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This paper aims at ascertaining the gender, religion and family pattern affecting death anxiety among Indian aging. Indian society is dynamically changing by the modernizations that are taking place in the family under rapid on-going socio-cultural changes in contemporary Indian society. For this study 240 (Male140 Female 140) of an age 60 and above old age people from different religions were selected. Death anxiety scale was administered on participated sample. The results confirm the impact of religion, changing family pattern and the role of gender on death anxiety among Indian aging. Moreover, results revealed the low level of death anxiety among old age in Jain families compared to Hindu and Muslim families. There is significant difference in accordance to gender; female group has high level of death anxiety. It is proved that gender influenced on death anxiety. Nuclear family elderly people have higher mean score on death anxiety than joint family elderly people.