Indian Hindu woman priest Acharya Savith

Indian Hindu woman priest Acharya Savitha (C, in pink) teaches religious rituals to young girls aspiring to become priests at the Pani Prabhata Kanya Maha Vidyalayam in the outskirts of Hyderabad on August 29, 2009. Acharya Savitha started her own hindu women priest training school, which gives fourteen years of training in clergy, sacraments, vedic rituals and the sixteen sanskaras of Hinduism to students who are eligible for admission from the age of eight. Women preists are in high demand for traditional ceremonies like house warmings, naming ceremonies and marriages in India. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images)