THE ART, CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF INDIAN DIASPORA: A PROMOTIONAL CONCEPT

Abstract

Promotion of Indian art, culture and religion under an educational model is a concern for the
fostering of Indian youths and people. National Educational Policy (NEP-2020) has taken necessary
steps for the socio-academic development of Indian students and youth. Fostering arts, culture and
religion is one of the priorities of the Government of India. Through the initiative it has been aimed
that students will develop a strong sense of their own culture, languages, arts and traditions, that
will boost the self-regard of the people of India, and benefit the society as a whole. For the
promotion of the arts, culture and religions necessary steps have been taken by hiring craftsperson,
writers, and experts who are experts of the areas of India’s vast civilization that has flourished by
various cultural activities and spiritualities. 1Because of the sense of secularism, belongingness to
each other and multilingual images, cultural teaching and learning will be implemented and
instructed in classes and schools through multiple languages along with its previous style of
language instructions such as Hindi and English. Therefore, it will be an opportunity for teachers
who are experts in other languages and the subject matter on Indian traditional culture and religion.
The objective of the paper is to know and gain knowledge about the religion, Hindu tradition,
cultural heritage and sculptures of India and its curriculum as a lesson under India’s national
educational policy (NEP) 2020. The outcome of the results of the paper is to gain a brief knowledge
about India’s religious spiritualities within its cultural and artistic phenomenon. The form of
documentary analysis is the methodology of the paper. The feature questions are how does the
promotion of Indian culture, religion and art exist in Indian educational policy? What are
opportunities and challenges?