Select a secular goal of religious rituals.

Getting blessings from the priest. Propagating and increasing Ideas of Bhakti. Cultivating oneself as a good devotee of a particular god Establishing one's place in society, through conducting pompous rituals and ceremonies.

Establishing one's place in society, through conducting pompous rituals and ceremonies.

Rituals have also secular dimensions as distinct from secular goals. They provide men and women with occasions for socialising with their peers and superiors, and for showing off the family’s wealth, clothing and jewellery. During the last few decades in particular, the economic, political and status dimensions of ritual have become increasingly conspicuous, and the number of cars lined up outside a wedding house and the VIPs who attended the wedding, provide the index to the household’s standing in the local community.