Know About India - Amazing Facts of Incredible India

Incredible India Facts:

Fact 1:

India in ancient times is one of the richest country in the world. Sanskrit, the mother of all languages is the classical language of Hinduism.

Fact 2:

Also, it is the official language of Uttarakhand State. 15th August is celebrated as the Independence Day of India.

India has 29 States, 1 NCR (National Capital Region) and 7 Union Territories. According to 2014 reports, the country population is roughly estimated to be around 1.27 billion.

Thus, modern India showcases a glorious picture of unity in diversity. In India 80% of the population follow Hinduism.

Apart from Hinduism, secular India is home to other popular religious traditions like Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Islam, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and so on.

India derived its name from Indus River, the ancient valley home to early Aryan settlers.

India is the world's oldest civilization and has the largest democracy.

Number zero was invented by Aryabhatta and yoga has its origins in this Holy country.

The popular chess game was invented in this country only.

India has never invaded other lands in her past 10,000 years.

The earliest Indian civilization dates back to 3000BC.

Meenakshi Temple, Dilwara Temples, ISKCON Temple, Akshardham Temples, Lotus Temple, Mahanandi Temple, Tirupati Balaji Temple etc. are the names of some of the famous temples of India.

These places are marked by a number of holy temples, which were built by the great Indian kings.

Top Ten Famous Monuments of India

• 👉 Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh
• 👉 Charminar in Hyderabad, Telangana
• 👉 Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, Rajasthan
• 👉 Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab
• 👉 Lake Palace in Udaipur, Rajasthan
• 👉 Khajuraho Temples in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
• 👉 Mysore Palace in Mysore, Karnataka
• 👉 Qutub Minar in Delhi
• 👉 Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, West Bengal
• 👉 Ajanta Ellora Caves in Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Top Ten Famous Temples in India

• 👉 Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Pandav Nagar, New Delhi
• 👉 Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh
• 👉 Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu
• 👉 Kedarnath Temple in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
• 👉 Somnath Temple in Veraval, Gujarat
• 👉 Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Orissa
• 👉 Shri Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
• 👉 Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
• 👉 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple in Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir
• 👉  Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Maharashtra

Also Read: Top Ten Richest Temples in India

Here is a brief description about Indian States and Union Territories along with their capital city and their official languages.

Also, visit State-Wise Indian Temples List for brief information about some of popular Indian temples and other tourist attractions in each of the Indian states.

State: Andhra Pradesh Capital: Amaravati Language: Telugu

State: Arunachal Pradesh Capital: Itanagar Language: Adi and Tani

State: Assam Capital: Dispur Language: Assamese and Bodo

State: Bihar Capital: Patna Language: Hindi and Urdu

State: Chhattisgarh Capital: Raipur Language: Hindi and Chhattisgarhi

State: Delhi (Union Territory) Capital:  Language: Hindi, English, Punjabi and Urdu

State: Goa Capital: Panaji (Administrative) and Mumbai (Judicial) Language: Konkani

State: Gujarat Capital: Gandhinagar Language: Gujarati

State: Haryana Capital: Chandigarh Language: Hindi

State: Himachal Pradesh Capital: Shimla Language: Kangri, Punjabi, Pahari and Hindi

State: Jammu and Kashmir Capital: Srinagar (Summer) and Jammu (Winter) Language: Dogri, Kashmiri and Urdu

State: Jharkhand Capital: Ranchi Language: Sadri, Bengali, Hindi and Urdu

State: Karnataka Capital: Bangalore Language: Kannada

State: Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram Language: Malayalam

State: Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal Language: Hindi

State: Maharashtra Capital: Mumbai, Nagpur (Auxiliary) Language: Marathi

State: Manipur Capital: Imphal Language: Manipuri

State: Meghalaya Capital: Shillong Language: English, Khasi and Garo

State: Mizoram Capital: Aizawl Language: Mizo language

State: Nagaland Capital: Kohima Language: Nagamese Creole

State: Odisha Capital: Bhubaneshwar Language: Oriya

State: Punjab Capital: Chandigarh Language: Punjabi

State: Rajasthan Capital: Jaipur Language: English and Hindi

State: Sikkim Capital: Gangtok Language: Nepali

State: Tamil Nadu Capital: Chennai Language: Tamil

State: Telangana Capital: Hyderabad Language: Telugu and Urdu

State: Tripura Capital: Agartala Language: Bengali and Kokborok

State: Uttar Pradesh Capital: Lucknow (Legislative) and Allahabad (Judicial) Language: Hindi

State: Uttaranchal Capital: Dehradun Language: Garhwali and Kumaoni

State: West Bengal Capital: Kolkata Language: Bengali

State: Chandigarh (Union Territory) Capital: Haryana and Punjab Language: English

State: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Union Territory) Capital: Silvassa Language: Gujarati

State: Daman and Diu (Union Territory) Capital: Daman Language: Gujarati, English and Hindi

State: Lakshadweep (Union Territory) Capital: Kavarrati Language: Malayalam

State: Puducherry or Pondicherry (Union Territory) Capital: Pondicherry Language: Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, English and French