• Dr. Naba Kumar Kalita

Religion of Mahatma Gandhi was spiritual humanism as he revealed that service to the poor is service to God, i.e. the service of the poor he named “Daridranarayana” is a true service of God. That is to say, Gandhi discovered God amidst his creation which is confined not only to India, his own land and not Hinduism alone, the religion he belonged to. It is to be noted here that Gandhi referred to “God” as “Truth” which bears a great significance. He started his mission of life not merely to humanize religion, but also to moralize it. His interpretation on Hinduism, Islam and Christianity turned his religion into a federation of various religious faiths. In accordance with Rabindranath Tagore, religion should always be a uniting force and not a dividing force. To him, true religion accepts the unity of all people despite their differences in religious faiths. True religion indicates intrinsic upliftment of the individual which makes a man to rise above his society, country and sect. That is to say, Tagore’s religion is based on the divinization of man and humanization of God. He said that humanization of God does not only mean that God is God of humanity but also it means that God exists in each and every human being.

Daridranarayana, Divinization of man, God, Humanization of God, Spiritual humanism, Truth.

"Analytical Study of Religious Philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore in View of a New Social Ideal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.i61-i67, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205907.pdf

"Analytical Study of Religious Philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore in View of a New Social Ideal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppi61-i67, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205907.pdf