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India’s Culture

India’s Culture. Food, Language and Clothes. India’s Map. National and Official Languages. Hindi : Is the National Language of India. It’s the most widely spoken language among Indians. English : Is the Official Working Language of India. State Languages.

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India’s Culture

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  1. India’s Culture Food, Language and Clothes

  2. India’s Map

  3. National and Official Languages • Hindi: Is the National Language of India. It’s the most widely spoken language among Indians. • English: Is the Official Working Language of India.

  4. State Languages • Each state in India has a main Language that can be used for official purpose within the state, in addition to Hindi and English. • There are 29 states in India

  5. Northern States Official Languages • States where Hindi is the official language: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Harayana. These states are known as the “Northern belt states”. • Punjab – Punjabi • Jammu and Kashmir - Urdu

  6. Eastern States Official Languages • Assam – Assamese • West Bengal and Tripura – Bengali • Orissa – Oriya • Mizoram – Mizo • Sikkim – Nepali • Manipur – Meitei • Arunachal Pradesh – English • Nagaland - English

  7. Western states official Languages • Gujarat – Gujarati • Goa – Konkani • Maharashtra – Marathi

  8. Southern States Official Languages • Karnataka – Kannada • Andhra Pradesh – Telegu • Tamil Nadu – Tamil • Kerala – Malayalam

  9. Food of India

  10. Punjabi Food • Foods from North India: Mostly wheat flat breads “Chappatis” or “Rootis”, lentils or “dals”, vegetables and pickles. Northern foods contain Muglai flavor or Ghee (butter) flavor.

  11. Bengali Food • Food from Eastern India consist mainly of rice, fish, dals, vegetables and sweets. • Bengali sweets like Rasogolla and Sandesh are famous all over and favourite among all Indians.

  12. Western India Food • Foods from Western India consist of coconut flavor in Goanese cuisine with lot of fish items which is eaten with rice. In Maharashtra and Gujarat people mostly eat rice, vegetables and dal.

  13. South Indian Food • In the Southern states people eat mostly rice or items made from rice, such as Dosas and Idlis in Tamil Nadu. Due to hot climate the foods are mixed with hot peppers and tamarind. In Kerala a lot of fish items are prepared using both spices and coconuts.

  14. Traditional Costumes Sherwani Churidar Kurta Sari Salwar Kameez

  15. Traditional Costumes Punjab Salwar Kameez Kurta Pajama Jammu and Kashmir Pheran and Poots

  16. Traditional Costumes Rajasthan Achakan & Dhoti Ghaghra Choli

  17. Traditional Costumes West Bengal Dhoti Panjabi Sari Maharashtra Orissa

  18. Traditional Costumes Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala

  19. There is a great diversity among different regions of India in terms of language, culture and dress. But though we are different we all Indians. “Unity in diversity” is our distinct feature as Indians.

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