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About India
India strikes its visitor with a sensory,
intellectual, spiritual and philosophical assault that's unmatched by any other
place on earth, all set in an awesome physical environment teeming with a
resilient, indefatigable one-billion-strong population. Every expectation - be
it of beauty, mysticism, poverty, bigotry or bureaucracy - will be outdone by
what hits you on the ground.
Regions
India
is administratively divided into 28 states and 7 union
territories. The states are broadly demarcated on linguistic lines. They
vary in size; the larger ones are bigger and more diverse than some countries
of Europe.
The union territories are smaller than the states—sometimes they are just one
city—and they have much less autonomy.
These
states and union territories are grouped by convention into the following regions:
Himalayan North (Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand)
Mountainous and beautiful, a tourist destination for the adventurous and the spiritual. This region contains some of India's most visited hill-stations and religious places. Includes the exquisitely scenic states. |
The Plains (Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh)
The country's capital Delhi is here. The rivers Ganga and Yamuna flow through this plain. Many of the events that shaped India's history took place in this region. |
Western India (Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat,Maharashtra, Rajasthan)
Miles and miles of the Thar Desert. Home to the colorful palaces, forts and cities of Rajasthan, the country's most vibrant and biggest city Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), wonderful beaches and pristine forests of Goa andBollywood. |
Southern India (Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,Lakshadweep, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu)
South India features famous and historical temples, tropical forests, backwaters, beaches hill stations, and the vibrant cities of Bangalore, Kochi, Chennai andHyderabad. The island groups of Andaman & Nicobar (on the east) and Lakshadweep on the west are included in this region for convenience, but they are far from the mainland and have their own unique characteristics. |
Eastern India (Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal)
Economically less developed, but culturally rich and perhaps the most welcoming of outsiders. Features Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), once the capital of British India, and the temple cities of Puri, Bhubaneswar and Konark. Geographically it stretches from the mountains to the coast, resulting in fascinating variations in climate. It is also the mineral storehouse of India, having the country's largest and richest mines. |
North-Eastern India (Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura)
insular and relatively virgin, the country's tribal corner, with lush, beautiful landscapes, endemic flora and fauna of the Indo-Malayan group and famous for Tea Gardens. Consists of seven tiny states (by Indian standards, some of them are larger than Switzerland or Austria) popularly nicknamed as the Seven Sisters. |
Below
is a selection of nine of India's most notable cities. Other cities can be
found under their specific regions.
§ Bangalore — The garden city, once the sleepy home of pensioners now
transformed into the city of pubs, technology and companies.
§ Chennai (formerly Madras) — main port in Southern India, cradle of
Carnatic Music and Bharatanatyam, home of the famous Marina beach, Automobile
Capital of India and a fast emerging IT hub.
§ Kochi (formerly Cochin) — the Queen of Arabian Sea, historically, a
centre of international trade, now the gateway to the sandy beaches andbackwaters.
§ Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) — the cultural capital of India, Kolkata
is home to numerous colonial buildings. It is known as The City of Joy.
§ Mumbai (formerly 'Bombay) — the financial capital of India,
"Bollywood" (Indian Hindi Film Industry) hub.
§ Shimla — the former summer capital of British India located in the
Himalayan foothills with a large legacy of Victorian architecture.
§ Varanasi — considered the most sacred Hindu city, located on the
banks of the Ganges, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities of the
world.
Other destinations
India
has many outstanding landmarks and areas of outstanding beauty. Below is a list
of nine of the most notable:
§ Ellora/Ajanta — spectacular rock-cut cave monasteries and temples, holy
place for the Buddhists, Jains and Hindus.
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