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The culture of India has
been shaped by the long history of India, its unique
geography and the absorption of customs, traditions and
ideas from both immigrants and invaders, while preserving
its ancient heritage from the Indus Valley Civilization.
India's great diversity of cultural practices, languages,
customs, and traditions are examples of this unique
co-mingling over the past five millennia.
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India, the land of
festivals and fairs. It is a land of festivity - religious
as well as folkloristic. Whether you go to the East or the
West, North or the South you would be able to enjoy every
month a festival or a fair. Every day of the year there is a
festival celebrated in some part of the country. Be it
cultural or religious, it gives everyone an opportunity to
enjoy and join the festivity.
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India is unique in the
richness and diversity of its vegetation and wildlife.
Almost 350 mammal species, over a thousand and two hundred
species of birds in nearly 2100 forms and more than 30,000
species of insects - provide evidence to the wealthiness of
wildlife in India Besides. The magnificent bird sanctuary at
Bharatpur Provides a vast breeding area for the native water
birds.
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The Thar Desert (also known
as the Great Indian Desert) is a hot desert that forms a
significant portion of western India. Spread over four
states in India-Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat it
covers an area of 208,110 km² (80,350 mile²). The desert
continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert. Most of the
Thar Desert is situated in Rajasthan, covering 61% of its
geographic area.
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Ayurveda is considered to
be the most ancient medicinal form. It mainly developed
during Vedic times; the origin can be traced back to more
than 5000 years. Etymologically it is composed of two words
Ayur and Veda. Ayur means life and Veda means science or
knowledge. Ayurveda means Science of Life. Ayurveda is not
only a medicinal system it is a way of life, a philosophy.
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Several new states and
union territories have been created out of existing states
since 1956. Bombay State was split into the linguistic
states of Gujarat and Maharashtra on May 1, 1960 by the
Bombay Reorganisation Act. The Punjab Reorganisation Act of
1966 divided the Punjab along linguistic and religious
lines, creating a new Hindu and Hindi-speaking state of
Haryana.
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