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- 1. THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA NAME: Shrikant M. Sahu ADDRESS: 201, Swarajya society, Indira nagar J.N.Road, Mulund (w) CONTACT: 8097241871 REG.NO: WRO-0467344 BRANCH CODE: W1020 BATCH CODE: 01-16-174 DATE: SIGNATURE: Shrikant Sahu 1
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- 3. A NAMASTE TO ALL! Namaḥ, to bow te, "to you." namo: stu te "let there be a salutation to you!” 3
- 4. I N D I A N C U L T U R E 4 INDEX
- 5. INTRODUCTION The culture of India is the way of living of the people of India . India's languages, religions, dance , music , architecture , food , and customs differ from place to place within the country. India is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, collectively known as Indian religions. India has one of the richest and most exciting cultural traditional in the world India is one of the old civilization in the world Indian constitution is one of the largest in the world 5
- 6. INDIAN GOVERNMENT India is the world's largest democracy 6
- 7. THE NATIONAL FLAG The flag's saffron color symbolizes courage and sacrifice white stands for peace and truth, and green is for faith and chivalry, blue represents the color of the sky and the ocean. The 24 spokes of the wheel (Ashoka Chakra), correspond with the 24 hours of the day, implying that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. 7
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- 9. THERE ARE 28 STATES AND 7 UNION TERRITORIES IN INDIA 9
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- 11. INDIAN PEOPLE COME IN ALL SHAPES & SIZES I. People with different clothing II. people with different religions III. people with different foods IV. people with different celebrations 11
- 12. INDIAN PEOPLE EAT MANY FOODS Rice vegetables seafood meat-however cows are considered sacred by Hindus,many of whom are vegetarian masala-spices South-indian food viz.,Idli dosa gujrati food viz.,thepla,dhokla Bengali fish rice ........and many more 12
- 13. INDIAN PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT RELIGIUOUS BELIEFS Hinduism Buddhism Islam(muslims) Sikkhism christianity Jainism 13
- 14. FESTIVALS IN INDIA India, being a multi-cultural and multi-religious society, celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. With India's cultural diversity, the country has more festivals than there are days in a year Popular religious festivals include the Hindu festivals of Navratri, Diwali , Maha Shivratri, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga puja, Holi, Ratha-Yatra , Ugadi , Rakshabandhan , and Dussehra . Several harvest festivals such as Sankranthi, Pongal and Raja sankaranti swinging festival "Nuakhai " are also fairly popular. 14
- 15. MARRIAGES For centuries, arranged marriages have been the tradition in Indian society. In India, the divorce rate is low — 1% compared with about 40% in the United States Women initiate about 80 percent of divorces in India. The nation celebrates about 10 million weddings per year,of which over 80% are Hindu weddings. 15
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- 17. DANCES IN INDIA Dances in india comprises the varied styles of dances in the country. sangeet natak akademi,the national acedemy for performing arts,recognizes eight distinctive traditional dances as indian classical dances. folk dances are numerous in number and styles and vary according to the local tradition of the respective state,ethnic or geographic regions. dances in indian filmss are often noted for their idiosyncrasies and hold a significant presence in popular culture ofd the indian subcontinent. 17
- 18. CLASSICAL DANCE Classical dance in india has developed a type of dance drama that is a form of a total theatre. Most of the classical dances enact stories from hindu mythology. The tradition of dance has been condified in the natyashastra. A performance is considered accomplished if it manages to evokje a rasa(emotions)among the audience by invoking a particular bhava(gesture or facial expression) 18
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- 20. DANCES IN FILMS The introduction of sound to cinema in the film Alam Ara in 1931, choreographed dance sequences became ubiquitous in Hindi and other Indian films. Dance in early Hindi films was primarily modelled on classical Indian dance styles and particularly those of historic North Indian courtesans (tawaif ), or folk dancers. Dance in early Hindi films was primarily modelled on classical Indian dance styles and particularly those of historic North Indian courtesans (tawaif ), or folk dancers. 20
- 21. MUSIC IN INDIA The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk music , pop , and Indian classical music. The two main traditions of Indian classical music are Carnatic music, which is found predominantly in the peninsular regions, and Hindustani music, which is found in the northern,eastern and central regions. Rabindranath Tagore was a towering figure in Indian music. Writing in Bengali, he created a library of over 2,000 songs. The biggest form of Indian popular music is filmi , or songs from Indian films, it makes up 72% of the music sales in India. 21
- 22. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN INDIA Many indian people live in villages in rural india Other people in india live in large cities like -new delhi -mumbai -kolkata -chennai 22
- 23. TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA Planes Trains Cars Rickshaws Camel & donkey carts Bicycles Walking 23
- 24. GREETINGS IN INDIA The way of greeting “ Khuda hafis” is more Urdu and is commonly used by Muslims in India. “ Jay Sreekrishna” is a typical Gujarathi greeting, where sreekrishna is a Hindu God. There could be regional and cultural variations in the way of greeting, but I repeat , “ Namasthae “ is always safe. Reply to Namasthae is also Namsthae. You can prefix “Namsthae” with the person’s name, if you wish. 24
- 25. INDIAN TRADITION The uniqueness of Indian culture lies in its strong social system and family values . The elders are considered the driving force and so are respected and loved . The guests are considered as gods and are treated with respect and love, even if by foregoing some of the personal pleasures. 25
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- 27. NAME PROTOCOL Younger never uses the proper name of their elders. (eg: Anna, Akka etc.) Only people of the same age will address each other by first name. A Hindu wife never speaks the name of her husband . CAUTION WITH FOOTWEAR: It is very important to apologize immediately if one touches someone with his or her shoe or sandal 27
- 28. CONCLUSION The indian culture is often labelled as an amalgamation of several cultures It spans across the indian subcontinent and has been influenced by a history that is several millennia old. Many elements of india's diverse cultures,such as indian religions,yoga and indian cuisine have had a profound impact across the world 28