schools) in Tamil Nadu will welcome a new set of students from all communities for a one-year course in early 2022 with classrooms being spruced up and infrastructure upgraded.Īll the six schools, which were set up by the then DMK government in 2007, have invited applications from interested students between the age of 14 and 24 for the one-year course to get trained as priests.
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