Analyze the salience of "sect" in Indian society. How does sect membership cut across caste barriers and create new social equations?

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Salient features of Indian society, diversity, role of women, population, poverty, urbanization, globalization effects, secularism, communalism, regionalism.

Syllabus Tags:Sects in India Bhakti Sects Lingayats Social Stratification Religious Pluralism

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Discovered through overlapping concepts: Sects in India, Bhakti Sects, Lingayats

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