pujari

plural pujaris

1. HinduismSomeone who performs a puja, especially a priest in a Hindu temple.

   The pujari saw the headman's anger and said to Hiranbai, 'God bless you, child, for your good work for all these God's creatures.'

   2000, Bhagwan Gidwani, Return of the Aryans

   1 more example

   The pujari at the Kalika Mata temple lightly tolls the bell and then in a voice that is as clear and crystalline as the sky this morning sings the Surya Stotra.

   1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 48

   Synonyms: archaka