Here is a brief insight into the land, people and culture of India

India Morphology
India is a peninsular land with a vast coastline of 7000 km along the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. Two island clusters the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal and the Lakshwadeep islands in the Arabian sea are the nation's outer bounds in the sea.

To the north, India has the highest mountains in the world - the Himalayas that also covers Nepal & Bhutan across the 3000 kilometers chain. Beyond the Himalayas lies Tibet. To the west of the country is Pakistan, while in near east of the country is Bangladesh and at far eastern borders are Myanmar & Thailand. Central India is predominantly plateau region with vast river plains in between.

India Climate 
The high altitude areas in the north along the Himalayas has sub-zero to temperate cold climate and the central and southern part of the peninsula is warm to hot tropical climate.

India Cities 
Cities in India vary from cosmopolitan to metropolitan in nature with good tourism and travel facilities by air and land. Small towns too are well connected by rail and road throughout the country. The primary cities and towns that serve as important tourism hubs are: 

North: New Delhi*, Srinagar, Jammu, Chandigarh, Amritsar*, Shimla, Kullu, Agra, Dehradun, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi* 

West: Mumbai*, Pune, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Panaji, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Jaipur, Ajmer 

South: Hyderabad*, Kurnool, Tirupathi, Vishakapatanam, Bengalooru* Mysore, Thiruvantapuram*, Kozhikode, Kavaratti [Lakshwadeep Islands], Chennai*, Pondicherry, Madurai, 

East: Kolkata*, Siliguri Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Gangtok, Guwahati*, Shillong, Aizwal, Kohima, Imphal, Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Ranchi, Patna*, Gaya, Port Blair [Andaman Islands]

* Cities with International Airports

India Religions
India is a secular country and is home to people from all religions of the world. Majority are Hindus followed by Muslims, Buddhist, Christians, Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Judas and the Bahai Faith.

India Languages 
The national language of the country is Hindi. This apart most educated Indians can communicate in English. There are 18 officially recognised languages, essentially the dialects of different regions, besides nearly a hundred local lingo are spoken by native communities.

India Festivals
Festivities in India are essentially of two kinds. One that is connected with worship and oblation to divinity and considering the deep religious sentiments of the communities they make the largest group of fiestas. The other group of festivities are connected to social events and regional almanac like new year celbrations of different regions from January to April, then there are festival of colours, festival of lights, festivities of seasons and so on. Festivities in India are generally characterised by colour, gaiety, celebrations, feasts and a variety of prayers and rituals.