This is a veritable open air museum, housing some of the most ancient and modern ideas, artifacts and people. For those wanting to know about human past, it offers an insight into man's greatest glories and follies; those seeking monuments, there are palaces and temples that have withstood the test of time and modern architecture that promises to be the monuments of the future; for music lovers, there are a myriad different styles of singing and instruments that bear testimony to the genius of maestros' past and present.
For dancers, there are the slow trance like dances of Kathakali to the vibrant rhythm of the Manipuri, the enchanting allure of MohniAttam and BhartNatyam to the modern mix of swing, hip hop and "disco" of Bollywood movies.
It is this variety which is a special hallmark of India. Its physical, religious and racial variety is as immense as its linguistic diversity. Underneath this diversity lies the continuity of Indian civilization and social structure from the very earliest times until the present day. Modern India presents a picture of unity in diversity to which history provides no parallel.
Here is a catalogue of everything Indian. Indian religions, festivals, rituals, artifacts, monuments, costumes, music and dance, language and literature. Come and discover a little more of India's culture by selecting any of these topics Few countries in the world have such an ancient and diverse culture as India's. Stretching back in an unbroken sweep over 5000 years, India's culture has been enriched by successive waves of migration which were absorbed into the Indian way of life.
Visit India and discover the many facets of cultural India, land where unity exits in all its diversity !.