The Indian state both keeps away from religion as well as intervenes in religion. this idea can be quite confusing.
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The intervention of the State can also be in the form of support. The Indian Constitution grants the right to religious communities to set up their own schools and colleges. It also gives them financial aid on a nonpreferential basis.
Indian Constitution intervened in Hindu religious practices in order to abolish untouchability. In Indian secularism, though the State is not strictly separate from religion it does maintain a principled distance vis-à-vis religion. This means that any interference in religion by the State has to be based on the ideals laid out in the Constitution. These ideals serve as the standard through which we can judge whether the State is or is not behaving according to secular principles.
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Yes, this idea is quite confusing.
India is a secular country. So it is important that state is separated from religion. But the Indian state only intervenes if some wrong religious or superstition creates problem for its citizens like children, women, lower castes. This is because these practices are against the laws laid out by the Constitution.
Ex : If the people of the same religion i.e. the Hindus are denied the right to enter a place of worship then the state can intervene.