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1、WELCOMETOINDIA“Searchwhereyoumay,YouwillnotfindalandAsbeautifulasthis,Sheisthequeenofalllands,Thisisthelandofmybirth,Mymotherland.”INDIAINDIA-THELANDOFMILLIONCOLOURSHistoryCuisineIndiaCultureReligionHISTORYOFINDIATHEWONDERTHATWASINDIAOneoftheoldestcivilizationsintheworldwithakaleidosc
2、opicvarietyandrichculturalheritageIthasachievedall-roundsocio-economicprogressduringthelast65yearsofitsIndependenceIndiaisthe7thlargestcountryintheworld,anditstandsapartfromtherestofAsia,markedoffasitisbymountainsandthesea,whichgivethecountryadistinctgeographicalentityTHEWAYWEGREETNam
3、aste,NamaskarorNamaskaraorNamaskaram,VanakkamNomoshkaarisacommonspokengreetinginIndiansubcontinentINDIA,BEINGAMULTI-CULTURALANDMULTI-RELIGIOUSSOCIETY,CELEBRATESFESTIVALSOFVARIOUSRELIGIONSDIWALI–FESTIVALOFLIGHTSEID–FESTIVALOFTOGETHERNESSCHRISTMAS-BIRTHOFJESUSVAISHAKHI-NEWYEAROFNOWRUZ-N
4、EWYEAROFTHEPARSISTHESIKHSDANCESOFINDIAIndiandancehasdiversefolkandclassicalforms.Amongthewell-knownfolkdancesarethebhangraofthePunjabthebihuofAssam,thechhauofJharkhand,theOdishiofOrissa,theghoomarofRajasthan,thedandiyaandgarbaofGujarat,theYakshaganaofKarnatakalavaniofMaharashtraSARVAD
5、HARMASHANTIPREMA?IndiaisthebirthplaceofHinduism,Buddhism,JainismandSikhism,collectivelyknownasIndianreligions?Indiaisoneofthemostreligiouslydiversenationsintheworld?Thereligionof80%ofthepeopleisHinduism.Islamispracticedbyaround13%ofallIndians,Sikhism,JainismandespeciallyBuddhismareinf
6、luentialnotonlyinIndiabutacrosstheworld?Christianity,Zoroastrianism,andJudaismarealsoinfluentialbuttheirnumbersaresmaller.AllreligionsaresameandhastoberespectedNORTHEASTWESTSOUTHINDIA'SPOPULATIONSPEAKSAWIDEVARIETYOFLANGUAGESFoodisconsumedaccordingtothelifestyleoftheperson.Indiaisknown
7、foritsloveforfoodanditplaysaroleineverydaylifeaswellasinfestivals.Indiancuisinevariesfromregiontoregion,reflectingthevarieddemographicsofthecountrySouthIndiancuisineconsistsofrice,sambhar,rasam,idli,dosaetc.TheyusuallyeatinbananaleafNorthIndia’sfamouscuisineisDalBhatichurmaBhakri,pitl
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