Cultures in India

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place of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, collectively known as

Indian religions

India is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world,

The religion of 80% of the people is Hinduism. Islam is practiced by around 13% of all IndiansSikhism, Jainism and especially Buddhism are influential not only in India but across the world

Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism are also influential but their numbers are smaller.

Family
Marriage
Namaste
Festivals
Names and language
Animals and Birds

Religions and spirituality.

is a common spoken greeting in Indian subcontinent.
Namaskar is

considered formal version than Namaste but both express deep respect.Taken literally, it means "I bow to you“,word is derived from Sanskrit (namah): to bowand (te): "to you".

Family
Family plays a significant role in the Indian culture. For generations, India has had a prevailing tradition of the joint family system. It is a system under which extended members of a family – parents, children, the children’s spouses and their offspring, etc.

Marriage
For centuries, arranged marriages have been the tradition in Indian society though men and women have always had the choice of who they want to marry. Even today, the vast majority of Indians have their marriages planned by their parents and other respected family-members,
The divorce rate is extremely low compared with about 50% in the United States .
The arranged marriages generally have a much lower divorce rate.

festivals of various religions. Popular religious festivals include the Hindu

festivals of Navratri, Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga puja, Holi ,Rakshabandhan and Dussehra.
Names and language
Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. India's population speaks a wide variety of languages.

Animals and Birds
The varied and rich wildlife of India The word has been also made famous in The Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling. In Hinduism, the cow is regarded as a symbol of ahimsa .
Feeding a cow is seen as an act of worship.
The most common bird known to all is our national bird
Peacock.

Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas.
2.Cuisine
Satva which stand for

balance.
Rajas stands for passion.
Tamas stands for indulgence.
Food is consumed according to the lifestyle of the person.India is known for its love for food andit plays a role in everyday life as well as in festivals. Indian cuisine varies from region to region, reflecting the varied demographics of the country.
Though the tandoor originated in Central Asia, Indian tandoori dishes, such as chicken tikka made with Indian ingredients, enjoy widespread popularity.

the country
It is influenced immensely by local culture, geography

and climate.
Popular styles of dress include draped garments such as sari for women and Dhoti or lungi for men; in addition, stitched clothes such as churidar for women and kurta-pyjama and European-style trousers and shirts for men, are also popular.

the oldest preserved and well-known epics of India.
Epics
Tamil,
Telugu,
Malayalam,
Bengali,
Kannada.
And

another languages

4.Languages and Literature

Among the well-known folk dances are the bhangra of the

Punjab the bihu of Assam, the chhau of Jharkhand, the Odishi of Orissa, the ghoomar of Rajasthan, the dandiya and garba of Gujarat, the Yakshagana of Karnataka and lavani of Maharashtra and Dekhnni of Goa.

the rock paintings of pre-historic times, the petroglyphst it was

common for households to paint their doorways or indoor rooms where guests resided.

India date back to the Indus Valley civilization, where stone

and bronze figures have been discovered. Later, as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism developed further, India produced some extremely intricate bronzes as well as temple carvings. Some huge shrines, such as the one at Ellora were not constructed by using blocks but carved out of solid rock.

Architecture
Indian architecture encompasses a multitude of expressions over space and time, constantly absorbing new ideas. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that nonetheless retains a certain amount of continuity across history. Some of its earliest production are found in the Indus Valley Civilization (2600–1900 BC) which is characterised by well planned cities and houses. Religion and kingship do not seem to have played an important role in the planning and layout of these towns.

of the best known forms of ancient Indian martial arts

is the Kalarippayattu from Kerala. This ancient fighting style originated in southern India in 12th century BC and is regarded as one of the oldest surviving martial arts.

Silambam which was developed around 200 AD, traces its roots to the Sangam period in southern India.

Field Hockey is the national Sport in India, and the India national field hockey team won the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup and 8 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the Olympic games. Cricket is the most popular Sport in India

in 1959 in New Delhi with tests for educational telecasts.[75]

Indian small screen programming started off in the mid 1970s. At that time there was only one national channel Doordarshan, which was government owned. 1982 saw revolution in TV programming in India, with the New Delhi Asian games, India saw the colour version of TV, that year. The Ramayana and Mahabharat were some among the popular television series produced. By the late 1980s more and more people started to own television sets

Cinema

Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based film industry in India. Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Punjabi and Telugu) constitute the broader Indian film industry, whose output is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced and number of tickets sold.

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