Question

List the different types of religious practice that you find in your neighbourhood. This could be different forms of prayer, worship of different gods, sacred sites, different kinds of religious music and singing etc. Does this indicate freedom of religious practice?

Answer 1

• There are three temples, one mosque, one church and a gurudwara in my neighbourhood.
  
• There is a tomb of a Sufi saint in the nearby market.
  
• People sing bhajans in temple, gurbani in gurudwara, qawwali at the tomb and carol at the church.
  
• Processions of Ram Navami, Muharram, and Guru Purab are taken out at different occasions.
  
• This shows that people enjoy a lot of freedom of religious practice in my neighbourhood. This also shows that India is a secular country in literal sense and people have the right to practice their religion.