mahant
/məˈhʌnt
/noun Hinduism
A chief priest of a temple or the head of a monastery.A majority of the mahants criticised the Sangh Parivar for the deterioration of the temple town....
- But these mahants again donated this land to Baba Bhairon Nath who built a Shiv temple on a part of the land.
- Meanwhile, the selection of the new mahant is likely to take two to three months.
Origin
Hindi.