◖INTRODUCTION◗ ✥ The culture of india is an amalgamation of sub- cultures spread all over the Indian sub-continent and traditions.
✥ They are several millennian old.
✥ Several elements of India's diverse culture such as indian religious, yoga, cuit, clothing, festivals, languages and etc.
◖NAMASKAR◗
✥ Common spoken greeting.
✥ Salutation-namaskaram, vanakkam(tamil), assalam alaikum(urdu/Persian), sat shri akal(punjabi).
◖RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUALITY◗
✥ Idian is birth place of many religious.
✥ Like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and etc.
✥ Hinduism and Buddhism are the world's 3rd and 4th largest religious.
◖LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE◗
✥ There are many languages as india being the multi religious society.
✥ Sanskrit, telugu, hindi, malayalam, kannada.
✥ Hindi the official language of india.
◖FOOD AND SPICES◗
✥ India is known for its love for food and spices.
✥ Indian cuisine categories are northern, southern, eastern, western and etc.
✥ India is the worlds second largest producer of food after china.
◖MARRIAGE◗
✥ For centuries, arranged marriages have been the tradition in Indian society.
✥ They also demand dowry.
✥ It has been outlawed by the Indian government.
◖FESTIVALS◗
✥ India is multi-cultural and multi-religious society.
✥ Celebrates festival's of various religions.
✥ Many states and religions have different festivals depending on the religions.
✥ Such as navaratri, diwali, ganesh chaturthi, durga puja, holi, rakshabandhan, dussehra and ramzan.
◖EPICS◗
✥ The oldest well-known epics of India.
✥ Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
◖SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE◗
✥ Sculpture in India date back to the indus valley civilization.
✥ Where stone and bronze figures have been discovered.
✥ Indian temple carvings are world famous.
◖PAINTING◗
✥ The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings.
✥ Cave paintings such as ajantha, ellora and temple paintings.
✥ These paintings testify to a love of naturalism.
◖AGRICULTURE◗
✥ India is one of the glo✤bal leaders in the agriculture.
✥ The second largest producer of rice and wheat in the world.
✥ India is one of the greatest producer of cotton, sugarcane, peanuts, jute, tea, spices, pulses etc.
◖CLOTHING◗
✥ Traditional clothing in India generally varies.
✥ Different parts of the country have different styles of dressing.
✥ Such as sari, churidar for women.
✥ For men dhoti, trousers and shirts etc.
◖MUSIC AND DANCE◗
✥ The music of India includes multiple varieties of religious. Folk, pop and classical music.
✥ There are many well-known dance forms.
Kuchipudi-andhra pradesh, bharatanatyam- Tamilnadu, kathak, kathakali, etc.
