India

Asian Countries- INDIA

By- Sanjitha Joseph

Languages

Geography

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- India is the seventh-largest country in the world

- Lies on the Indian Plate, one of the major tectonic plates

- Area is about 3.28 million sq. km

- Borders the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal

- Since India is near the equator, the temperatures usually are in the warmer degrees

- Has the Himalayan Mountains forming a border between India and China

- India's Ganges River serves important roles in the economic and cultural ways

- Highest land elevation is Kanchenjunga

- India covers 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world

- Has the Palk Strait and Gulf of Manner separating India from Sri Lanka

- India has around 23 languages in all so far

- India's official languages include Hindi and English

- Every language made came each from a family, which include seven

• Indo-Aryan language family
• Dravidian language family
• Austroasiatic language family
• Sino-Tibetan language family
• Tai–Kadai language family
• Great Andamanese languages

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Customs

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- Long ago, in India, the people following the Hindu would follow a traditional customs of the caste system. This system determines your rank and what jobs you could do

1- This is India's Geography as seen through a satellite

2- The Himalayan Mountains are the home to the highest mountain in the world, Mt.Everest

3- The Ganges serves as a sacred place towards the followers of Hinduism

4- In the Gulf of Manner, a species known as dugong (or sea cow) is found here

5- Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world

- In the Hindu religion, the cow is thought as a sacred animal, so most Hindu's are vegetarians

- For Women, most of them wear the traditional sari while men wear Kurtas

- Henna is a body art paint that is a common custom that women do, mostly for festivals or weddings

Population

- Current population is 1.342 billion people

- Major populated cities are New Delhi and Mumbai, yet still most of the population are located around the Ganges River

Religion

People/Culture Pictures

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- India is the birth place of four major religions:

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Jainism
• Sikhism

- At the same time, religions like Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are seen in certain areas of India

Practices/Rituals

- In certain parts of India, Traditional weddings are held under the Hindu religion

- Other parts of India pray 5 times a day, by the Islam religion, and fast during Ramadan

- Finally, once a person has passed away, there is a belief that the soul is then carried on into a new body.

Ethnic Groups

- With ethnic groups, there are at least 57 subcategories

- The most common ethnic groups share the common fact that they either believe in reincarnation, or believe in the Caste system

- Also, different ethnic groups are found in different areas in India based on the amount of holiness found in the are that acts according to their ways