A Comparative Study of Religious Structure in Solapur and Gulbarga Districts

Abstract

Cultural Geography is a branch of human geography. The area of newlinecultural geography is very vast. It is a recently developed branch in research. newlineIt includes study of Language, Religion, costumes, lifestyle, moral laws and newlinetraditions. Cultural geography mainly concentrates relations between man newlineand environment. Religion is a system of beliefs and practices found in newlineevery culture that formalizes the conception of the relation between man and newlineenvironment. The Geography of religion is a sub branch of cultural newlinegeography that has developed recently. The religion has been defined as a newlinesystem of faith and worship, a body of institutionalized sacred beliefs newlineobservance and social practice. Almost all mankind can be said to have newlinereligion and it is this condition that can be the object of geographic study. newlineGeography of religions includes the geographic distribution of religions and newlinethe way through which religions spread and interact with each other. Man is newlinenot only a social Animal but also a spiritual being. Religion is a Major newlineconcern of man, religion is the deepest aspects of mankind which expressed newlineon way or other in all parts of the world culture is that complex whole which newlineincludes knowledge beliefs arts, morals, law, custom and other capabilities newlineand habits acquired by man as a member of society newline