Definition of "pujari" [pujari]

• A Hindu priest in a temple. (noun)

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• "Indian Brahmins being appointed as priests of the famous Pashupatinath temple would draw public outrage, a 'pujari' at the holy shrine has warned."
• "President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American management consultant Anju Bhargava, who is also an ordained 'pujari' (priest), as the member of a faith-based advisory council of the White House."
• "Incidentally the senior Malakar came to America from India as a Hare Krishna pujari."