The document provides an overview of various aspects of India including its gastronomy, economy, traditions, religion, society, capital city of Delhi, architecture, famous people, and legends. It notes that the main ingredients of Indian cuisine are rice, beans, and curry, and that the economy has developed as a free market based on agriculture, textiles, and other industries. It also describes several religious customs and traditions, the caste system of society, and important historical and religious sites like the Taj Mahal.

1. THE INDIA
THE INDIA

2. GASTRONOMY
• THE MAIN INDIAN’ S INGREDIENTS OF CUISINE ARE RICE , BEANS AND
• CURRY.
• IS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR SPICES.
• IS VARIED BECAUSE ARISES FROM VARIOUS CULTURES.

3. ECONOMY
• INDIA DEVELOPS AS A FREE MARKET ECONOMY.
• THE ECONOMY IS BASED ON AGRICULTURAL, EXPORTS OF TEXTILES
(SILK OR WOOL) AND THE OTHERS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.

4. TRADITIONS
• ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TRADITIONS IS THE WEDDINGS, LAST
ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
• ANOTHER TRADITION IS KNOWN EXOTIC DANCES.
• THE FOREHEAD’ S MARK, IS A BRAND CALLED TILAKA, SYMBOLIZES
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OR CASTE.

5. RELIGION
• INDIAN RELIGION IS POLYTHEISTIC. THE MOST COOMON ARE THE
HINDUISM, ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY AND BUDDHISM.
• IN THEIR RELIGION, SOME ANIMALES ARE SACRED, AS THE ELEPHANTS
AND THE COWS.
• A RELIGIOUS CUSTOM IS BATHING IN THE RIVER GANGES TO PURIFY
THEIR SOULS.

6. SOCIETY
• SOCIETY IS BASED ON CASTES.
• IS THE HIGH ARE THE BRAHMINS, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THINKING AND INTERPRETING THE REALITY.
• THE SECOND ARE THE KHATRIYAS OR WARRIORS.
• THE FOLLOWING ARE THE VAISHYAS OR TRADERS.
• THE LAST CASTE IS THE WORKING CLASS, IS CALLED SUDRAS. THIS
INCLUDES THE MARGINALIZED OR UNTOUCHABLES.

7. DHELI
• IS THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY, ALSO KNOWN AS NEW DHELI.
• IT HAS A POPULATION OF NEARLY FOURTEEN MILLION PEOPLE.
• IT’S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ARE HINDI AND PUNJABI.

8. ARCHITECTURE
• IS BASED INITIALLY ON RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS.
• THE BEST KNOWN IS THE TAJ MAHAL. SHA JAHAN SENT IT TO BUILD
FOR HIS FAVORITE WIFE, AND SHE BEGGED BEFORE HIS DEATH THAT
HE DID A MAUSOLEUM. YEARS AFTER, HE DIED IN PRISON LOCKED
WHICH IS OPPOSITE THE MAUSOLEUM BUILT FOR HIS BELOVED WIFE.
• IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.

9. FAMOUS PEOPLE
• MAHATMA GANDHI IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON IN THE INDIA’S
HISTORY.
• HE STRUGGLED FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM FOR ALL HINDUS THROUGH
THE IR WORDS AND THEIR SACRIFICES.
• OTHER IMNPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE LIFE OF INDIA IS SAINT TERESA
OF CALCUTTA.
• BORN IN ALBANIA AND NATURALIZED IN INDIA, FOUNDED THE
CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY, WORKING OF HER
LIFES TO HELP THE POOR.

10. LEYEND
• THE DOVE AND THE ROSE.
• LEGEND HAS IT THAT IN THE LIGHT OF MORNING BEGAN TO DISPEL
THE DARKNESS OF A WARM AND BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. A DOVE
HOVERING ENTERED A SMALL TEMPLE IN INDIA. ALL THE WALLS
WERE DECORATED WITH MIRRORS THAT REFLECTED A ROSE THAT
WAS PLACED AS AN OFFERING IN THE CENTER OF THE ALTAR. THE
DOVE TO SEE PICTURES FROM THIS LUNGED TOWARD HER SO MANY
TIMES THAT YOUR WARM SERUM FELL LIFELESS ON THE ROSE.
• THIS LEYEND TEACHES US NOTE NOT TO APPEARANCES BUT TO
REALITY.

11. THE END
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