The cultural practice of the community developed over the generations by adopting to the local area and the practices of various tribes they mixed with, as the groups moved from one place to the other. There was significant social interaction and acceptance of one another's belief with tolerance. There were many wars and imposition of some habits also, which at times led to modification of the basic cultural practice to adapt to other community habits and faith. Vedic teachings were the main principle on which all these practices developed. The variations were very small and were based only on the interpretations of the teachings and the educational levels of the community. The applied form of the teachings led to the practice of the Bhakthi path of worship based on the Agamas and worship in the Temples and at home to a Deity in a Form. Most of these forms of rituals and practice of worship were generally similar, based on many different manifestations of God as in various Puanas and Ithihasas, using the same recitations of Vedas and Agamas.

Hinduism offered the six Dharsanas and developed the four major divisions of the faith for worship, namely, Saivam, Vaishnavam, Saktham and Smartham. They explain the three gunas, Sathva, Rajas and Tamas, the four purusharthas, dharma, artha, kaama and moksha. The theories of varna-ashrama dharma, karma and rebirth guide the individual in their life, far beyond the usual do's and don'ts given by most other faiths. The Vedantha and Bhakthi concept and the four Yogas, Karma, Raja, Bhakthi and Jñana Yogas, define the pathway as a simple way both for religious practice and also for every activity of life. They clearly establish the ethics and practice for the common man, the elite and the illiterate alike. Each family and each community had a different form of God or one of their manifestations. Most of the community chose one form of worship or other and followed slightly different rules of life and ethics for each, according to Dharma Sasthra. As the community was very tolerant for opinion of other people and their freedom, as a respect to the others, they often attended many forms of worship, on the belief that all paths lead to the same God.