Kerala temples appoint 36 non-Brahmins, 6 Dalits as priests
The Kerala Devaswom Board, which manages around 3,000 Hindu temples across Kerala, has appointed 36 non-Brahmins and six Dalits as priests under its Travancore division on the basis of a written test and personal interviews. Reportedly, this is the first time in the history of the Travancore board that Scheduled Caste people are being employed as priests. 