Summarised description of Indian Culture

1. INDIAN CULTURE
Siddhant Maheshwari Gargi Maheshwari

2. Indian Culture
The culture of India is the way of living of the people of
India. India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture,
food, and customs differs from place to place within the
country.
India is one of the world's oldest civilizations and one of
the most populated countries in the world. The culture of
India is the oldest culture of the world around 5,000
years.

3. Languages
The major ones being
 Indo-Aryan languages (spoken by 75% of Indians)
 Dravidian languages (spoken by 20% of Indians)
 Others: Sino Tibetan language, Tai Kadai language
The Constitution of India designates the official language of
the Government of India as Standard Hindi written in the
Devanagari script, as well as English.
Scheduled Languages:
• 22 languages
• Eg: Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Malyalam, Kashmiri, Punjabi,
Sanskrit etc

4. Festivals
India, being a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, celebrates
holidays and festivals of various religions. Each and every festival is celebrated
uniquely in different ways according to the rituals, beliefs and its significant
history behind. Indian origin people in the abroad also celebrate their cultural
festival with the immense passion.

5.  National Festivals:
Independence Day Republic Day and the Gandhi Jayanti
 Hindu Festivals:
Holi, Diwali, Onam, Maha Shivratri, Pongal, Ganesh Chaturthi e.t.c
 Muslim Festivals:
Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Adha, Milad un Nabi, Muharram, Shab-e-Barat
e.t.c
 Sikh Festivals:
Guru Nanak Jayanti, Baisakhi e.t.c
Christians Festivals:
Christmas and Good Friday

6. The range of diversity in soil type, climate, culture,
ethnic group and occupations, these cuisines vary
significantly from each other and use locally available
spices, herbs, vegetables and fruits.
Indian cuisine reflects a 8,000-year history of various
groups and cultures interacting with the subcontinent,
leading to diversity of flavours and regional cuisines
found in modern-day India.
Cuisine

7. North Indian
Cuisine
East Indian
Cuisine
South Indian
Cuisine
West Indian
Cuisine
Biryani, Korma, Makki ki roti, Sarson ka saag,
Tandoori chicken
Sandesh, Rosogolla, Chumchum, Goja, Kheeri
Idli, Dosa, Sambhar, Rice, Vada, Uttapam Bhelpuri, Dhokla, Khandvi, Goan fish curry, Dal baati
choorma

8. Clothing
Clothing in India greatly varies across different
parts of the country and is influenced by local
culture, geography, climate and rural/urban
settings.
Facts:
Earliest cotton in the world was spun and worn
in India
Gold is a very important material in Indian
Fashion.
Indian clothing has been highly influenced by
Bollywood fashions.

9. Male Female
Dhoti Saree
Lungi Salwar kameez
Kurta pyjama Lehenga Choli
Rajasthani Safa Bindi
Some Clothing Examples:

10. Arts
Arts
Performing
Arts
Visual Arts

11. Performing Arts
Dance:
Classical: Style's adherence to the guidelines laid down in Natyashastra, which explains the Indian art of acting eight Indian classical dance styles:
>Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu) > Odissi (Odissa),
>Manipuri (Manipur) >Mohiniyattam (Kerala), >Sattriya (Assam)
>Kathak(North and CentralIndia),
>Kathakali (Kerala) >Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh)
Folk: Every state has its own folk dance forms like
Thirayattam and Theyyam in Kerala, Garba, Dandiya in (Gujarat), Ghoomar, Rasiya (Rajasthan), Neyopa, Bacha Nagma in (Jammu and Kashmir), Bhangra
& Giddha (Punjab), Bihu (Assam), Lavani (Maharashtra).
Music:
Two types:
1.Carnatic 2.Hindustani Music

12. Visual Arts
Painting & Sculpture:
Famous Painting Categories are:
o Mughal Paintings
o Madhubani Paintings
o Cave paintings of Ajanta & Ellora Caves
• Sculptures was made in Indus Valley Civilization
Architecture:
• Planned home and cities during Indus Valley Civilization
Finest Architecture exampls are as follows:
1. Hampi (Karnataka)
2. Taj Mahal (Agra)
3.Chola Temples (Thanjore)
4.Shaniwarwada (Pune)

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