Vastra danam
May 30, 2007
In the vedas it says many times, that a part of every yagya is honoring brahmin priests through gifts (dakshina) of food, cloth and in this case a silver cup for the puja set. It is a way of honoring and preserving the vedic tradition, and besides all the priests have families and have to make a living! Of course in the “old days” the gifts were cows and gold…but then again the yagyas were pretty much only for the wealthy.