Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Indian Culture

 
   India is known for its cultural heritage all over the world. It has a long cultural history that stretches back to 5000 years.
   Indian culture is deeply rooted with various religion, practices and norms. India is a religious land with major surviving religions as Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism, and Buddhism. Indian people are associated a lot to the religion and have adopted the culture from the religion to which they belong. India is an ancient country which was the hub of ancient activities and cultural practices. From the time of Harappan civilization India is rich in culture with still continuing practices to promote cultural heritage.
   India is a land of diversification whether it is geography, history, culture, religion or people. This diversification over the years has led to the transformation and strengthening of the modern culture. Indian culture involves celebration of festivals, art, drama and theater, literature, music, philosophy, television, monuments, architecture and much more.
   Ancient India has been invaded by various foreign rulers and they all have brought up their culture with them. As a result of this Indian culture has been amended every time but this addition was always positive and has strengthen up the culture. Initially mughal emperors who came to India added up to the culture and then later in the ages British, Portuguese, France and Spain invaded India and added to the Indian culture. But more recently after the free India when government policies changed and after 1991 various foreign companies entered India and they have formed Indian culture a modern and dynamic one.
   Indian culture is a big collection of heritage, art, architecture, social norms, customs, tradition etc that India is following from the ancient ages. One must learn something about Indian culture. Indian culture has various things that can make heart and mind blissful.

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