Priests and the Ancient Temples of Guwahati: A Study on the Nature of their Engagement in the Temples

Guwahati city is dotted with a number of ancient temples. These temples have great significance as the places of worship as well as of great attraction of the tourists. A good number of pilgrims and other visitors visit these temples and people serving these temples are also not less. Priests are the most important part of the functioning of thee temples. Most of the priests engaged in these temples of Guwahati are the descendants of the families assigned to worship in the temples by the Ahom kings. In the present work an attempt has been made to throw light on the nature of the engagement of the priests in these temples and also to describe their dependency on the temples and some other related aspects of their engagement. Both primary and secondary data sources have been used in this study and the collected data are presented using appropriate methods.