Religion and Culture
The major religions of the city are Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. The main culture deeply rooted in the city people comes from Hinduism. Hindus have 4 castes and 36 sub-castes system with upper, medium, lower and lowest caste people. There are several temples of Hindu, the famous is "Kali Mandir"; and not-definite meeting place of Christians and Buddhists.
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