Question

what was the function of Pandit

Answer 1

Pundit: pandit is one who carries out all religious ceremonies as prescribed in the sacred texts of the Religion he follows.

On every auspicious occasion... It is the moral responsibility of the Pundit to invoke the mighty spirits to bless the ceremonial function .. Be it the fixation of a marriage, entering a newly built house or the opening ceremony of a shop or a factory.

Pundits play a very import role in community activities. Every individual household cannot manage without one. On the death of an elder in the family, it is only the pundit who guides through all the rituals required as per the religious manuals. Totally unaware of the requisite procedures a lay Hindu finds himself closeted on both sides as if in a closed tunnel.