Abstract
The tribal adolescents in the age group of 15-20 years were selected for the study to know their religious beliefs. A total of 300 respondents were selected from Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh. The findings indicated that almost all the respondents still had faith in supernatural powers. Regarding participation of respondents in religious activities, half of the both male and female respondents observed religious activities daily in the form of prayer and the remaining performed it sometimes. glued to their culture, values and religion for centuries. The religion in tribal areas, centres entirely around the principal village deity who commanded the God's position. The principal village deity is a divinity, a doctor, a magistrate, a judge, the chief executive, an astrologer, the village hero, the cynosure of all eyes etc. rolled into one. The description, the histories, the tradition, the songs and the origin of these village deities make a fascinating study.
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