Religion contributes to both unity and diversity in India. While religion has helped unite people through shared beliefs and practices, it has also led to diversity with India being home to many major world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The Indian constitution recognizes this diversity and secures religious freedom for all by establishing India as a secular state. It aims to promote unity in this diversity through protections like abolishing untouchability and ensuring equal treatment and protection under law for people of all religions.

1. RELIGION AS A TOOL OF UNITY
AND DIVERSITY
SUBMITTED BY :
PRIYANKA GODARA
SONALI BEDI
HIMANSHU

2. Religion is a social-cultural system of
designated behaviors and practices,
morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified
places, prophecies, ethics, or
organizations, that relates humanity
to supernatural, transcendental, and
spiritual elements.
WHAT IS
RELIGION?

3. RELIGION
IN INDIA
 Religion in India is
characterised by a
diversity of religious
beliefs and
practices.
 The preamble of the
Indian constitution
states that India is a
secular state.

4. Unity implies one-ness or a sense of we-ness.
Meaning of integration wherein hitherto divisive people
and culture are synthesized into a united whole, along
with higher levels of cooperation, mutual
understanding, shared values, common identity, and
national consciousness. It lightly holds together the
various relationships of ethnic groups or institutions in
a neatly combined through the bonds of planned
structure, norms, and values.
UNITY

5. Diversity is a set of conscious practices
that involve: Understanding and
appreciating interdependence of
humanity, cultures, and the natural
environment. Practicing mutual respect
for qualities and experiences that are
different from our own.
DIVERSITY

6. HOW INDIA IS DIVERSE?
 India is a land of diversity each state in the country
is home to several communities who live in
harmony with each other while preserving and
upholding their own distinct culture and traditions.
 The festivals, the art forms, and to an extent, even
the dressing style of the people are quite different
in Northern India when compared to those
in Southern India.

7. FORMS OF DIVERSITY
 Cultural diversity
 Racial diversity
 Religious diversity
 Age diversity
 Social diversity
 Geographical diversity

8. DOES RELIGION CONTRIBUTES
TO DIVERSITY?
India is the birth place of four major world
religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and
Sikhism. Yet, India is one of the most diverse
nation in terms of religion.

9. UNITY IN DIVERSITY
 Unity in diversity is used as an expression of
harmony and unity between dissimilar
individuals or groups.
 Unity in diversity” is based on the concept
where the individual or social differences in
physical attributes, skin colour, castes, creed,
cultural and religious practices, etc. are not
looked upon as a conflict. Rather, these
differences are looked upon as varieties that
enrich the society and the nation as a whole.

10. UNITY IN DIVERSITY (CONTD.)
 India is certainly a brilliant example of Unity in Diversity. This
is because India has people of diverse religions, cultures,
castes, sects, etc. Above all, these people have been living
together peacefully for many centuries.
 The social customs and traditions which the Indians observe
irrespective of caste, race and creed in all parts of the
country contains within them a sense of Unity. It has kept
alive a message of Unity in Diversity in India.

11. UNITY AND DIVERSITY:
DIFFERENCE
UNITY
 Unity represents the relationship
between the various parties that
binds them together as one unit. It
can even be argued that the lack of
distinction between people of
different races is supported by
religious, linguistic, or racial aspects.
DIVERSITY
 Diversity can be something that
helps bring about different
perspectives, experiences and
acceptances among people.

12. IMPORTANCE OF UNITY IN
DIVERSITY
 Unity in diversity is very much important for a
country for:
1. NATIONAL INTEGRATION
2. DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
3. GLOBAL RECOGNITION
4. PEACEFUL RECOGNITION

13. HOW INDIAN CONSTITUTION SHOWS
UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN INDIA?
 The first Article of our Constitution states, “India, that
is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.
 The term “secularism” refers to a state that does not
have its religions as an accepted state religion. He
treats all religions equally.

14. HOW INDIAN
CONSTITUTION
SHOWS UNITY
AND DIVERSITY
IN INDIA?
(CONTD.)
 Smt. Indira Gandhi V/s Shri Raj
Narain & Anr. 1975 AIR, S.C 2299
Held: secularism means that state
shall have no religion of its own and all
persons of the country shall be equally
entitled to the freedom of their
conscience and have the right freely to
profess, practice and have the right
freely to profess, practice and
propagate any religion''.

15. HOW INDIAN CONSTITUTION
SHOWS UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN INDIA?
(CONTD.)
 Example : UNTOUCHABILITY (OFFENCE) ACT,1955
Abolition of untouchability has been included among
fundamental rights under article 17. This is one of the few
fundamental rights available against individuals.
This ACT is the best example of UNITY IN DIVERSITY
This act was further amended and renamed in 1976 as
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.

16. CONCLUSION
Unity in diversity instructs us that although we are from diverse
caste, creed or race, these variations cannot keep us apart and we
are eternally united for the improvement of our nation. This is the
most uncommon event which is exposed in our country. It not only
performs the nation united and strengthened but it also holds us
alive in the old eras, the belief of co-existence with love, peace,
and respect. The distinction in culture, traditions, festivals, music
and dance makes the country energetic and makes an
unbelievable country in the world.