Original sentence: Although people generallly scoff at these concepts, such a behavior coulkd be deemed hypocrticial because the truth lies in the fact that South Indians generally do not want their ceremonies and priestly services to be performed in West Bengal, Orissa or Assam by the local brahmins.In their eyes, a brahmin priest who is not a vegetarian lacks the moral authority and spiritual characteritstics associated with their brand of hindusim and Sanatana Dharm practices.It must also be noted that the states that have a higher population fraction of brahmins are generally higher on vegetarianism.On an average 35-40% of the Indian population are vegetarians, and India easily represents the largest vegetarian population in the world.One might note that the some of the heavily populated states in India are predominnatly vegetarian.The orthopraxis behind these concepts hav been well fortified by several hindu elites and political leaders.The southern states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are relatively low on vegetarian population owing to this reason.This reasoning may not be be applicable to the states of Orissa, West Bengal and Assam because the brahmin communities in these states are not vegetarian