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Abstract
Village life is significant one, because of its various elements. Indian villages are deep rooted with various customs, manners and lifestyles. Religion is an important aspect of human society. Village religious tradition has a rich past. It is deep rooted from the worship of nature in the form of fertility cult. The outlook of the villages made up of confluence of features such as rural economy, rural religion, rural life styles, beliefs and practices, in which rural religion plays a vital role. One can see the totality of the village culture centred around on temple. Basically being the centre of rural religion, belief and practices play a multi-dimensional role1. The religious beliefs and practices of the remaining ninety percent of the population had never been subjected to rapid changes as in the case of first category since they worshipped mother goddesses in various forms and names.