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➢ During the last few decades in particular, the economic. Political and
status dimensions of ritual have become increasingly conspicuous and
the number of cars lined up outside a wedding house and the VIPs who
attended the wedding, provide the index to the household’s standing in
the local community.
Secularisation of Caste
➢ In traditional India caste system operated within religious framework.
Belief systems of purity and Pollution were central to practice.
➢ Today it often functions to political pressure groups.
➢ Contemporary India has seen such formation of caste associations and
caste- based political parties.
➢ They seek to press upon the state their demands.
➢ Such a changed role of caste has been described as secularisation of
caste
