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India Country Guide
Traveller's Guide to India
India is a powerful shock to the senses; a full blooded assault of vibrancy and color. It's not for everyone and it's never what you expect but it can be so much more than you ever imagined. It's a country of contrast, of extremes. Of immense riches and abject poverty, of blistering heat and bitter cold. It's a land of mythology and celebration, of legend, religion and tradition.
From the size of the Maha Kumbh Mela – the 2001 festival in Allahabad attracted an estimated 100 million people over its 42 days – to the spectacle of Diwali – the festival of lights – to the exuberance of Holi – the festival of color – Indian celebrations are all out affairs. To profess to offer any more than a glimpse of the thousands of festivals celebrated in India each and every year would be an out and out lie. So take a look below at the tip of the iceberg. Enjoy!
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India Facts
- Capital: New Delhi
- Population: 1,103,371,000
- Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
- Religions: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
- Government: federal republic
- Languages: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language
- Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
- Phone Code: 91
Festivals in India
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: January
India Accommodation
India Flights
2camels has searched the web for airlines that fly to India. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to Air India) through to airline sites that feature flights to India.
India Tours
- Tours in India from Infohub
