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The culture of India is the way of people living out there, what they speak, their religions<\/a>, celebrations, dance<\/a>, music<\/a>, architecture<\/a>, food<\/a>, and customs. India is land of unity in diversity because people of different religions live together. The culture of India is the oldest, yet unique and colorful. There is a certain welcoming about India that are known worldwide for instance, greetings to elders and outsiders \u201cNamaste\u201d is most common way of greeting. Namaste is important in the Hindu culture because it\u2019s a symbol of respect and admiration not only for elders, outsiders but, also for younger too. In India, younger touching elder\u2019s feet it shows great respect to their elders. \u201cThey touch the feet of their elders daily after waking up and especially on the festive occasions or before starting an important work.\u201d They greet their guests with respect and them with utmost care. I have always believed in the concept of \u201cAtithi Devo Bhava\u201d which means \u201cThe Guest is considered equal to God\u201d.<\/p>\n There are different types of languages depending in the places. \u201cEach area has their own languages and people like to speak in their mother language\u201d. The languages in India besides English and Hindi are Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi and many more. Joint family system is part of Indian culture to showing respect to their elder. People still live together as joint family but, now people have profession so they have to come out for job opportunities and stayed alone. There is always a hand of elders on their head in joint family and for alone too. Staying alone you have freedom and understanding the life in a wide way.<\/p>\n There are different types of festivals celebrated in India. \u201cDifferent people celebrate different festivals as per their religion, caste and culture\u201d. People celebrate National festivals like Independence Day, Republic Day as well as religion festivals like Dussehra, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, Eid, Buddha Purnima, Christmas, New Year and many more. Holi is the festival of colors because people throw the color to each other in order to celebrate. Raksha Bandhan is a festival of the love and duty between brothers and sisters. It is to celebratebrother-sister relationship who may or may not be biologically related. \u201cSisters tie a sacred thread on her brother\u2019s wrist, that symbolizes the sister\u2019s love and prayers for her brother\u2019s well-being, and the brother\u2019s lifelong vow to protect her.\u201d I don\u2019t have brother but, I always tie tread in my sister wrist or my cousin. This thread is just not a simple thread because it reminds brother his responsibility to take always care, support, and protect his sister under all circumstance.<\/p>\n Diwali is also known as festival of light \u201cas on this day every people, especially Hindus lighten up their home with light including candles and diyas (oil Lamp)\u201d its celebrated in honors of Lord Ram. He returned to his kingdom, Ayodhys after spending 14 years in forest. \u201cIt\u2019s celebrate in the mark of victory of good over evil\u201d. \u201cThere is a tradition of worshiping Devi Lakshmi and Ganapati (elephant head God) on this day because it\u2019s done for securing peace, prosperity, wealth and happiness. \u201cPeople celebrate Dussehra festival to mark the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. Rama is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Ravana was an evil demon. It signifiesthe victory of good over the evil. People go to see the famous folk play of Ram Lila. The story of Lord Rama is shown in the play.\u201d \u201cThe epic Ramayana tells the story of the Lord Rama who wins the lovely Sita as his wife, only to have her carried off by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Ravana plays an important role in the Ramayana.\u201d<\/p>\n Buddha Purnima celebrated actually for the eve of birth, enlightenment and passing into nirvana of Gautama Buddha. \u201c<\/strong>On the day of Buddha Purnima, the devotees gather together in the Buddhist Temples to hoist the Buddhist flag. Temples are decorated beautifully. Flowers are offered to teachers. Devotees are encouraged to refrain from violence and to accept only vegetarian food. On this day, the Buddhist monks teach the teachings of Buddha. The devotees are encouraged to follow the teachings of the great master. The teachings of Gautama Buddha were simple. He asked his disciples to judge his teachings with their own intellect and then decide if they want to follow his teachings or not. The eight noble path of Buddha are of right belief, intent, speech, behavior, effort, livelihood, contemplation and concentration. Bodh Gaya is a sacred religious site in India. It is believed that Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment in Bode Gaya. Every year, many devotees from all over the world come to this place to celebrate Buddha Purnima.\u201d<\/p>\n Art, literature, theater and film (world famous Bollywood films), and architecture have \u201cflourished in India for centuries and they continue to flourish today\u201d. The Ramayana is one of the oldest known epic works of literature. India has full of talents in the field of art or architecture includes paintings, rangoli, plastic arts like pottery, and textile arts like woven silk, etc. For examples including paintings of \u201cAjanta cave, Paintings of Ellora cave, etc. Rangoli\u201d are the art generally made by the female members of the family. From ages, India has great number of architecture like \u201cRock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram, temples of Thanjavur, Kanchipuram\u201d and many more. \u201cIt seems that wherever you turn in India you will come across a site of historic, natural or cultural importance\u201d. \u201cIndia is rich in heritage, and some of the main UNESCO world heritage sites in India are Taj Mahal: Tourists flock from all over the world to see this resplendent seventeenth century palace. The Great Himalayan National Park is world\u2019s tallest mountain. \u201cAgra Fort: The Yumana river flows serenely past this ancient fort in the state of Uttar Pradesh.\u201d \u201cElephant Caves: Deep inside these spooky caves you will find elegant statues and designs carved by the human hand.\u201d<\/p>\n Indian culture would remain incomplete if we do not discuss the various classical, fold dance forms, Music, clothing and Food. \u201cThe most popular Classical dance forms are Bharatanatyam<\/a>, Kathakali, Kathak, Manipuri, etc.\u201d \u201cFolk dances are mainly performed in any occasion like birth of a child, festivals, harvesting seasons, wedding events, etc.\u201d For Indians, music is to soul what food is to body. Since \u201cVedic period\u201d, it has been capturing the heart and mind of every Indian. In the classical Indian music, there are basically two types of schools- the Hindustani Music (North) and the \u201cCarnatic\u201d Music (South). \u2018Raga\u2019 arrangement of musical notes is the key in the classical music. The Indian villages also have their special kind of music that carries colours of folk tradition. Music of Indian movies is also liked by the masses.<\/p>\n