In India, religion impacts on each and every sphere of human life such as social interactions, education, marriage, politics and even eating habits of people. The caste system of Hindu religion, which has been supported by religious texts like Bagwatgita, Rig-Veda and Manusmriti etc., has an immense influence on the lives of Indian people on day-to-day basis. Majority of Hindus believe in practicing religious rituals in their routine activities that are well-supported by religious discourses. Today, in spite of democratization, modernism and scientific development, Indians are becoming more and more conscious about their religion, caste and community in their personal and social conduct. The paper attempts to find out the hollowness in the religious mandates and dynamic religious progression depicted in major characters in U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Samskara-A Rite for a Dead Man (1965). The characters in the novel are extremely caste conscious in their corporal and spiritual conduct. The novel depicts a vivid and realistic picture of a typical south Indian village which fell into ignorance, superstitions and orthodox beliefs. Samskarais a religious novel which throws light on the futileness and fickleness in the obscurantist Brahminical approach towards human life and theological reflections on the fundamental human problems. Keywords: Religion, Agrahara, Samskara, Rites, Caste System, Moksha, Pollution,