• Dr. Kapila Khemundu

Abstract Religion plays a major role in the everyday social life among the Indians as well as several other parts of the world. During the 18th Century Europe world witnessed religion as one of the major driving force for accumulation of wealth. India being a Hindu majority country, it houses people from almost all major religious community and well known for its multi-religious, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic, multi-cultural diversity. Religious actions are one of the powerful and eye catching tool that immediately draws the attention of the people. Any attempt to hurt the religious sentiment flares up immediately in the society like a wild fire in the forest and reaches to the people within no time. People start uniting compromising all the existing individual and group differences and personal rivalry for the cause of religion. Religion a universal social institution acts as a binding force among the people and promotes social solidarity among the people. It is a major force of mobilization among people to direct their action towards the achievement of economic, socio-cultural and political goal of the people. This paper is an attempt to highlight how religious actions became instrumental in bringing socio-cultural revolution in the Koraput region and southern part of Odisha after the establishment of Sabar Srikhetra Koraput.

Key words: Religion, action, culture, society, institution, region

"Religious Actions & Socio-Cultural Mobilization: A Study of Sabar Srikhetra, Koraput", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.746-749, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907861.pdf

"Religious Actions & Socio-Cultural Mobilization: A Study of Sabar Srikhetra, Koraput", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp746-749, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907861.pdf