INDIA

RELIGIONS IN INDIA

Christianity

Jainism Hinduism Buddhism

Sikhism Islam
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

Odissi
Bharatnatyam
 Languages of India
Urdu

Punjabi Hindi

Rajasthani Sanskrit A ssamese

Bengali
Gujarati Oriy a
M arathi
Telegu
Konkani
Kannada Tamil

M alay alam
 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 Naan Shahi Paneer

Rajma Chawal Aloo Paratha Gulab Jamun

 Famous places
Famous In
places of the the North
North

Mount Kailas - Himalayas Ladakh Lake - Kashmir

Taj Mahal - Agra

 India Gate - New Delhi

"Lotus Temple“ - Delhi.

Golden Temple - Amritsar,

Punjab.
 Great Indians

Jawaharlal Nehru
The First Prime Minister of India.

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, Konark Temple

Puri

Mukteswar Temple Wheel of Konark

Rajarani Temple, Temple
Bhubaneswar
 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 India’s National
Anthem and Nobel Prize for Literature in
1913.
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
 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)

Former 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
effect.
 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 St Francis Church Goa

Gir National Park 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 (1999-2005)

Lata Mangeshkar
World’s Foremost Indian Vocalist
 India

the land of unity in diversity

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

" Oneness amongst men, the

advancement of unity in
diversity – this has been the
core religion of India”.
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