Religious tolerance and synthetic approach has been the characteristic of Indian religion. Hinduism which is the essence of Indian culture, has accepted many different religions into its fold and has only gained by it. Hinduism believes in universal toleration and accepts all religions as true. Hinduism believes that the essence of all religions is one; only their approaches are different. Gandhi ji thus also commented that "religions differ only in non-essential while in essential they agree". The Hindu mind is all embracing. This is seen in the word "manava dharma" or "manav samskriti" or human culture which the Hindus gave to their culture. Indian culture is comprehensive and suits the needs of everyone, irrespective of caste, creed, color or sex. It has universal appeal and makes room for all. It has the modesty to accept the propriety of other point of view. As the Jain theory of "Syadvada" or the theory of "may be" makes it evident -- "all knowledge is probable and relative the other man's point of view is as true as ours. It, thus suggest that one must show restraint in making judgement. This is a healthy principle. We must know that our judgement are true only partially and can by no means be regarded as true in absolute terms. The modern Indian social thinkers, social reformers and social philosophers like Sri Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhiji, Radhakrishnan, have stressed upon the synthetic approach in Indian culture. They all exhibit an integral viewpoint in their approach towards religion. They have pointed out the contribution of each great religion to humanity and emphasised their fundamental unity. They all believed that religions are differ in detail and their moral significance but they a common feature among them and that is that these all religions seek their own supreme values that they call divine. These thinkers believed that humanism is the crux of all religions.
