The document provides an overview of Indian culture, including its major religions, cultural diversity across states, national symbols, dance forms, food, and festivals. India has a long tradition of religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Cultures and languages vary significantly across its 28 states and union territories. Some national symbols highlighted are the tiger, peacock, lotus flower, and Sarnath Lion capital. The document also briefly describes renowned Indian dance styles like Bharatanatyam and Odissi as well as its diverse regional cuisines featuring staples like rice, wheat and pulses.

1. The Indian Culture
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2. Indian Festivals

5. Religions
• India is one of the most religiously diverse nations in
the world, with some of the most deeply religious
societies and cultures.
• Birth place of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism &
Sikhism.
• The major religions of India are Hinduism (majority
religion), Islam (largest minority religion), Sikhism,
Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism,
Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith..

6. Religions

7. Culture Varies With States
• Comprising twenty-eight states and seven union
territories.
• India's schools teach 58 different languages. The
nation has newspapers in 87 languages, radio
programmes in 71, and films in 15.

8. National Symbols
• The national flag of India is tricolor.
• Tiger (Panthera Tigris, Linnaeus) is the national animal of India.
Tiger symbolizes India's wildlife wealth.
• Peacock (Pavo cristatus), which is a symbol of grace, joy, beauty
and love is the national bird of India.
• The National Emblem of India has been taken from the Sarnath Lion
capital erected by Ashoka.
• Lotus is the National flower of India. The Lotus symbolizes
spirituality, fruitfulness, wealth, knowledge and illumination.

9. National Symbols

10. Indian Dance Forms
•India has thousands of year old tradition of
fine arts and classical and folk music and
dances.
•Some of the world-famous dance forms that
originated and evolved in India are
Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi,
Manipuri, Mohiniattam and Odissi.
•All these dance forms were originally
performed in the temples to entertain various
Gods and Goddesses.
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11. Indian Dance Forms

12. Indian Food
• The cooking style varies from region to
region.
• India is quite famous for its diverse
multi cuisine.
• Major Indian food include South
Indian, Punjabi, Mughali, Bengali,
Kashmiri, Rajasthani and Gujarati.
• The staple food in India includes wheat,
rice and pulses with chana (Bengal
Gram) being the most important one.

13. Indian National Festivals

14. Cultural Festivals