India
India comes in Asia Continent which is seventh largest country and the second populous country in the entire world. India has himalayas at the Northern India, South India covered with Arabian Sea on the west side, bay of bengal at the eastern side, and Indian Ocean spreaded all over south India.
Climate:
India has different climate regions and devided into 6 type of climate. Most of it part covered by tropical wet - dry and humid sub tropical regions. Southern India, centarl and north west part has tropical wet and dry climate. Central, North and North west India covered by humid sub tropical climate. These type of climates are best for agriculture and other agricultural activities.
North East India and South west Indian regions have tropical wet climate, cause heavy rain fall and humidity.
Highland covered North West to Top Nortyh East part of India. Himalayas range known for highland climate region.
Semi aride climate comes into south west and north west area of India. And aride climate have western part of the country.
Annual Rainfall and Monsoon:
June 1 is the normal rainfall month in which the monsoon started and october is the month for normal withdraw of monsoon, some time it comes before 1 june and some time the rainfall comes later. The rainfall generally measured as 100 mm to 400 mm during monsoon. Cherapunji known for highest rainfall area and it goes more than 400 mm.
Precipitation and winds:
Most of the areas have 200 mmto 500 mm percipitation and winds.
India is reputed to be the last Polynesian monarchy. Once a British protectorate, this Christian country India is ruled by a king supported by hereditary noblemen. The country India joined the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations in 1970 and 1999 respectively.
Taj mahal
When you enter into the compound, you will feel really stunning, Taj Mahal the incredible monument of 16th century. Dream of a King who loved his wife deeply and imagination of an artist took shape in the form of Taj Mahal. A precious gift for world. Look out Seven Wonders of the World
In India, there are many physical attributes such as lofty mountains, deep valleys, extensive plains, and a number of islands. From the foothills of the Himalayas to the backwaters of Kerala, from the picturesque sceneries of north-eastern hill side...to the deserts of Rajasthan, the country is a wonderland.
This nation houses some 1.8 billion people of different kinds and sorts.
The people in India belong to many different religions, cultures, beliefs and ethnic backgrounds. So are the languages in the country with different dialects unique to a specific regional domain which could be as small as a village. One can find many combinations of these to create an identity of its own. So, on one hand if you see a Tamil speaking Christian, one might spot one Bengali who speaks English and observes Marwari culture and traditions, on the other hand. It seems like many colors have come together, each with its own set of shades and tones, vibrating together, to create a design holding a divine beauty.
India fascinates with its diversity.
The colorful India: Culture and Traditions
The essence of India lies in its traditions that is iconic of its cultural heritage. The same also give rise to overwhelming number of festivals. With inherited traditional concentrates and dilutions attributed by modernism, the flavors keep evolving with time and keep changing from one state to another , city to city and even villages to villages. But the spirit behind all this, never changes. The spirit, signifying the authority of God and celebrating His creation, paying tribute to his rule and seeking His love and protection, makes the whole experience very special. And so the unity in diversity never seem to detach from the central idea of spirituality. India has always been a spiritual country.
The Spiritual Nation
Indians have many faiths to keep. The primary ones are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism.
The religious spread is uniform except for Sikhism which is concentrated in the northern belt and Christianity which is more popular in the east and southern coastal land. Out of all, Hinduism and Sikhism originated in the country.
Culture and religion are entwined together and offer the people of the land all the freedom of connecting to Almighty. This teaches mutual tolerance. Hence the special effect of culture on religion makes the ethos of a religious community very inviting
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