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Names for India. The Republic of India has two principal official short names, each of which is historically significant, India and Bharat. A third name, Hindustan, is also used commonly when Indians speak among themselves. The usage of "Bhārat", "Hindustān", or "India" depends on the context and language of conversation.
The Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma - the Creator, Vishnu - the Preserver, and Shiva - the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati - the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi - the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga) - the wife of Shiva. Statue of Brahma.
States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...
The official state emblem with the motto Satyameva Jayate was adopted later on 30 December 1947. [ 4] The national anthem and song were adopted two days before the Constitution of India was adopted on 26 January 1950. [ 5] After India became a republic following the enactment of the constitution, the national symbols officially came to ...
Namaste ( Sanskrit pronunciation: [nɐmɐste:], [ 1] Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu [ 2][ 3][ 4] manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. [ 5] It is used in the Indian subcontinent, and among the Indian and Nepalese diaspora.
Apsara. A 12th-century sandstone statue of an apsara from Madhya Pradesh, India. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Apsaras[ 1][ 2] ( Sanskrit: अप्सरा, IAST: Apsarā, Pali: अक्चरा, romanized: Akcharā[ 3][ 4] Khmer: អប្សរា [ 5] Thai :นางอัปสร) are a member of a class of celestial beings in Hindu ...
Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains the Hindi Belt), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. [ 67 ] In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. [ 88 ]
Contemporary artists. Anish Kapoor (Born 1954) Abdul Kadar Khatri (1961 - 2019) Indian Master Craftsman. Aditya Pande (born 1976), painter, sculptor, digital artist. Aman Singh Gulati (born 2000),World's First Almond Artist. Anil Kumar Dutta (1933-2006) Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940), painter. Amitabh Mitra (born 1955)