Lifestyle – Culture of India

The culture of India means the way of life of the people of India. Lifestyle means it close to the latest fashion trends, spirituality, beauty tips, relationship advice, health, recipes and happening parties across over the India. Culture of India refers to the India’s languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, customs differ from place to place within the country. India has different religions such as

·         Hinduism

·         Buddhism

·         Jainism

·         Sikhism

India is one of the most religious nations in the world. The Hindu religion has mainly two schools – Dayabhaga school and Mitakshara School. Tradition Indian culture is defined by a relative to social hierarchy. The culture of modern India is a complex blend of its historical traditions, influences from the effects of over centuries and current Western culture. The cultural diversity of India is a systematic curiosity. Indian culture is a system under which extended members of a family – parents, children, the children spouses and their offspring, etc- live together. The majority of Indians have their marriages planned by their parents and other respected family-members. In most marriages the bride’s family provide a dowry to the bridegroom. Indian culture is trending away from traditional arranged marriages. The wedding rituals are festive occasions in India with extensive decorations, colors, music, dance, costumes, and rituals that depend on the religion of the bride and the groom. Greetings from the Hindus are Namaste (Hindi), Namaskar (Marathi), Namaskara (Kannada), Namaskaram (Telugu), Malayalam), Vanakkam (Tamil), Namoshkaar (Bengali), Nomoskar (Assamese) is a common spoking greeting and saluation in India.

India, being a multi-cultural and multi-religious society, celebrations holidays and festivals of various religions.The three national holidays in India are

·         The Independence day

·         The Republic day

·         The Gandhi Jayanti

The Hindu festivals are navaratri, Diwali, Maha Shivratri, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga pooja, Holi, Ugadi , Dussehra, Pongal, onam etc..Certain festivals in India are celebrated by multiple religions. Names and languages are different from religion to religion. Indian food is as diverse as India. Traditional clothing in India greatly varies across different parts of the country. The Ramayana and Mahabharata are the well known epics of India. India is the best in art of dance. Hockey is the official national sports in India. Chess is commonly believed to have originated in India. Northern India games are Kabaddi, Gilli-danda, and Kho kho. South Indian games are Kuttiyum kolum and snake boat race.