The document provides information about South India. It states that South India comprises the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The major rivers are the Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Kaveri and Vaigai. The largest cities are Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. South India has a long independent literary and cultural tradition dating back over 2500 years including ancient Tamil literature and architecture. It is also home to diverse religious communities including Christians, Jews and Muslims with a long history in the region.

1. PRESENTED BY:-
AMAN KUMAR GUPTA
SOUTH INDIA

2. SOUTH INDIA
 South India is the area encompassing India's states
of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil
Nadu, Kerala as well as the union
territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry
occupying 19.31% of India's area.
 South India lies in the peninsular Deccan
Plateau and is bounded by the Arabian Sea in the
west, the Indian Ocean in the south and the Bay of
Bengal in the east.
 The Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Kaveri,
and Vaigai rivers are important non-
perennial sourcesofwater.
 Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam,
Coimbatore, Kochi andThiruvananthapuram are
the largest and most industrialized cities in the
region.
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3. HISTORY
• SOUTH INDIA HAS AN INDEPENDENT LITERARY TRADITION GOING BACK OVER 2500 YEARS.
• THE FIRST KNOWN LITERATURE OF SOUTH INDIA ARE THE POETIC SANGAMS, WHICH WERE
WRITTEN IN TAMIL BETWEEN 2500 TO 2100 YEARS AGO.
• THESE INCLUDE THE OLDEST SOUTH INDIAN EPICS OF SILAPPATIKARAM AND MANIMEKALAI
WRITTEN IN TAMIL.
• TAMIL BUDDHIST COMMENTATORS OF THE TENTH CENTURY CE NEMRINATHAM MAKE
REFERENCES TO KANNADA LITERATURE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY CE. DISTINCT MALAYALAM
AND TELUGU LITERARY TRADITIONS DEVELOPED IN THE FOLLOWING CENTURIES.

4. CULTURE AND HERITAGE• SOUTH INDIA HAS TWO DISTINCT STYLES OF ROCK ARCHITECTURE, THE PURE DRAVIDA (TAMIL) STYLE OF TAMIL
NADU AND THE VESARA STYLE (ALSO CALLED KARNATA DRAVIDA STYLE) PRESENT IN KARNATAKA.
• THE INSPIRATIONAL TEMPLE SCULPTURES OF SRIRANGAM, CHIDAMBARAM, KANCHIPURAM, MAHABALIPURAM,
THIRUVANNAMALAI, TANJORE, MADURAI, RAMESWARAM, SRI KALAHASTI, TIRUPATI, HAMPI, BADAMI,
BHATTIPROLU, SIMHACHALAM, PATTADAKAL, AIHOLE, BELUR, HALEBIDU, LAKKUNDI, SHRAVANABELAGOLA, AND
THE MURAL PAINTINGS OF TRAVANCORE AND LEPAKSHI TEMPLES, ALSO STAND AS A TESTAMENT TO SOUTH
INDIAN CULTURE.
• THE PAINTINGS OF RAJA RAVI VARMA ARE CONSIDERED CLASSIC RENDITIONS OF MANY A SCENES OF SOUTH
INDIAN LIFE AND MYTHOLOGY.
• THE TEMPLE AT SRIRANGAM IS THE LARGEST FUNCTIONING HINDU TEMPLE IN THE WORLD, WHILE
RAMESWARAM IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE HOLIEST TEMPLE IN INDIA.

5. OTHER COMMUNITY
• CHRISTIANITY HAS FLOURISHED IN COASTAL SOUTH INDIA FROM THE TIMES OF ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE WHO
CAME TO KERALA IN 52 AND ESTABLISHED THE SYRIAN CHRISTIAN TRADITION TODAY CALLED AS SAINT THOMAS
CHRISTIANS OR NASRANI MAPPILA.
• KERALA IS ALSO HOME TO ONE OF THE OLDEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD.
• THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ARRIVED IN THE MALABAR COAST DURING THE TIME OF KING SOLOMON.
• THE JEWS FROM KERALA ARE CALLED YUDA MAPPILA OR COCHIN JEWS.
• . THE CITIES OF SOUTH INDIA ARE HOME TO THE ANGLO-INDIAN COMMUNITY, THE EURASIAN DESCENDANTS OF
THE EUROPEANS – PORTUGUESE, DUTCH, BRITISH, DANISH AND FRENCH – WHO HAD ACQUIRED TERRITORY IN
PENINSULAR INDIA.
• THERE IS A LARGE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN SOUTH INDIA, PARTICULARLY IN THE MALABAR COAST, WHICH CAN
TRACE ITS ROOTS TO THE ANCIENT MARITIME TRADE BETWEEN KERALA AND OMANIS AND OTHER ARABS

6. CLIMATE
• TAMIL NADU CLIMATE :- THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU HAS A TROPICAL CLIMATE, WITH LITTLE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SUMMER AND WINTER TEMPERATURE.
• APRIL AND MAY ARE THE HOTTEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
• DURING THE SUMMERS TEMPERATURE SHOOTS UP TO 40 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND ABOVE.
• KARNATAKA CLIMATE :- KARNATAKA IN SOUTHERN INDIA EXPERIENCE A BETTER CLIMATE AS
COMPARED TO THE OTHER SOUTH INDIAN STATES.
• THE CLIMATE OF THE STATE IS TYPICAL TROPICAL TYPE.
• THE TEMPERATURE DURING THESE MONTHS RECORDS AROUND 35 DEGREES CENTIGRADE.

7. CLIMATE
• KERALA CLIMATE :- THE STATE OF KERALA REMAINS PLEASANT FOR MOST PART OF THE YEAR. IT HAS A TROPICAL CLIMATE
TOO.
• APRIL TO JUNE IS THE SUMMER TIME, WITH THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REMAINING AROUND 33 DEGREES CENTIGRADE.
• SEPTEMBER TO FEBRUARY IS THE PEAK TOURIST SEASON AND DURING THESE MONTHS THE WEATHER REMAINS PLEASANT.
• ANDHRA PRADESH CLIMATE :- THE COASTAL PLAINS, HOWEVER, GET TOO HOT DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WITH THE
TEMPERATURE REACHING A HIGH OF 42 DEGREES CENTIGRADE IN SOME PLACES.
• THE SUMMER SEASON EXTENDS FROM MARCH TO JUNE. DURING THESE MONTHS, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN MOST
PARTS OF THE STATE RECORDS AROUND 28 DEGREES CENTIGRADE.
• IN THE PLATEAU REGION, SUMMERS ARE COOLER THOUGH. OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY IS THE TIME OF THE WINTER SEASON.
THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RANGES BETWEEN 10 AND 12 DEGREES CENTIGRADE.
• . JUNE TO FEBRUARY IS THE IDEAL TIME TO PLAN A TRIP TO THE STATE.

8. FESTIVALS OF SOUTH INDIA
• EACH AND EVERY FESTIVAL IN SOUTH INDIA HAS A LONG HISTORY AND UNIQUE ORIGIN, WHICH
ENHANCES ITS VALUE AND TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE.
• BEING RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR IN NATURE, EVERY SOUTH INDIAN FESTIVAL HAS A DEEP MEANING,
OFTEN CONNECTED WITH THE LESSONS OF LIFE AND HAPPINESS.
• PONGAL: IT IS CELEBRATED ON 14TH JANUARY IN TAMIL NADU.
• ONAM: CELEBRATED IN KERALA, ONAM IS KNOWN FOR BEING A HARVEST AND SECULAR FESTIVAL.
• HAMPI FESTIVAL: ALSO KNOWN AS THE VIJAYA UTSAV, THE HAMPI FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
FESTIVALS IN HAMPI. CELEBRATED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER, IT INCLUDES EVENTS SUCH
AS DANCE PUPPET SHOWS, FIREWORKS, MUSIC SHOWS, POMP POSSESSIONS, WATER SPORTS AND
ROCK CLIMBING.
• THIS FESTIVAL IS PROPAGATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA.

9. ARCHITECTURE OF KARNATAKA
• THE ANTIQUITY OF ARCHITECTURE OF KARNATAKA CAN BE TRACED TO ITS SOUTHERN NEOLITHIC AND
EARLY IRON AGE.
• BENGALURU: THE ISKCON TEMPLE IN BENGALURU IS ONE OF THE PRIME ATTRACTIONS OF THE CITY.
• IT SIGNIFIES THEDRAVIDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE.
• THE MYSORE WODEYARS'S BENGALURU PALACE IS ANOTHER DELIGHT. QUITE SIMILAR TO THE WINDSOR
CASTLE, THE BENGALURU PALACE REVEALS THE EXQUISITE DETAILS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL.
• TOURISTS ALSO LOVE TO HAVE A MOTOR BOAT RIDE IN THE ULSOOR LAKE.
• THE TIPU SULTAN FORT AND SUMMER PALACE IS ANOTHER DISTINCT PLACE TO WATCH.
• THE IMPOSING WHITE STRUCTURE OF JAMA MASJID IS A DYNAMIC ATTRACTION .

10. • ALSO KNOWN AS VATAPI, IT WAS LAUDED AS THE
ROYAL CAPITAL OF THE BADAMI CHALUKYAS.
• THE STRUCTURAL AND ROCK CUT TEMPLES OF
BADAMI ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FINESSE AND
INTRICATE DESIGNING. SCULPTURES,
INSCRIPTIONS, FORTS AND CAVE TEMPLES ARE THE
LANDMARKS IN BADAMI
• . THE SEVENTH CENTURY MALEGATTI SHIVALAYA IS
ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SHIVALAYAS IN
THE REGION.

11. MYSORE PALACE
Murudeshwar temple statue
Jagan mohan palace
VIDHANA SOUDHA