The duty of these young Brahmins was to help in the kitchen for their mates following lessons. With the age of 18 years, they were in their last year to become priest and to be send off to serve in one of the Temples all over Tamil Nadu.
There are only two Brahmin schools around Madurai, here at Thiruparangkundram and one in Karaikudi.
But let's not keeping them up to go on working in the kitchen at 10:35.