Also the different castes have different ways of approaching things. My ex’s family and TJ’s were both Brahmin, so they will likely take their religious customs more seriously. My ex’s family used to drink cows urine when they were sick! Even though they were educated and middle-class. My ex was raised with a strict vegetarian diet, no eggs only dairy. They also expected their women to be more subservient, his sister was forced to drop out of her medical degree to marry her first cousin when she was 19. Meanwhile my ex was free to choose when to marry. But my friends who aren’t from the same caste are typically more laid back. One of them even eats beef! And his family were only veggie for the 24 hours before going into a temple. Others I know are also more laid back towards meat and fish. So I think it’s possible with TJ being Brahmin, they may hold onto their religious customs more tightly, it’s possible they have priests in the family. That being said, I think a lot of it is played up for TV like a lot of other things on this show