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The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation.

The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation. The white, is meant for purity and truth. The green is for faith and fertility.

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The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation.

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  1. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation. The white, is meant for purity and truth. The green is for faith and fertility. The navy blue wheel denotes the continuity of the nation's progress which is deemed to be as boundless as the blue sky and as fathomless as the deep blue sea.

  2. 5,000 year old civilization • 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects • 18 official languages • 29 states, 5 union territories • 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area • 7,516 kilometers - Coastline • 1,000,000,000 people in 2000

  3. Parliamentary form of Government • Secular democratic constitution • Worlds largest democracy since 55 years • 4th largest economy • Fastest growing IT super power • Indian Railways ,the biggest employer in the world.

  4. History

  5. Mythology

  6. AUM or OM The first sound of the Almighty Oneness with the supreme

  7. The Trinity Generates-Brahma Observes-Vishnu Destroys-Shiva Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva

  8. The Great Indian Epics Ramayana Mahabharata Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas The first Indian epic

  9. Indus Valley Civilization- one of the world’s first great urban civilizations. Harappa Civilization- 2700BC

  10. World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans Sanskrit Language –most suitable for computer software

  11. Yoga-Made in India Origin –5000 BC Documented by 200 BC – 300 AD

  12. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC Kalarippayat

  13. 1700s – British invasion

  14. 15th August , 1947 Indian Independence 26th January , 1950 Republic- India

  15. National Emblem “Truth alone triumphs”

  16. National Animal - Tiger

  17. National Bird - Peacock

  18. National Flower - Lotus

  19. Great Indian Personalities

  20. Aryabhatta Invented the Zero

  21. Mahatma Gandhi Father of the nation Embodiment of Non- Violence

  22. Swami Vivekananda Champion of humanitarianism

  23. Ramanujam Great Indian Mathematician Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems

  24. Rabindranath Tagore 1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

  25. C.V Raman 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on scattering of light and Raman effect

  26. Mother Teresa 1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace

  27. Har Gobind Khorana 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine Work on interpretation of the genetic code

  28. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar 1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on structure and evolution of stars

  29. Dance forms

  30. More than 45 folk dances

  31. 7 Classical Dance forms

  32. Bharata Natyam

  33. Kathak

  34. Kathakali

  35. Kuchipudi

  36. Manipuri

  37. Mohini Attam

  38. Odissi

  39. More than 15 vocal forms More than 60 music instruments

  40. India - God’s own country Celebrates more than 65 festivals

  41. Places of historic importance

  42. Tirumala - Tirupati World’s richest temple

  43. Saint Thomas Cathedral Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543

  44. The Golden Temple

  45. Jamma Masjid The biggest mosque in India

  46. Thousand pillar temple

  47. Gateway of India

  48. Jantar Mantar – 1716 Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars

  49. Mysore Palace Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

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