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INDIA
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RELIGIONS IN INDIA Christianity Jainism Hinduism Buddhism Sikhism
Islam
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LANDSCAPES
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One of the most enduring symbols of India is the figure of
The Seven Classical Dance Forms Kathak Manipuri Mohini Attam One of the most enduring symbols of India is the figure of Kuchipudi Kathakali NATARAJA Odissi Bharatnatyam
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Languages of India Urdu Hindi Punjabi Assamese Rajasthani Sanskrit
Bengali Gujarati Oriya Marathi Telegu Konkani Tamil Kannada Malayalam
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North India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important festivals : Lohri - Punjab Holi - celebrated all over North India Vaisakhi - Punjab Hemis - Jammu & Kashmir Rakshabandhan - celebrated all over North India
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North Indian Wedding Dress
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Traditional Dances Kathak Bhangra
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North Indian food Naan Tandoori Chicken Shahi Paneer Rajma Chawal
Aloo Paratha Gulab Jamun
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Mount Kailas - Himalayas
Famous places In the North Famous places of the North Ladakh Lake - Kashmir Mount Kailas - Himalayas Taj Mahal - Agra
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Golden Temple - Amritsar, Punjab.
India Gate - New Delhi "Lotus Temple“ - Delhi. Golden Temple - Amritsar, Punjab.
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Great Indians Jawaharlal Nehru The First Prime Minister of India.
Kalpana Chawla NASA Astronaut Har Gobind Khorana Nobel Laureate in Medicine
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East India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important Festivals : Durga pooja - Calcutta Bihu - Assam Kharchi Puja - Tripura Cheiraoba - Manipur Chapchar Kut - Mizoram Moastu - Nagaland
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Bengali Wedding Apparel
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Delicious Bengali Platter
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Famous places In the East
Darjeeling – Tea Estate Howrah Bridge Kalighat Kali Temple
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Rajarani Temple, Bhubaneswar
Sun Temple, Konark Jagannath Temple, Puri Konark Temple Mukteswar Temple Wheel of Konark Temple Rajarani Temple, Bhubaneswar
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Great Indians Mother Teresa Bharat Ratna, Noble Laureate for Peace.
Vivekananda Most Famous and Influential Spiritual Leaders of Philosophy. Rabindranath Tagore Poet and Writer of India’s National Anthem and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Indian poet, Novelist and the author of Vande Mataram Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Physicist, who pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics. Amartya Sen The Nobel Prize for Economics
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South India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important festivals : Onam - harvest festival, Kerala. Vijayadashami (Dussehra) – Karnataka Sankranthi - Andhra Pradesh Pongal - Tamilnadu
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Exotic South Indian Wedding
Exotic W
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Mouth Watering South Indian Cuisine
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South Indian Traditional Dance Forms
Kathakali Bharatnatayam Kuchipudi Yakshagana
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Famous places In the South
Tirupathi - one of the richest and most visited religious centers in the world. Ooty - Udagamandalam Mysore Palace
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Meenakshi Temple - Madurai “Gods Own Country”, Kerala
The Charminar - Hyderabad
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Great Indian Mathematician
Great Indians A . P. J. Abdul Kalam (Missile Man of India) Current President - Scientist and an Engineer Srinivasa Ramanujam Great Indian Mathematician Sir C.V. Raman Nobel Laureate in Physics for work on scattering of light and Raman effect.
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Renowned Carnatic Vocalist.
Vishwanath Anand International Chess Grandmaster. M. S. Subbulakshmi Renowned Carnatic Vocalist. Sarojini Naidu (The Nightingale of India) Freedom Fighter and Poetess.
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West India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important Festivals : Gangaur - Rajasthan Kite festival – All over west India Nagpanchami – All over West India Janmashtami – All over West India Ganesh Chaturthi - Maharashtra Navratri - Gujarat
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Maharashtrian Couple
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Indian Finger Food
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Hawa Mahal - "Palace of Winds" Jaipur
Famous places In the West The Ajanta and Ellora caves Western Thar Desert, Rajasthan Hawa Mahal - "Palace of Winds" Jaipur
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The Famous Goa Beach St Francis Church Goa Gir National Park Mount Abu - Rajasthan Bollywood
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Famous Bollywood Actor
Great Indians Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi “Father of Nation” Vinoba Bhave National Teacher of India Amitabh Bachchan Famous Bollywood Actor
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Indian businessman and richest person in the country
Sania Mirza Indian Tennis Player Azim Hashim Premji Indian businessman and richest person in the country Lata Mangeshkar World’s Foremost Indian Vocalist
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the land of unity in diversity
India the land of unity in diversity
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Rabindranath Tagore Poet and writer of India’s national anthem and Nobel laureate in literature in 1913, (18611941) : "Oneness amongst men, the advancement of unity in diversity – this has been the core religion of India”.
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“ GOD’s OWN COUNTRY”
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