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Abstract: Religion is a practically universal establishment in human culture. It is found in all social orders. Religion is any cultural arrangement of assigned practices. Generally acknowledged that the physiological elements of the body increase with utilization and decrease with abandonment. Pupils belonging to different ethnic groups (Hindu, Muslim and Christian) vary in their physiological fitness due to their life styles, physical activities, culture, food intake and heredity. In this article, the researcher analyses the selected physiological variables of high school boys studying in Government secondary schools belonging to different ethnic groups in Tumkur District, Karnataka. One hundred and eighty high school boys of government secondary schools from different ethnic groups (each ethnic group of 60 subjects) of Tumkur District with the age ranging from 13 to 15 years were selected randomly. The physiological variables like Breath Holding Time by manual and Resting Heart Rate by Omran Monitor. The result concludes that there exits significant difference in Breath Holding Time among high school boys of Hindu, Muslim and Christian religion except Resting Heart Rate Games are plays a important role for the physical & physiological development of the individual of any ethnic.