This article discusses the religious component of Indian international students. Special attention is given to the mutual cultural reception between the two countries - Russia and India, in the aspect of linguistic religious studies. Language and religion are closely related and can be viewed as elements of a unified cultural system. Language not only serves as a means of communication but also shapes perception, values, and behavioral norms, which, in turn, may be linked to religious beliefs. The Russian religious tradition and the Indian one are different. Indian students coming to Russia encounter a different cultural and religious understanding of the world. For the successful adaptation of Indian students in Russia, it is necessary to consider the religious factor and create conditions for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. Using descriptive and comparative methods, the study analyzes the perception of the religions of the two countries - Russia and India - by the students. The novelty of the research lies in addressing the question of referring to linguistic religious studies in the process of describing the worldview of Indian students. A historiography of the posed problem is provided. To identify the religious component of Indian students, the authors of the article developed a questionnaire, the results of which are analyzed and presented in the study. Students from different cities in India who speak the following languages were surveyed: Delhi (Hindi), Jalgaon (Marathi), Kolkata (Bengali), Indore (Hindi), Nanded (Marathi), Visakhapatnam (Telugu), Davangere (Kannada), Sonipat (Haryanvi), Dindigul (Tamil), Punjab (Punjabi), Ahmedabad (Gujarati), Alleppey (Malayalam), Mumbai (Konkani), Uttar Pradesh (Urdu). The successful adaptation of Indian students in the Russian-speaking environment depends on their ability to integrate their religious identity into the new cultural setting while maintaining respect for local customs and traditions and requires openness, tolerance, and readiness for dialogue from both the students and Russian society.
Porol et al. (Thu,) studied this question.