My feelings expressed are directed to kali-yuga priests who consider themselves intermediaters between man and God. My belief is this is outdated. Each soul is a priest and one can go directly to the Lord through the altar of his on heart.

During an arotik does the congregation see their chanting go to the Lord through the pujari?

Such things are needed for temple Deity work. I am not against priests. I am against the idea of feeling one cannot resceive a blessing from Radha/Krishna except through the priest.

It really falls upon each person to understand this. The real problem was my friend who actually surrendered a mala to the corrupt pujari.