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Among the 68 million citizens of India who are members of tribal groups, the religious concepts terminologies and practices are as varied as the hundreds of tribes, but members of these groups have one thing in common: they are under constant pressure from the major organized religions. One of the most studied tribal religious is that of the Santhal of Orissa, Bihar, and West Bengal one of the largest tribes in India, having a population estimated at 4.2 million. ...
The tribal societies have experienced religious and other cultural inclusion in to the so-called universal or dominant culture and consequently faced the problem of identity crisis. Exclusion from infrastructure and health and education etc has led them to a situation where they find it difficult to cope with the outside world at present day situation. The paper tries to find out what were the means and aims of tribal exclusion and inclusion and the consequences ...