• DR. GEETANJALI PANDA

ABSTRACT Religion fulfills basic, universal human needs, by enabling people to cope with the unknown and uncontrollable. The real purpose of religion as given by Durkheim is to express people’s belief about the universe .Religion structures the universal, puts things in order, relates what is unknown to what is known. Bronislaw Malinowski pointed out the nature of the social order is justified in the myth that people create and in which they believe. Thus Myth explain why this would in the way it is and why that should remain that way. As a part the system of beliefs about the nature of the universe, Religion offers a guide to peoples’ behavior, including a system of rules they must follow. This article highlights the worldview of the Banjara on some specific issues related to religion.

"RELIGION AND WORLD VIEW OF BANJARA PEOPLE KOKSARA BLOCK,KALAHANDI DISTRICT,ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.271-273, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811439.pdf

"RELIGION AND WORLD VIEW OF BANJARA PEOPLE KOKSARA BLOCK,KALAHANDI DISTRICT,ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp271-273, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811439.pdf