INDIA

RELIGIONS IN
INDIA
Christianity

Jainism

Hinduism

Buddhism

LANDSCAPES

The Seven Classical Dance Forms

Kathak

Manipuri
Mohini Attam
One of the most enduring
symbols of India is the figure of
Kuchipudi
Kathakali
NATARAJA

Bharatnatyam

Odissi

Languages of India
Urdu
Hindi

Punjabi
Rajasthani

Sanskrit

Gujarati
Marathi

Bengali
Oriya

Telegu

Konkani
Tamil
Kannada
Malayalam

Assamese

North India - Culture, Festivals & The People

Important festivals :
Lohri - Punjab
Holi - celebrated all over North India
Vaisakhi - Punjab
Hemis - Jammu & Kashmir
Rakshabandhan - celebrated all over
North India

North Indian
Wedding Dress

Traditional Dances

Kathak

Bhangra

North Indian food

Tandoori Chicken

Rajma Chawal

Naan

Aloo Paratha

Shahi Paneer

Gulab Jamun

Famous
places
In
the North
Famous
places of the
North

Mount Kailas - Himalayas

Ladakh Lake - Kashmir

Taj Mahal - Agra

India Gate - New Delhi

"Lotus Temple - Delhi.

Golden Temple - Amritsar,

Punjab.

Great Indians

Kalpana Chawla
NASA Astronaut
Har Gobind Khorana
1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine

East India - Culture, Festivals & The People

Important Festivals :
Durga pooja - Calcutta
Bihu - Assam
Kharchi Puja - Tripura
Cheiraoba - Manipur
Chapchar Kut - Mizoram
Moastu - Nagaland

Bengali Wedding Apparel

Delicious Bengali Platter

Famous places In the East

Darjeeling Tea Estate

Howrah Bridge

Kalighat Kali Temple

Sun Temple, Konark

Jagannath Temple,
Puri

Konark Temple

Mukteswar Temple
Rajarani Temple,
Bhubaneswar

Wheel of Konark
Temple

Great Indians
Mother Teresa
Bharat Ratna, Noble Laureate for Peace.
Vivekananda
Most Famous and Influential Spiritual
Leaders of Philosophy.
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet and Writer of Indias National
Anthem and Nobel Prize for Literature in

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
Sankranthi - Andhra Pradesh
Pongal - Tamilnadu

Exotic W

Exotic South Indian Wedding

Mouth Watering South Indian

Cuisine

Payasam ( dessert)

Thali
Idly & Vada

South Indian Traditional Dance Forms

Kathakali
Bharatnatayam

Kuchipudi

Yakshagana

Famous places In the South

Tirupathi - one of the richest and
most visited religious centers in the
world.

Ooty - Udagamandalam

Mysore Palace

Meenakshi Temple - Madurai

Gods Own Country,

Kerala
The Charminar - Hyderabad

Great Indians

A . P. J. Abdul Kalam (Missile Man of India)

Current President - Scientist and an Engineer
Srinivasa Ramanujam
Great Indian Mathematician
Sir C.V. Raman
1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics for
work on scattering of light and Raman

Vishwanath Anand
International Chess Grandmaster.

M. S. Subbulakshmi
Renowned Carnatic Vocalist.
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

Famous places In the West

The Ajanta and Ellora caves

Western Thar Desert, Rajasthan
Hawa Mahal - "Palace of Winds"
Jaipur

The Famous Goa Beach

Gir National Park

St Francis Church Goa

Mount Abu - Rajasthan

Bollywood

Great Indians
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Father of Nation
Vinoba Bhave
National Teacher of India
Amitabh Bachchan
Famous Bollywood Actor

Sania Mirza
Indian Tennis Player
Azim Hashim Premji
Indian businessman and richest
person in the country
Lata Mangeshkar
Worlds Foremost Indian Vocalist

India
the land of unity in
diversity

Rabindranath Tagore
Poet and writer of Indias national anthem
and Nobel laureate in literature in 1913,
(1861-1941) :

"Oneness amongst men, the

advancement of unity in
diversity this has been the