INSPIRATION

              
     Inspiration the word means "Someone or something that gives you idea of doing something".Inspiration of India shows you the person and the places who inspire rest of the people for doing some thing.First of all we have to know "what is India?". INDIA is the land of dreams and romance,of fabulous wealth and faboulos poverty,of splendour and rags,of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and aladdin lamps,of tigers and elephant,the cobra and the jungle, the country of hundreds nations and a hundreds tngues,of a thousand religions and two million gods,cradle of human race,birthplace of human speech,mother of history,grand mother of legend,great grand mother of traditions,because of these many things,ancient India was called"Golden Sparrow".

            India is a country where from the historical times to present many inspirational things and persons born.Indian history is full of Inspiration,whether it is mughal era or current era.

Place of India

Taj Mahal

                   The Taj Mahal is the Mughal Art,It's a symbol of love.Taj Maha; was built in 22 years with the orders of Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his wife "Mumtaj Mahal".This monument is true inspiration for the person who knows love.The imperial court documenting Shah Jahan's grief after the death of Mumtaj Mahal illustrate the love story held as the inspiration for Taj Mahal.
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                The Taj Mahal is the synonymos of love and romance.The name "Taj Mahal"was derived from the name of Shah Jahan's wife "Mumtaz Mahal" and means "Crown Palace". The purity of the white marble,the exquisite ornamentation,precious gemstones used and its picturesque location,all make a visit to the Taj Mahal gain a place amongst the most sought-after tours in the world.The Taj Mahal is a monument of immeasurable beauty.The beauty of this magnificient monument is that it is beyond the scope of the words.The very first sight of TAJ MAHAL ,the epitome of love,leaves visitors mesmerised and perpectually enthralled.The Taj Mahal is considered to be the greatest architectural achievement in the whole range of Indo-Islamic architecture.The colour combination of lush garden scape reddish pathway and blue sky over it show cases the monument in ever changing tints and moods.The relief work in mmmarble and inlay with precisious stones make it a monument apart.

Location:	On the banks of river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Year of Construction:	1631 - 1653
Built By:	Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
Spread Over:	42 acres
Significance:	One of the Seven Wonders of the World

CULTURE OF INDIA

                      The Culture of India is  the way of living of the people of India. India's language,religions,dance,music,food and customs differs in place to place within the country.The Indian culture, often labled as an amalgamation of several culture,span across the Indian Subcontinent.Many elements from India's diverse cultures,such as Indian religions,Indian Philosophy and Indian Cuisine,have had a profound impact across the world.

                        India is the world's oldest civilizations and one of the most populated countries in the world.India is the birth place of Hinduism,Buddhism,Jainism and sikhism collectively known as Indian religions.Religion plays a central and definitive rile in the life of many of its people.India is secular Hindu-majority country,it has a huge population of Muslim also.

       India has a prevailing tradition of the joint family system.It is a game extended members of the family-parents,childrens and children's spouse and so on.Its a culture of India living together full family but now a days increse in urban parenting nuclear family growing more.

  In marriage India have been in a arrange marriage from long time.Even today majority of Indian have their marriages planned by their parents and other respected family members.In India divorce rate is low-1% compared with about 40% in USA.But now these statistic do not reflect complete picture.

      Wedding is the festive occassion in India with extensive decorations,colors,music,dance and rituals that depends on the religions of the bride and the groom.The rituals and process of wedding in different in all religions.Hindu wedding key rituals is kanyadan, Panigrahan and Saptapadi ,gifting the daughter by the father in front of holy fire and taking seven steps before fire with each including mutual vows.Sikh get marriage througha ceremony called "Anand Karaj",the couple walk around the holy book "Guru Granth Sahib"4 times.Muslims marriage is same like middle east signing a  marriage contract with fixed meher amount for the bride.So like wise every state of India have their different rituals for marriage and all are having their own meaning for those rituals.

       India's culture main part is their clothing.Traditional clothing of India varies from state to state.Popular styles of dress include draped garments such as SARI for women and dhoti or lungi for men.

            Stitched  cloths are also popular such as churidar or salwar kameez for women withdupatta thrown over shoulder for complete the outfit.Indian women perfect their charm and fashion with make up and ornaments: Bindi, Mehandi ,Earring,Bangles and other jewellery in common.On occassion and festival time they wear ornaments made of gold,silver and precious games.The clothings and make up style differ in every religion and state.India having different language spoken in different subordinates but Hindi is a national language of India.

          India have their own form of dances in all subcontinent and cuisine also.Every state having their own style of cuisine.So India you can find different type of cuisine,all are diffrent from others.So we can say that India is the true Inspiration of rest of world that Unity in diversity