India has immense religious, linguistic, cultural and historical diversity. It has over 6000 years of cultural traditions and is home to many major religions including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. India also has tremendous linguistic diversity with over 700 languages and thousands of dialects spoken across its states. Culturally, India varies greatly from north to south with each state and region having its own unique traditions in terms of food, art, dance and music. This diversity is a defining feature of Indian society and what makes its culture and heritage so rich.

1. DIVERSITY IN
INDIA
Efforts by: Chandragupt
Nathawat
Class & Sec. : VI-C

2. The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It
means understanding that each individual is unique, and
recognizing our individual differences. In literary terms delivery
means differences. This along the dimensions of race, language,
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age,
physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other
ideologies.

3. INDIAN DIVERSITY
• India is also called Bharata, Bharatavarsha,
Jambudvipa.
• It is the 7𝑡ℎ largest country by its geographical
area i.e., 1,269,219 sq. mi.
• It is 2𝑛𝑑 largest country in the world by population
i.e., exceeding 130 crores.
• There are 28 states and 8 union territories. New
Delhi is the capital.
• India is having 6000 years old cultural, traditional
society is highly rich.
• It is located in the northern hemisphere of the
Earth.

4. DIVERSITY IN INDIA
• Diversity of Religions
• Diversity of Languages
• Cultural Diversity
• Historical Diversity
• Diversity of Food

5. DIVERSITY OF RELIGIONS
• “SARVADHARMA SAMBHAVA”
Equal respect to all religious.

6. HINDUISM
• Hinduism is the one of the oldest religions of the world.
• In India consist the 79.8% of the total population of the
country.
• There is no proper evidence for the origin.
• The very word Hindu is not of Indian origin.
Different Names Of Hinduism:-
• Sanatana dharma
• Vaidik dharma
• Arya dharma
• Vedanta dharma
• Bhagavad Gita in Indian is thought that it is the ‘Handbook Of
Hindustan’ It consist of 700 Sanskrit verses divided into 18
chapters.

7. ISLAM
• The Islam religion is regarded as the second biggest religion of the
world.
• Muslim constitute the biggest religion minority group in India.
• As per 2011 census they constitute 14.2%of the total population of the
India.
• It is founded by ‘Prophet Mohammad’.
• Quran is considered as the holy book of Muslims.

8. CHRISTIANITY
• Christianity it is one of the biggest religion of the mankind
judged in the terms of the followers.
• It is the 3rd largest in the India.
• Christianity entered India by Saint Thomas during the first
century A.D Roman catholic The protestants.

9. BUDDHISM
• Buddhism is a nontheistic religion or philosophy that encompasses a variety of tradition.
• Introduced by Gautham Buddha.
• Two major schools
Hinayana
Mahayana

10. JAINISM
• In India Jainism is the small section 0.4% in Indian total population.
• Introduced by Vardhamana Mahavira.
• Two major division of the Jainism are:-
Shwethambara
Digambara
• Three jewels of Jainism are Right Faith, Right Knowledge and Right Conduct.

11. LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
• According to Ethnologue, India is considered to be the home to 398
languages out of which 11 have been reported extinct.
• In India, some 1652 dialects were recorded in a census made in 1961, Another
census was initiated way back 2001 and it showed that for more than half a
million inhabitants, there are 29 languages being spoken. This is why Indian
language translation is a tough one.
• Dialects in India vary depending on demographic location, Although the
constitution of India stipulates that the main language of the country is Hindi
in Devanagari script, languages of native tongues are still very much alive.

12. CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• Indian culture is one of the oldest and unique. In India,
there is an amazing cultural diversity throughout the
country. The South, North, and Northeast have their own
distinct cultures and almost every state has carved its own
cultural niche. If compared, there is hardly any culture in the
world that is as varied and unique as India’s.
• India is a vast country with a variety of geographical
features and climatic conditions. India, a place of infinite
variety, is fascinating with its ancient and complex culture,
dazzling contrasts and breathtaking physical beauty.
• The Indian culture has never been rigid and that's why it's
surviving with pride in the modern era. It timely imbibes the
qualities of various other cultures and comes out as a
contemporary and acceptable tradition.
• On the world stage, either through international film
festivals or through beauty pageants, India regularly
displays its talent and culture. The flexibility and movement
with time has made Indian Culture fashionable and
acceptable too.

13. HISTORY OF INDIA
• India has never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.
• India was the richest country on Earth until the time of the British in the early 17th Century.
• It has been estimated that the total amount of treasure that the British looted from India had already
reached £1,000,000,000 (£1Billion) by 1901. Taking into consideration interest rates and inflation this
would be worth close to $1,000,000,000,000 ($1Trillion) in real-terms today.
• India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhata . The place value system, the
decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
• Aryabhata was the first to explain spherical shape, size, diameter, rotation and correct speed of Earth in
499 AD.
• The World's first university was established in Taxila in 700 BC. Students from all over the World studied
more than 60 subjects.
• Sanskrit is considered the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise, and therefore
suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine
consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
• Columbus was attracted India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered the
American continent by mistake.

14. DIVERSITY OF FOOD
• Food is an integral part of every human culture.
• For survival needs, people everywhere could eat
the same and some simple food. But human
cultures, over the ages, experiment, innovate and
develop sophisticated cuisines
• Indian food is as diverse as India. Indian cuisines
use numerous ingredients, deploy a wide range of
food preparation styles, cooking techniques and
culinary presentation. From salads to sauces, from
vegetarian to meat, from spices to sensuous, from
breads to desserts, Indian cuisine is invariably
complex.

15. EATING HABITS
• People in India consider a healthy breakfast, or nashta, important.
• They generally prefer to drink tea or coffee with the first meal of the day.
• Lunch in India usually consists of a main dish of rice in the south and
east and rotis made from whole wheat in the northern and western parts
of India.
• In Dinner is considered the main meal of the day, and the whole family
gathers for the occasion.

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