Satani is a community that renders temple services in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in India. Traditionally, they rendered a variety of services as supervisors and purohits of temples, guardians of temple properties, heralds, singers and torch-bearers at festivals, bodyguards of Jiyars, and providers of umbrellas, flower garlands, and namam clay.
Satani is a community that renders temple services in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in India. Traditionally, they rendered a variety of services as supervisors and purohits of temples, guardians of temple properties, heralds, singers and torch-bearers at festivals, bodyguards of Jiyars, and providers of umbrellas, flower garlands, and namam clay.
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