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India-Unity in Diversity

Indian Culture:
The Indian culture has been shaped by the long history of India, its unique geography and absorption of customs, traditions and ideas of some

its neighbors and the preservation of their ancestral heritage, which was formed during the civilization of Indus and was further developed during the

Vedic times, rise and fall Buddhism, the golden age, the Muslim conquests and colonization Europe. India has a strong uniform national

culture. India's diverse cultural practices, languages, customs and traditions are examples of this unique combination of more than five past

millennium. Different religions and traditions of India that were created by these mergers have influenced other parts of the world as well. More

India emphasized the country's cultural diversity, tolerance of difference, and receptiveness to foreign influences.

Religion
India is the cradle of the Dharmic religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Dharmic religions also known as religions of India, is

an important way of the world's religions with those of Abraham. Today, Hinduism and Buddhism are religions of third and fourth World

respectively, with approximately 1.4 million fans in total.
India is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world, with some of the most deeply religious societies and cultures. Religion still plays an

central and definitive life of the majority of its inhabitants.
The religion of more than 80.4% of the population is Hindu. Islam is practiced on 13.4% of all Indians. Sikhism, Jainism and the individual

Buddhism is influential not only in India but around the world. Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Judaism and the Baha'i Faith also plays a role, but

figures are lower. Despite the strong influence of religion in Indian life, atheism and agnostics are also visible effect with a self-assigned

tolerance to other religions.

Company:
According to Eugene M. Makar, the traditional Indian culture is defined in the relatively strict social hierarchy. Also mentioned that from an early age

Children are reminded of their duties and their place in society. This is reinforced by the fact that many believe gods and spirits have an integral and functional

role in determining their lives. Several differences such as culture, religion divide. However, much more powerful division is the traditional Hindu

at the fork clean and polluted occupations. Strict social taboos have governed these groups for thousands of years.In the recent years

especially in the cities, some of these lines are blurred and sometimes even disappeared. The nuclear family becomes the center to Indian culture.

extended family relationships important to measure the gotra, the patrilineal lineage or clan mainly Hindu birth.In rural areas is common

three or four generations of families living under one roof. Patriarch often addresses family problems.
Among developing countries, India has low levels of occupational and geographical mobility. People choose the same occupations as their parents and

rarely move geographically in society.

Family
India for centuries had a tradition of effective system of extended family. It is a system in which even extended family members such as parents

children, spouses of children and their children, etc live together. The higher, usually a member of the male sex is the head of the family of ordinary Indians

system which takes all major decisions and rules, while other members of the family meet the family it.The average is relatively low,

only one or two children. The children receive much attention parenting. Many children are cared for primarily by their parents in the parental home.
Since marriages tradition in Indian society for centuries. Even today, the vast majority of Indians are planning for your wedding

their parents and other family members follow with the consent of the wife and parties have become groom.Arranged given

factors such as age, size, personal values and tastes, origins of their families (wealth, social status) and their caste and astrology

compatibility of horoscopes of the couple. Monogamy is the only form of licenses of marriage.
In India, marriage is supposed to lifeAnd the divorce rate is very low – 1.1% compared to approximately 50% United States. The

Arranged marriages have a divorce rate usually much lower. Divorce rates have increased considerably in recent years:
"The Opinions are divided on what the phenomenon: the traditionalists increasing numbers portend the collapse of society so that, for some

modernists, one speaks of a healthy women's empowerment. "
Although child marriage was outlawed in 1860, is still practiced in some rural areas India.According UNICEF State of the

The children in the world-2009 "report, 47% of indigenous women aged 20-24 were married before the age of 18 years, 56% in the rural areas. The report also

showed 40% of child marriages in the world occur in India.
Indigenous names based on a variety systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. The names are also influenced by religion and

caste and can come from religion or epics. India's population speaks several languages.
Although women and men are equal before the law and the trend towards equality gender was significant, women and men are always different

The role of India society.Woman roles in society is often to perform household and community pro bono low work.This

participation ideological and historical reasons. The women and gender issues seem only 7-14% of time on the news. In most Indian

families, women are not the owners of property in his own name, and do not receive a proportion assets of the parents. Due to poor implementation of laws protecting

them, women still have limited access to land and property. In many families, especially rural areas, girls and women face Nutrition

discrimination in the family, and are still anemic malnourished.They behind men in terms of income and employment status.

Customs:
Namaste, Namaskar or Namaskaram is a common home or hello spoken in the Indian subcontinent. Namaskar is considered slightly

namaste official version, but both express deep respect. It is commonly used in India and Nepal by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists, and continue many

use this outside the Indian subcontinent. In Indian and Nepali culture, the word is pronounced in early written communication or verbal.

But the gesture, the same hands folded quietly to the exit. In yoga, namaste is said to have said: "The light in the light in you honor me"

as spoken by the yoga instructor and yoga students.
Taken literally, it means "I bow to you." The word is derived from Sanskrit (NAMA): to bow, obedience, friendly greeting, respectand y (t): "to

you. "
When spoken to another person, usually accompanied by a slight bow made with hands together, palms and fingers touching a

his chest. The gesture can also be carried out without word and the same meaning.

Festivals:
India being a multicultural and multi-religious celebration, holidays and celebrations of different religions. The National Day three days in India,

Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti, is celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm throughout India. In addition, many states and regions

have local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics. Popular festivals include the religious festivals Hindu Diwali,

Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja, Holi, Dussehra and Rakshabandhan. the harvest festivals like Sankranthi, Pongal and Onam, are also

People. Some festivals are celebrated in India for many religions. Notable examples include Diwali celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains

Buddha Purnima, which is celebrated by Buddhists and Hindus. Islamic holidays such as Eid el-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Ramadan are celebrated

Muslims in India. Adding color to the culture of India, Dree Festival is one of the tribal festivals of India celebrated Apatanis of

Ziro valley of Arunachal Pradesh, which is the state of the country.

Cuisine:
Multiple families of Indian cuisine are characterized by their sophisticated and subtle use of many spices and herbs. Each family of this kitchen is

characterized by a variety of dishes and cooking techniques. If a significant portion of Indian food is vegetarian, many traditional Indian

dishes also include chicken, goat, lamb, fish and other meats.
Food is an important part of Indian culture, playing a role in daily life and festivals. Indian cuisine varies from region to region, reflecting

ethnic demography of several sub-continent. Generally, Indian cuisine can be divided into five Categories: North, South, East, West

Indian Affairs and northeast India. Despite this diversity, a son of unification arise. Varied uses of spices are an integral part of food preparation

and are used to enhance the flavor of a dish and create unique flavors and aromas. All India Kitchen has also been influenced by different cultures

groups that entered India throughout history, as the Persians, Mongols, and European settlers. Although the original Tandoor Central Asia

Indian tandoori dishes, chicken tikka, with ingredients such as India, enjoy a wide popularity.
Indian cuisine is one of the kitchens popular around the world. Historically, Indian spices and herbs have been one of the most sought after trade

commodities. The spice trade between India and Europe have led to the emergence and domination of the Arab traders to the extent that European explorers,

Basque da Gama and Christopher Columbus went in search of new trade routes with India leading to the Age of Discovery. The popularity of curry

born in India, across Asia has often led to the antenna listed as the "pan-Asian" dish.

Clothing:
traditional Indian clothes for women Ghaghra saris and cholis (lehenga). For men, traditional clothing are Dhoti Pancha / or veshti

Kurta. Bombay, also known as Mumbai, is a the fashion capitals of India. In some parts of the village in India, the traditional clothing used.

Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Pune, are places for people who love to shop. In southern India, men wear long white sheets of cloth

called dhoti in English and Tamil. During the dhoti, men used shirts, shirts, or anything else. The women wear a sari, a long piece of colored cloth

with reasons. It is covered by a simple blouse or fantasy. It is used by the ladies and the young. The girls wear nonsense. One of them is a long-nonsense

skirt worn under a blouse. The two are often gaily patterned. Bindi is part of making-up Women. Traditionally, the red bindi (or Sindhura) increased

by married Hindu women, but now has become part of women's fashion. clothing is West Indian and Western fusion

Subcontinental style. Churidar, Dupatta, Gamchha, Kurta, Mundum Neriyathum, Sherwani, uttariya are some other items.

Literature
The earliest works of Indian literature were transmitted orally. Sanskrit literature, the Rig Veda begins with a collection of sacred hymns dating from the

period 1500-1200 BC. The epics Ramayana and Mahabharata Sanskrit appeared towards the end of the first millennium BC. Classical Sanskrit

literature flourished in the early centuries of the first millennium, as the Tamil Sangam literature.
At the time Medieval literature Kannada and Telugu appears in the ages 9 and 11, respectively, followed by work first Malayalam

12th century. Meanwhile, the literature in Bengali, Marathi, and several dialects of Hindi, Persian and Urdu began to appear that way.
Some of the most important authors in India are of Rabindranath Tagore, Dinkar Singh Subramania Barathi Ramdhari, Kuvempu, Bankim Chandra

Chattopadhyay, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Munshi Premchand, Muhammad Iqbal, Devaki Nandan Khatri became famous. In India today,

Among the authors who have received rave reviews are: Girish Karnad, Agyei, Nirmal Verma, Kamleshwar, Vaikom Muhammad Bashir, Indira

Goswami, Mahasweta Devi, Amrita Pritam, Venkatesh Ayengar Maast, Qurratulain Hyder and Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and others have received

critical acclaim.
In the literature contemporary indigenous, there are two major literary prizes and is the Sahitya Akademi Award and the price Jnanpith. Seven

Price Jnanpith were delivered in Kannada, six in Hindi, Bengali five, four in Malayalam, and three in Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu and

Oriya.

Poetry
India has a long tradition the poetry of the Rigveda, as well as compositions in prose. Poetry is often closely related to musical traditions and

lots of poetry can be attributed to religious movements. Writers and philosophers, poets have often been qualified. In modern times, poetry has been

as a major national non-violent freedom movement Indians. A famous example of this modern tradition is

figures such as Rabindranath Tagore and KS Narasimhaswamy in the modern and poets such as Basava (Bachan), Kabir and Purandaradasa

(Pada and devaranamas) in medieval times, and the epics of antiquity. Two examples the poetry of Tagore's Gitanjali serve as national

anthems of India and Bangladesh.

Epic:
Ramayana and Mahabharata are the oldest preserved and still well-known epics of India, some of its versions have been adopted as the epics of

Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. In addition, there are five epics in the classical Tamil language which

Silappadhikaram, Manimegalai, Seevaga-chintamani, Valayaapathi, Kundalakesi. Other regional variations of them as independent epics include

Kamba Ramayanam in Tamil, Kannada, Adikavi Pampa Pampa Bharata Ramayana by Valmiki Torave Kumara Bharata and Karnatic

KathaManjari by Kumaravyasa, Ramacharitamanasa Hindi, Malayalam Adhyathmaramayanam.

Music and dance:
Music of India includes multiple varieties of religious folk, pop, pop and classical music. The oldest surviving examples of Indian music are

melodies of which are still sung Samaveda certain Vedic? rauta sacrifices. Indian tradition of classical music is strongly influenced by Hindu texts.

It consists of two distinct styles: Carnatic and Hindustani music. It is characterized by the use of several Raga, melodic modes. She has a history of

millennia and has been developed over several eras. It is essential to the religious inspiration, cultural expression and pure entertainment.
Purandaradasa is considered the "father of Carnatic music (Karnataka Sangeeta pitamaha). concluded his songs with a hello to Lord Purandare

Vittala and is expected to have made 475 000 as many songs in Kannada language. However, only about 1,000 are known today.
Indian folk dance too diverse and classical forms. Among the known folk dances are the bhangra of the Punjab, Bihu in Assam, chhau

of Jharkhand and Orissa, Rajasthan Ghoom, Garba and the Dandiya Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra and Yakshagana Lavani

Dekhnni Goa. Eight dance forms, many with narrative forms and mythological elements, have received the status classical dance by India

National Academy of music, dance and theater. These are Bharatanatyam of Tamil Nadu state, Kathak of Uttar Pradesh, Kathakali and

Mohiniyattam of Kerala, Kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Manipuri, Odissi of Orissa and Assam sattriya.
Kalarippayattu short or Kalari is considered among the most ancient world of martial arts. It remains in texts like Mallapurana. Kalari and other

subsequently trained in martial arts have been assumed by some have traveled in China, as Buddhism and the possible establishment of Kung Fu. Later

Gatka martial arts are, and Malla-Pehlwani Yuddha. There have been many great Martial artists of Indian Affairs, including Bodhidharma

Indian introduced martial arts in China.

Tables:
The first paintings were cave paintings of prehistoric petroglyphs found in places like Bhimbetka, some dating back

the stone age. Ancient texts outline theories Darragh and anecdotal accounts suggesting that it was common in households to paint their

doors or in rooms where guests resided.
paintings Ajanta cave, Bagh, Ellora and Sittanavasal and temple paintings testify to the love of naturalism. Most ancient and medieval art in India

Hindu, Buddhist or Jain. A fresh flour color design (Rangoli) is still a common sight outside the gate of a large number (especially South India)

indigenous households.
Madhubani painting, Rajput painting Mysore painting Tanjore painting, Mughal painting some notable genres of Indian art, while Raja Ravi

Varma, Nandalal Bose, Geeta Vadhera, Jamini Roy and B. Venkatappa some modern painters. Among contemporary artists, Atul Dodiya, Bose

Krishnamacnahri, Shibu Natesan Devajyoti Ray and represent a new era of Indian art where global art shows direct fusion of Indian classical

styles. These artists have recently gained international recognition. Ray Devajyoti paintings were acquired by the National Museum of Fine Arts

Cuba and were the works of some of the artists new generation.
Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai, Mysore Palace has exposed several good Indian paintings.

Sculptures
The first sculptures in India date from the Indus civilization, where he has discovered the stone and bronze. Later, as Hinduism,

Buddhism and Jainism developed in India has produced some very complex, and bronze sculptures of the temples. Some large temples, such as

one at Ellora were not built but carved blocks by solid rock.
Sculptures produced in the northwest, in stucco, schist or clay, show a strong mix of Indian classical and Hellenistic and even

the Greco-Roman influence. The pink sandstone sculptures of Mathura almost simultaneously. During the Gupta period (fourth to sixth century)

sculpture reached a very High in the implementation and refinement in the modeling. These styles, and other leading countries in the Indian classical music evolved

Indian art who have contributed to the Buddhist and Hindu sculpture throughout Asia South-Central and Eastern Europe.

Architecture
Indian architecture encompasses a multitude of expressions in space and time, constantly absorbing new ideas. The result is a scalable range

architectural production that nonetheless retains continuity through history. Some of its first production facilities are located in the Indo

Valley civilization (2600-1900 BC), characterized by well planned cities and houses. Religion and royalty do not seem to have played a

important role in the planning and development of these cities.
During the Maurya and Gupta empires and their successors, several Buddhist architectural complexes, such as the Ajanta caves and

Ellora and the monumental Sanchi Stupa were built. Later, South India has produced several Hindu temples as Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the

Halebidu Hoysaleswara Temple and the Temple Temple Kesava in Brihadeeswara Somanathapura, Thanjavur, the Sun Temple, Konark, Sri

Srirangam Ranganatha Temple and the Buddha stupa (Chinna Lanjaron and kota Vikramarka Dibba Dibba) for Bhattiprolu. Angkor Wat

Buddhist Borobudur and Hindu temples and indicate a strong Indian influence in the architecture of South East Asia, because they are built in styles of nearly

Traditional himself religious buildings in India.
The traditional system of Vaastu Shastra serves as the Indian version of Feng Shui, the influence urban planning architecture and ergonomics. It is difficult

which system is older, but contain some similarities. Feng Shui is more commonly used throughout the world. Though Vastu is conceptually

Like Feng Shui which also seeks to harmonize the energy flow (also or vital force called Prana in Sanskrit and Chi / Ki in Chinese Japanese)

throughout the house, it differs in details such as exact directions in which various objects, parts, materials, etc. should be placed.
With the advent of Islamic influence from the West Indian architecture has been adapted to allow the tradition of the new religion. Fatehpur Sikri, Taj

Mahal, Gol Gumbaz, Qutub Minar Red Fort of Delhi are the creations of this era, and are often used as symbols of stereotyped India. The colonial

State of the British Empire saw the development of Indo-Saracenic style, and the mixture of several other styles, such as European gothic. Victory

Victoria Memorial or the station are notable examples.
India influence of oriental architecture and South Asia, due to the spread of Buddhism. A number of Indians architectural features such as

temple or stupa mound, or Sikh temple tower, temple tower or pagoda and temple gate or Torana, have become famous symbols of Asian culture,

widely used in East and Southeast Asia. The central arrow is also sometimes called "Vimanam. The door of the temple in the south, or is gopuram

known for its complexity and majesty.
Contemporary architecture in India is more cosmopolitan. Cities are extremely compact and more densely populated. Nariman Point Mumbai is famous for

Art Deco buildings. recent creations such as Lotus Temple, and various developments modern urban India and Chandigarh, are remarkable.

Recreation and Sport:
In the field of recreation and sports India had evolved a series of games. The modern eastern martial arts originating in ancient games and martial arts

India, and is considered by some that these games were transmitted foreign countries, where they continue to adapt and modernize.

Traditional sports include kabaddi Aboriginal and Gilli-Danda, which are played in most the country.
A few games introduced during the British rule have become quite popular in India: hockey, football (soccer) and cricket in particular. Although the field

Ice hockey is the official national sport of India, cricket is by far the most popular sport not only in India but across the continent, booming recreational

and professionally. Cricket has even been used recently as a forum for diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan. cricket teams, the two nations "

compete every year and these competitions are very passionate on both sides. Polo people.
Interior and outdoor games such as chess, oca, cards, Carrom, Badminton are popular. Chess has invented in India.
Games of strength and speed flourishing in India. In ancient India, the stones were used for the weights, marbles, and dice. Former Indians participated in the car

racing, archery, horsemanship, military tactics, the fight free, weight lifting, hunting, swimming and running.

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The Author of this India – Unity in Diversity article is Suresh. He is a student but intrested in writing articles for users/readers and he is also

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