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Discuss the debates on the concepts ‘duty’ and ‘worship’ while understanding religion in India.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Religion and Society in India

Religion in India is more often done than believed — legible in what a household eats, whom it marries and which rite it performs, rarely in assent to a creed. The question's pair names a live dispute: is religion here dharma, obligation attached to one's station, or worship, devotion offered to a deity?

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  • Religion as duty: dharma embedded in social structure
  • Worship: the devotional counter-current
  • Why the dichotomy is itself contested
  • Conclusion

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