Well-known for welcoming visitors with open arms and absorbing their ideas and culture, India is a huge melting pot of many different races, cultures, religions, practices and ideas. The landscape of India is also as complex and diverse as its people ranging from huge mountain ranges to tropical beaches to hot desert lands, offering an endless variety of adventure for travelers eager to explore. The sub-continent is vast and huge, populated by a diverse group of people, rich in color, sights and sounds and is guaranteed to have a mesmerizing effect on any traveler and will stay with them long in their memory.
There is evidence, from the earliest times, of great movements of communities across South Asia, sometimes replacing existing populations, sometimes integrating with them. They came from West and Central Asia in massive sweeps through the high passes in the northwest, bringing with them the fundamentals of Hindu faith, later to be developed on Indian soil into a subtle and highly complex religion.
Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Zoroastrianism were also absorbed into India's communities brought in by these migrant communities. From these diverse groups of people came their art, culture, philosophy, language and belief systems all firmly integrated into India's systems and way of life.
India's mix of races, cultures, languages and faiths gives the country its identity and appeal, but at the same time figuring out this diversity can be difficult for the visitor. But despite the issues that can arise, India retains its mystery for visitors curious to spend time understanding what confronts them rather than judging it on first acquaintance.
India is like nowhere else on earth - it's thrilling, annoying, inspiring and, most of all, very diverse. With around 850 different languages in daily use, the sheer profusion of its peoples and landscapes is unparalleled.
There is evidence, from the earliest times, of great movements of communities across South Asia, sometimes replacing existing populations, sometimes integrating with them. They came from West and Central Asia in massive sweeps through the high passes in the northwest, bringing with them the fundamentals of Hindu faith, later to be developed on Indian soil into a subtle and highly complex religion.
Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Zoroastrianism were also absorbed into India's communities brought in by these migrant communities. From these diverse groups of people came their art, culture, philosophy, language and belief systems all firmly integrated into India's systems and way of life.
India's mix of races, cultures, languages and faiths gives the country its identity and appeal, but at the same time figuring out this diversity can be difficult for the visitor. But despite the issues that can arise, India retains its mystery for visitors curious to spend time understanding what confronts them rather than judging it on first acquaintance.
India is like nowhere else on earth - it's thrilling, annoying, inspiring and, most of all, very diverse. With around 850 different languages in daily use, the sheer profusion of its peoples and landscapes is unparalleled.
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