IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 6, Ver. 4 (June. 2016) PP 43-48 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/0837-2106044348 www.iosrjournals.org 43 | Page Science, Spirituality And Education Among Primitive Tribes Of Rajasthan Sanjay Kumar* School of Education, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan) ABSTRACT: - Science, Spirituality and Education have strong association with one another. Today our way of life is completely governed by science and its fruits surround us on all sides. The word science comes from the Latin scientia meaning knowledge. It refers to a system of acquiring knowledge. Spirituality is something that is not seen but is experienced supernaturally. It is having a personal relationship with God and living according his percepts. It can be something as simple as looking for a higher meaning to life, or something so complex that one can base their beliefs, religion and overall life around it. It plays a very sub sequential role in our personal life. It helps us to govern what is right and what is wrong in our everyday life. On other hands, Education is the natural, harmonious progressive development of man’s innate powers. Inimitable communities of India are commonly known as tribal or Adivasi or Vanvasi or Girijan and are recognized as Scheduled Tribes under Article 342 of the Indian Constitution. At present, more than 533 tribes in India have been notified under Article 342 of the Constitution with the number of 12 tribes belonging to the State of Rajasthan. Saharia is only primitive tribal community which is more marginalized than the ST population of Rajasthan. But this community has depth knowledge about medicinal plants and their use in different diseases. The spiritual life of Saharia Primitive tribe is also the subject of research. Some NGOs’ are trying to take benefit of their fundamental, scientific and spiritual knowledge. In this Research Paper, it is tried to discuss by the researcher to highlights of the “Science, Spirituality and Education among Primitive tribes of Rajasthan.” Keywords: - Science, Spirituality, Education, Primitive Tribe, Rajasthan. I. INTRODUCTION Around seven percent of tribal population of India lives in Rajasthan. It has rich cultural diversity and biodiversity. The state of Rajasthan is situated between 23º3’ and 30º12’ N latitude and 69º30’ and 78º17’ E longitude. The total land area of the state is about 3, 24,239 km². The physical features are characterized mainly by the Aravallis and to the some extent by the vindhyan formation, and the Deccan trap. Biodiversity of Rajasthan is related with the Aravalli hills. About 12.44% of the population belongs to tribes such as the Bhil, Bhil-Meena, Damor, Dhanka, Garasia, Kathodi, Kokna, Kolidhor, Naikara, Patelia, Meena, and Sahariya and reside in remote areas devoid of basic infra-structure facilities. Nomadic tribes (Banjara, Gadolia-Lohar, Kalbelia, Sikligar, Kanjar, Sansi, and Bagri) further enrich the ethnic heritage of Rajasthan. These ethnic groups are widely distributed throughout the state and have considerable communication with each other. Unique communities of India are commonly known as tribal or Adivasi or Vanvasi or Girijan communities and are recognized as Scheduled Tribes under Article 342 of the Indian Constitution. At present, more than 573 tribal groups in India have been notified under Article 342 of the Constitution with the number of 12 tribal groups belonging to the State of Rajasthan. Sahariya is only primitive tribal community who are more marginalized than the ST population of Rajasthan. This only primitive of Rajasthan has fundamental skills and knowledge of natural science, spirituality and education in spite of highly illiteracy rate. They do not know how to read and write but know about medicinal plants, know about how to extract honey from bee hive. They know fundamental knowledge of performing and visual art, wall painting and terracotta art and so on. They are skilled but useless due to lack of degree in their particular skills. Rajasthan: - Earlier to 1950, Rajasthan was well-known as ‘Rajputana’ the state of Rajputs to recognize that most of the princely states in that region were ruled by Rajputs kings. In 1950, several princely states were merged together to reform the state of Rajasthan (Johnson, 1996). Rajasthan is situated in the northern part of India. It is the largest State in India by area constituting 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India and it accounts for 5.67 percent of population of India. Topographically, deserts in the State constitute a large chunk of the land mass, where the settlements are scattered and the density of population is quite low. It is administratively divided into 7 divisions, 33 districts, 244 Tehsils, 249 Panchayat Samities, 9,177 Gram Panchayats, inhabited villages and 184 urban local bodies as of Census 2011. The State has overall sex ratio with the tune of 928 females per 1,000 males according to the provisional totals of Census 2011. Rajasthan