ABSTRACT
Britain has substantial ethnic minority communities. Within them are practised most of the world's major religions, one of which is the Hindu tradition, the ancient religion of India. There are several factors which determine the nature of the religious life of Hindus in Britain. Because Hindu traditions are so amorphous, with a wide variety of practice and belief, one would expect diversity of religious activity among British Hindus. Research on Hindu 'nurture' set out to discover something of the details of the transmission of religious culture among Hindu communities in the city of Coventry. With one possible exception, the children who were the subjects of case studies did not show the stresses of living 'between two cultures', but exhibited 'multiple cultural competence'. Members of the family are shown praying, eating and taking part in festival celebrations and their words are reproduced explaining practices and beliefs, describing rituals and reminiscing about festivals in the near or more distant past.
