Official Name : Republic Of India
Capital: New Delhi.
Time Zone: 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+5.5 GMT).
Population: nearly 1 billion
Languages: Hindi, English, 16 other official languages, thousands of
dialects.
Predominant Religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism,
Jainism, Buddhism, others.
Telephone Codes: 91, country code.
Climate: varied, depending on the location and the time of the year.
India has three major seasons - winter - summer and the monsoon.
"So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by
man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun
visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing
overlooked." --Mark Twain, from Following the Equator
Geography Of India
India shares borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and
Bhutan. At its southernmost tip is the tear-drop country, Sri Lanka. The
Himalayas rise out of India in the north. The Indian Ocean surrounding the
southern portions, the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Arabian Sea in the
west make India a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. The
legendary Ganges, the holiest and one of the most important rivers in India,
originates in the northern Himalayas and flows into flat plains. The plains
run into the Deccan Plateau in the south.
India vast and varied. Based on arbitrary distinctions, India is divided
into four regions. The north includes Delhi, Punjab and neighboring states;
the Himalayas; agricultural regions and a distinctive desert lifestyle. The
east is made up of Kolkata, Orissa and other states. East India also
contains the eastern triangle, which is entirely distinct. This is the last
gulp of land that expands beyond Bangladesh, ending in the Naga Hills along
the border of Myanmar. West India contains the states of Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Goa, and part of the massive, central state of Madhya Pradesh.
Separated from the north by the Vindhya mountain range, the south comprises
Chennai (Madras), Bangalore, Hyderabad and much of the nation's coastline.
Where to go
India offers a large selection of historical and natural sites one can find
elsewhere. While travelling to India, one should be sure of visiting to
destinations like New Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan, Goa, Mumbai, Chennai and
Kolkata. Besides, India offers a wide range of adventure tour activities,
business tours, wildlife tours, including cultural tours to see the famous
Taj Mahal, hiking the Himalayas and elephant riding to see bengal tigers in
Chitwan National Park. India encloses everything within its boundaries, from
mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys, deserts, forests, sea beaches, lakes,
springs, delta and lots more to be fitted here.
The land of diverse culture, language and religion, India, with all its
variety, is one of its kind in the world. From region to region, there are
dramatic changes in cuisine, dress, language, religion, custom and
tradition. Within all these chaos, one can discover some of the globe's most
majestic and historical sights - the Taj Mahal, the Ganges, the Himalayas.
With all this and more India remains an incomparable travel experience.
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