Culture of IndiaThe culture is the way of life of the people of

India.India’s language , religions, dance ,music ,

architecture , food , and customs differ from place to place within the country.

RELIGIONSIndia is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism,

Jainism and Sikhism.Religion plays a central and definitive role in

life of many of its people.According to a 2001 census of India , the

religion of 80% of the people is Hinduism. Islam is practised by around 13% 0f all Indians

The country had over 23 million Christians , over 19 million Sikhs , about 8 million Buddhist and 4 million Jains

GREETINGSNamaste in Hindi , Juhar / Namaskar in

OdiaNamaskar/ Swagatam in Marathi ,

Namaskara in Kannada

Namaskaram in Telugu and MalayalamVanakkam in Tamil

In Hinduism it means “ I bow to the divine in you”

These traditional forms of greeting may be absent in the world of Business but it’s followed in this incredible country.

FESTIVALSIndia, being a multi-cultural and multi-

religious society , celebrates holiday and festivals of various religion.

The three national holidays in India , the Independence day, the Republic day and the Gandhi Jayanti ,are celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm across India.

In addition, many indian states and religion have local festivals depending on prevalent religion.

Popular religious festival includes Hindu festivals are

1. Navaratri2. Diwali3. Mahashivratri4.Ganesh chaturthi5.Durga puja6.Holi7.Dussehra

Several harvest festivals such as1. Sankranthi2. PongalAre also fairly popular.

Indian new year festivals are1. Ugadi2. Bihu

Sikh festivals which are celebrated with full fanfare are

1. Guru Nanak Jayanti2. Baisakhi

Islamic in India is the second largest religion followed and popular festivals are

1.Milad un Nabi2.Muharram3.EidulFitr

Christianity is third largest religion.Popular festivals are1.Good Friday2.Christmas

CLOTHINGTraditional clothing in greatly varies across

different parts of the country and is influenced by local culture , geography , climates and rural /urban setting .

In public and religion places, Indian dress etiquette discourages exposure of skin and wearing skin tight or transparent cloth.

Indian women perfect their sense of charm and fashion with makeup and ornaments like Bindi , mehendhi ,earrings ,bangles and other jewelry.

Even for men, stitched clothes Like kurta-paijama , Dhothi, Suits are fashionable.

WILDLIFEIndia has variety of wild life in their forests .Tiger is considered to be national animal of India.

Peacock is considered to be national bird of India.

In addition to this , they are many huge and beautiful creatures in our forest like

ElephantLionVariety of snakesLeopard

NATURAL PLACESThe beautiful India has always attracted

many foreigner.Places likes1.Kashmir2.Goa3.Rajasthan4.Manali

MONUMENTMonuments in India were always a attraction 1.Taj Mahal2.Ajanta and ellore3.Lepakshi Are few of them.

RELIGIOUS PLACESIndian people oftenly visit Temples, Mosque,

Church, .Gurudwara

INDIAN ECONOMYThe economy of India is tenth-largest in the

world by nominal G.D.P.India was the 19th-largest merchandise and

6th largest service exporter in the world in 2013.

The fastest growing part of economy sector are tourism , telecom, software and information technology , travel , trade and other components

The Economy of India is the tenth largest in the world with a GDP of $1.843 trillion .

Indian economy includes agriculture, handicrafts, industries and lot of services.

Although poverty has gone down 10% since 1980, a quarter of Indian citizen’s still cannot pay for basic needs.

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