CULTURES OF INDIA

2. INTRODUCTION
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
LANGUAGES
PERFORMING ARTS
-DANCE
-MUSIC
ARCHITECTURE
CUISINE
CLOTHING
CONCLUSION

3. The culture of India refers to the way of life of
the people of India. India’s languages, dances,
music, architecture, food and customs differ
from place to place within the country. Many
elements of India’s diverse cultures such as
Indian religion, yoga, Indian cuisine had a
profound impact across the world.

4. ∙ India is a birth place of Hinduism,
Buddhism, Jainism and Sikkhism,
collectively known as Indian
Religions.
∙ India is one of the most religiously
diverse nations.

5. Family plays a significant role in the Indian culture. India has had a
prevailing tradition of joint hindufamily system.
For centuries, arranged marriages have been the tradition in Indian
society though men and women have always had the choice of who
they want to marry. The divorce rate is extremely low compared
with about 50% in the United States.
Namaste, Namaskaror Namaskaraor Namaskaram, Vanakkam
Namoshkaaris a common spoken greeting in indiansub continent.
Taken deeply, it means “ I BOW TO YOU”

6. There are 415 living
languages.
Two official languages
of communication-
Hindi and English
Other languages include
gujarati, marathi, tamil,
telgu, urdu, sanskrit,
punjabiand many more.

7. Indian dance too
has diverse folk
and classical
forms. Among
the well known
folk dances are
the bhangraof
Punjab, Bihuof
Assam, the
chhauof
Jharkhand, Odisi
of Orissa,
ghoomarof
Rajasthan,
dandiyaand
garbaof Gujarat
and Lavaniof
Maharashtra.

8. Indian architecture has
evolved through various
ages in different
regions of the country.
Apart from these
natural and obvious
evolution from the pre-
historic and historic
periods, evolution of
Indian architecture was
generally affected by
the emergence and
decay of great empires
and dynasties in the
sub-continent .

9. The cuisine in India is
classified into three
major categories-
Sattva, Rajas and
Tamas.

11. There is a great diversity among different regions
of India in terms of language, cuisine, culture and
dress. But though we all are different we all are
Indians.
We owe a lot of the Indians who taught us how to
count, without which no worthwhile scientific
discovery could have been made.
-Albert Einstein
Presented By:
JenishaDomadia& VidhiChheda