India is a large country situated at the foot of the Himalayas and Nepal in the North extending all the way until Sri Lanka and the mighty Indian Ocean in the south. On its West lies the Arabian Sea, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the East and the North-east it touches China, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh. With 32,80,483 (including the water territory) Square Kilometer and 1.31 billion people, India is the largest democratically governed country in the world and has the second highest population after China. It is indeed a daunting task to encapsulate the culture of India in a few pages or few words. It is the only country in Asia having the highest cultural diversity in all its components - be it language, food, clothing, festivals, religious practices or even mannerism. India is a very colorful nation with all its hues. To understand its people in every region needs in-depth study and observation over a long period of time. Even if we talk about India's geography, it depicts astonishingly diverse natural picture - boasting of Mawsynram in Meghalaya having highest rainfall in the world to the dry deserts of Thar in Rajasthan. India has the highest and youngest mountain range of Himalayas to the oldest standing on earth -- the Aravalli range.
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