land of unity in diversity (1)
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INDIA
BuddhismJainism
Sikhism Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
RELIGIONS IN INDIA
LANDSCAPES
The Seven Classical Dance Forms
Mohini Attam
Kathakali
Bharatnatyam
Kuchipudi
Odissi
Manipuri
Kathak
NATARAJA
One of the most enduring symbols of India is the figure of
Languages of India
Hindi
Sanskrit
Tamil
Gujarati
Urdu
Punjabi
Malayalam
Bengali
Marathi
KonkaniKannada
Assamese
Telegu
Oriya
Rajasthani
North India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important festivals :
Rakshabandhan - celebrated all over North India
Lohri - Punjab
Holi - celebrated all over North India
Vaisakhi - Punjab
Hemis - Jammu & Kashmir
North Indian Wedding Dress
Traditional Dances
BhangraKathak
North Indian food
Rajma Chawal
Tandoori Chicken Naan Shahi Paneer
Gulab JamunAloo Paratha
Famous places of the North
Mount Kailash - Himalayas
Taj Mahal - Agra
Ladakh Lake - Kashmir
Famous places In the North
India Gate - New Delhi
"Lotus Temple“ - Delhi.
Golden Temple - Amritsar, Punjab.
Great Indians
The First Prime Minister of India.Jawaharlal Nehru
Kalpana Chawla
Har Gobind Khorana1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine
NASA Astronaut
East India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important Festivals :
Durga pooja - Calcutta
Bihu - Assam
Kharchi Puja - Tripura
Chapchar Kut - Mizoram
Cheiraoba - Manipur
Moastu - Nagaland
Bengali Wedding Apparel
Delicious Bengali Platter
Darjeeling – Tea Estate
Howrah Bridge
Famous places In the East
Kalighat Kali Temple
Jagannath Temple, Puri
Sun Temple, Konark
Konark Temple
Rajarani Temple, Bhubaneswar
Wheel of Konark Temple
Mukteswar Temple
Great Indians
Mother Teresa Bharat Ratna, Noble Laureate for Peace.
VivekanandaMost Famous and Influential Spiritual Leaders of Philosophy.
Poet and Writer of India’s National Anthem and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
Rabindranath Tagore
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 1998 - The Nobel Prize for Economics
South India - Culture, Festivals & The People
Important festivals :
Onam - harvest festival, Kerala.
Vijayadashami (Dussehra) – Karnataka
Pongal - Tamilnadu
Sankranthi - Andhra Pradesh
Exotic WExotic South Indian Wedding
Mouth Watering South Indian Cuisine
South Indian Traditional Dance Forms
Bharatnatayam
Yakshagana
KuchipudiKathakali
Tirupathi - one of the richest and most visited religious centers in the world.
Ooty - Udagamandalam
Famous places In the South
Mysore Palace
Meenakshi Temple - Madurai
“Gods Own Country”, Kerala
The Charminar - Hyderabad
Great Indians
Srinivasa RamanujamGreat Indian Mathematician
Sir C.V. Raman1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics for
work on scattering of light and Raman effect.
A . P. J. Abdul Kalam (Missile Man of India)Current President - Scientist and an Engineer
M. S. Subbulakshmi Renowned Carnatic Vocalist.
Vishwanath Anand International Chess Grandmaster.
Sarojini Naidu (The Nightingale of India) Freedom Fighter and Poetess.
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
Maharashtrian Couple
Indian Finger Food
Western Thar Desert, Rajasthan
Hawa Mahal - "Palace of Winds" Jaipur
The Ajanta and Ellora caves
Famous places In the West
The Famous Goa Beach
Gir National Park BollywoodMount Abu - Rajasthan
St Francis Church Goa
Vinoba Bhave
National Teacher of India
Great Indians
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi “Father of Nation”
Amitabh BachchanFamous Bollywood Actor
Lata Mangeshkar World’s Foremost Indian Vocalist
Sania Mirza Indian Tennis Player
Azim Hashim Premji Indian businessman and richest
person in the country
"Oneness amongst men, the
advancement of unity in diversity – this has been the core religion
of India”.
Rabindranath TagorePoet and writer of India’s national anthem and Nobel laureate in literature in 1913, (1861 1941) :
