Culture of India

Indian  Culture:-

Greatness  of  Indian culture lies in its inconceivable  history. India  is  the  world's  largest  and   oldest  continuous  civilization. Aryans, who  relocated  from Mesopotamia, and  certain  different  nations, set up in India  and composed Vedas. Accordingly, India  is  otherwise  called  Vedic land. India is  a  country of  various  religions, for example,  Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, Jainism, Buddhism  and some more. The  four  boss standings of India were  Brahmin, Kshatriya, Sudra and Vyshya. Today,  there  are  in  excess of 1000 stations  created  inside   proper  method of time. India  has  29 states  and      

7 union  territories.The  constitution  of  India  recognises  23 official languages. India  is  the  birth  place  of  Hinduism and  Buddhism.

Languages of India:- Most  of  the  Indians  speaks  Hindi. But  every state in India  has different  mother  tongue . People  of  India  uses  English  language  for  official  purposes.

Clothing  in  India:-

      Indian  fashion  is  greatly influenced by  their  background  and  culture  of  its  people. India  is  well known  for  its  garments  and  classic  fashion  styles  all  around  the  world. People of  different  states  in  India  has  different  dressing  style. sometimes,  colour  coding  are  followed  based  on  religion  and  rituals. A  wide  mix  of  Indian  traditional  clothing  and  western  styles  can  be  seen  in  India. when  coming  to  festival time  people prefer  to  wear  traditional  dresses  of  their own  region. The  mostly  preferable  dresses  in  India  are  saree, salwaar kameez, churidar and  lehanga  choli for  women  and  Dhoti, Panche, Bandhgala, Daster e.t.c  for  men

women clothing:-

                                                 

Men's clothing-

Indian Food:- 

Just  like  culture, food  in  India  has  been  influenced  by  various  regions and  traditions. Every  single  spice  which  are  been  used  in  Indian dishes  carries  protiens  and  medicinal  values. In  some  of  the  states  like  Punjab, Haryana  and  Uttar Pradesh, people  prefer  to  eat  chapatis  which   are  basically  prepared  with  besan, wheat, maida e.t.c.,. Desert  cuisine  is  famous  in  Western India and  in  states  like  Maharastra people  usually  take  food  which  is  a  mix  of  both  north  as  well  as  south  styles. In  Kerela  people  prepare  their  food  with  coconut  oil and  in  Andhra Pradesh  adding  more  chilli  powder is  its  cooking  style. Mostly  South Indian  people  prefer  to  eat  rice  rather  than  chapatis.

                                                 

                      

Dining Etiquette:-

• Most  of  the  people  who  follows  strict  religion  rules do not  drink alcohol  
• People  prefer  to  wash  their  hands  befor  eating.
• Food  should  be  eaten  with  right  hand.
• People  of  rural  areas  they  prefer  to  eat  food  by  sitting  down  with  their  family  members.

Communication style:-

• People  do  not  stand  close  to  each  other  if  they  are speaking  with  new  people.
• Differing relationships will determine how people interact with each other 
• People  use right  hand to accept or when they are  ginving something to other  people.
• Pointing, with either one or two fingers, is considered rude and used for inferiors only.
• People  prefer  to  touch  their  elder's  feet  inorder  to  get  their  blessings.