Thursday, October 9, 2008

India

Introduction:
Welcome to the world of India's life.
I will go through the culture, traditions, history, Bollywood and there traditional music.

States in India and their representatives:
HARYANA: New Delhi, Gurgaon and Karnal.
HIMACHAL PRADESH: Pathankot.
PUNJAB: Chandigarh, Patiala, Ludhiana, Banthinda, Amritsar and Jalandar.
RAJASTHAN: Jaipur.
UTTAR PRADESH: Agra.
GUJARART: Patan, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Vadodara (Baroda), Surat.
MADHYA PRADESH: Bhopal.
BIHAR: Patna.
ASSAM: Guwahati.
WEST BENGAL: Kolkata (Calcutta), Kochi/Cochin.
ORISSA: Bhubaneshwra.
MAHATASTHRA: Mumbai (Bombay), Pune.
KARNATAKA: Bangalore, Raipur.
ANDHRA PRADESH: Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Visakhapatnam.
TAMILNADU: Chennai (Madras), Coimbatore, Erode, Namakkal.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH:Arunachal Pradesh.

Video of the Indian National Anthem:

Here are the words to go with the Indian anthem video:
These are the words that are said when people sing or say the national anthem:

Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha
Dravida Utkala Banga
Vindhya Himachal Yamuna Ganga
Ucchala Jaladhi Taranga
Tubh Shubha Name Jage
Tubh Shubha Ashisha Mange
Gahe Tubh Jaya Gata
Jan Gan Mangaldayak Jay He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Jaye He ! Jaye He ! Jaye He !
Jaye,Jaye,Jaye,Jaye He.

The history of the Indian Emblem:

The Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Emperor Ashoka the Great, erected the capital to mark the spot where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharmacakra). It has four "Indian Lions", resting on a circular abacus. The fourth lion is on the rear and hence hidden from view. The emblem symbolizes power, courage and confidence. The abacus is girded by four smaller animals - guardians of the four directions: the Lion of the north, the Elephant of the east, the bull of the south and the Horse of the west. The abacus rests on a nelumbo nucifera in full bloom, exemplifying the fountainhead of life.

The History of the Indian Flag:

The Indian flag was designed as a symbol of freedom. The flag is a horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is 2:3.In the centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; and the green for faith and fertility.The late Prime Minister Nehru called it "a flag not only of freedom for ourselves, but a symbol of freedom to all people."

The most famous monuments of India:
These are the most famous monuments of India;

  1. The Taj Mahal
  2. The Qutub Minar
  3. The India Gate
  4. The Red Fort
  5. The Meenakshi Temple
  6. The Charminar