Despite the intrusions by way of education, the secularization process and socio-economic advances, traditional Hinduism over the last century and a quarter in South Africa has retained its subjective conservatism. However, interesting.modihcations by way ofa newly introduced educational orientation of Hindu religious ideals makes the present time one of interesting change. The Hindu family and its incorrigible, though often
poorly understood, sense of duty in respect of religious practices has been responsible for preserving its way of life despite the foreignness of the South African context.