RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION OF INDIAN SOCIETY.
I INDIA IS A MULTI RELIGIOUS SOCIETY.ALMOST ALL MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE
WORLD ARE FOUND IN INDIA .
RELIGION HAS BEEN THE LIFE BLOOD OF
INDIANS.IN SPITE OF VARIOUS CHANGES IN THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS,THE
NATURE OF RELIGION HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED .
FROM THE ANCIENT
DAYS TO PRESENT SOCIETY RELIGION HAS BEEN A DOMINANT FACTOR IN
INDIAN
SOCIETY LIFE.THEREFORE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF "RELIGION" IN
INDIAN SOCIETY CAN''T BE UNDER ESTIMATED.
DIFFERENT WRITER HAS DIFFERENT OPINION ON "RELIGION" BUT IN MY VIEW
"RELIGION AS THE BELIEF IN SPIRITUAL BEINGS".
RELIGION OF INDIA BELIEVE THAT THE MAIN AIM OF HUMAN ACTIVITY IS TO TRY
FOR MOKSHA OR SALVATION.THOUGH RELIGION IS A PERSONAL THING,IT IS
A POWERFUL AGENCY AND PERFORMS MANY SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
religion
is the ultimate SOURCE OF SOCIAL COHESION.IT HAS BEEN THE PROPAGATOR
OF BASIC VALUES AND AND ETHICAL CODES.THE FAMILY PRAYERS,CONNECTED
CEREMONIES,SANSKARS,CONCEPT OF RINAS,PURUSARTHAS ALL HAD ONE SINGLE AIM
TO IMPACT DISCIPLINE. IT HUMANIZED THE ANIMAL INSTICTS IN MAN.
THIS RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY HAS BEEN A FACTOR AND A SOURCE OF DISUNITY AND
DISHARMONY IN THE COUNTRY.AS IS WELL KNOWN,THESE RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO NATION THEORY.SO INDIA
IS A LAND OF ALMOST ALL THE MAJOR RELIGION OF THE WORLD.THERE ARE
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION IN INDIAN SOCIETY .THEY ARE:-
HINDUISMISLAMCHRISTIANSSIKHSBUDDHISTSJAINSZOROASTRIANISM OR PARSI RELIGION ANIMISM