MAURITIUS, September 9, 2003: (translated from the original French) The Mauritius Sanatan Dharma Temples Federation (MSDTF) has obtained 23 annual scholarships from Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyaputha and the New Delhi Academy of Sanskrit for those that want to become purohits (priests). They will complete a three-year course with two universities in Delhi and be awarded certificates upon successful completion. Furthermore, a group of 20 Indian scholars of the Sanskrit and Hindu rituals are coming to Mauritius from September 11 to 17 to assist with priest training, a result of the visit of the president of the MSDTF, Somduth Dulthumun, in India, the last month. The local training is also available to women priests.
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