Our country India

Location: The country of India is in the Asia continent and the latitude and longitude for the country are 21.7679 N, 78.8718 E.
The neighboring countries of India are: 1. Afghanistan 2. Bhutan 3. China 4. Nepal Maritime Boundaries 1. Indonesia 2. Maldives 3. Sri Lanka 4. Thailand Physical division: There are five physical divisions in India: 1. The northern mountains 2. Northern plains

3. Peninsular India 4. The coastal plains 5. The islands Political and administrative divisions India is a vast country. For administrative purposes, the country is divided into 28 states and 7 union territories .Delhi is the national capital. The states have been formed mainly on the basis of languages Rajasthan is the largest state and goa is the smallest state in terms of area. The states are further divided into districts. Climate: Analyzed according to the Kppen system, the climate of India resolves into six major climatic subtypes; their influences give rise to desert in the west, alpine tundra and glaciers in the north, humid tropical regions supporting rain forests in the southwest, and Indian Ocean island territories that flank the Indian subcontinent. Regions have starkly differentyet tightly clustered microclimates. The nation is largely subject to four seasons: winter (January and February), summer (March to May), a monsoon (rainy) season (June to September), and a post-monsoon period (October to December). India's geography and geology are climatically pivotal: the Thar Desert in the northwest and the Himalayas in the

north work in tandem to effect a culturally and economically break-all monsoonal regimes. Though the Tropic of Cancerthe boundary between the tropics and subtropicspasses through the middle of India, the bulk of the country can be regarded as climatically tropical. As in much of the tropics, monsoonal and other weather patterns in India can be wildly unstable: epochal droughts, floods, cyclones, and other natural disasters are sporadic, but have displaced or ended millions of human lives.

Wildlife: The wildlife in India comprises a mix of species of different types of organisms.[1] Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows, buffaloes, goats, poultry and sheep, India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to Tigers, Lions,

Leopards, Pythons, Wolves, Foxes, Bears, Crocodiles, Rhinoceroses, Camels, Wild dogs, Monkeys, Snakes, Antelope species, Deer species, varieties of bison and not to mention the mighty Asian elephant. Natural vegetation: There are many different types of natural vegetation in India. Some of the most common characteristics includes the Tropical Rain Forest, the Tropical Deciduous Forests, the Temperate Forests, the Alpine and Tundra vegetation, and grasslands. The forests in India include the tropical evergreen forests and the tropical semi-evergreen forests.

Languages: The Languages of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the IndoAryan languages spoken by 73% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 24% of Indians.[1][2] Other languages spoken in India belong to the Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, and a few minor language families and isolates.[3] The official language of the Union Government of Republic of India is Hindi, while English is the secondary official language.

Dance: Dance in India comprises the varied styles of dances in the country. As with other aspects of Indian culture, different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local traditions and also imbibed elements from other parts of the country.[1] Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy for performing arts, recognizes eight distinctive traditional dances as Indian classical dances, which might have origin in religious activities of distant past. Folk dances are numerous in number and style, and vary according to the local tradition of the respective state, ethnic or geographic regions. Contemporary dances include refined and experimental fusions of classical, folk and Western forms. Dancing traditions of India have influence not only over the dances in the whole of South Asia, but on the dancing forms of South East Asia as well. Dances in Indian films are often noted for their idiosyncrasies, and hold a significant presence in

popular culture of the Indian subcontinent.[2][not in citation given Music: The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, classical music and R&B. India's classical music tradition, including Hindustani music and Carnatic, has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. Music in India began as an integral part of socio-religious life and that Indian music is essentially melodic: sounds follow one another expressing an emotional state in an aesthetic unity Important festivals:1.Durga puja 2.Diwali 3.Chhath puja 4. Holi 5. Christmas 6. Rathayatra 7. Raksha bandhan

8. Eid 9. Thai pongal 10. Onam