Indian states and their capitals, folk dances, languages,tribals ,monuments

Diverse culture In India

• Folk dances in India
• Laungauges in states
• Sechdule tribe in state
• Heritage of India
• Indian rivers & city
• FAQ

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Folk dances in India

There are many folk dances althrought india

Andhra Pradesh:-
Kuchipudi, Vilasini Natyam, Andhra Natyam, Bhamakalpam, Veeranatyam, Dappu, Tappeta Gullu, Lambadi, Dhimsa, Kolattam, Butta Bommalu

Assam:-
Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai

Bihar:-
Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama Chakwa, Bidesia.

Gujarat:-
Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai.

Haryana:-
Jhumar, Phag, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor.

Himachal Pradesh:-
Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi.

Jammu and Kashmir:-
Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach, Damali.

Karnataka:-
Yakshagan, Huttari, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi.

Kerala:-
Kathakali (Classical), Ottam Thulal, Mohiniattam, Kaikottikali.

Maharashtra:-
Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada.

Odisha:-
Odissi (Classical), Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari, Chhau.

West Bengal:-
Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan.

Punjab:-
Bhangra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman, Bhand, Naqual.

Rajasthan:-
Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Kalbeliya.

Tamil Nadu:-
Bharatanatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi.

Uttar Pradesh:-
Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita.

Uttarakhand:-
Garhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli.

Goa:-
Tarangamel, Koli, Dekhni, Fugdi, Shigmo, Ghode, Modni, Samayi nrutya, Jagar, Ranmale, Gonph, Tonnya mell.

Madhya Pradesh:-
Jawara, Matki, Aada, Khada Nach, Phulpati, Grida Dance, Selalarki, Selabhadoni, Maanch.

Chhattisgarh:-
Gaur Maria, Panthi, Raut Nacha, Pandwani, Vedamati, Kapalik, Bharthari Charit, Chandaini.

Jharkhand:-
Alkap, Karma Munda, Agni, Jhumar, Janani Jhumar, Mardana Jhumar, Paika, Phagua,Hunta Dance, Mundari Dance, Sarhul, Barao, Jhitka, Danga, Domkach, Ghora Naach.

Arunachal Pradesh:-
Buiya, Chalo, Wancho, Pasi Kongki, Ponung, Popir, Bardo Chham.

Manipur:-
Dol Cholam, Thang Ta, Lai Haraoba, Pung Cholom, Khamba Thaibi, Nupa Dance, Raslila, Khubak Ishei, Lhou Sha.

Meghalaya:-
Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem, Nongkrem, Laho.

Mizoram:-
Cheraw Dance, Khuallam, Chailam, Sawlakin, Chawnglaizawn, Zangtalam, Par Lam, Sarlamkai/Solakia, Tlanglam.

Nagaland:-
Rangma, Bamboo Dance, Zeliang, Nsuirolians, Gethinglim, Temangnetin, Hetaleulee.

Tripura:-
Hojagiri

Sikkim:-
Chu Faat Dance, Sikmari, Singhi Chaam or the Snow Lion Dance, Yak Chaam, Denzong Gnenha, Tashi Yangku Dance, Khukuri Naach, Chutkey Naach, Maruni Dance.

Lakshadweep:-
Lava, Kolkali, Parichakali.

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Laungauges in states

Andhra Pradesh:-Telugu, Urdu

Assam:-Assamese

Bihar:-Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithli, Angika, Maghi

Gujarat:-Guajarati

Haryana:-Hindi, Panjabi

Himachal Pradesh:-Hindi, Panjabi

Jammu and Kashmir:-Dogri, Kashmiri

Karnataka:-Kannada

Kerala:-Malayalam

Maharashtra:-Marathi

Odisha:-Oriya

West Bengal:-Bengali

Punjab:-Punjabi

Rajasthan:-Hindi, Rajasthani

Tamil Nadu:-Tamil

Uttar Pradesh:-Hindi, Urdu

Uttarakhand:-Hindi

Goa:-Konkani, Marathi

Madhya Pradesh:-Hindi

Chhattisgarh:-Hindi

Jharkhand:-Hindi, Bhorjpuri

Arunachal Pradesh:-Monpa, Miji, Nyishi, Dafia

Manipur:-Manipuri

Meghalaya:-Garo, English, Khasi

Mizoram:-Mizo, English

Nagaland:-Chang, Lotha, Ao

Tripura:-Bengali, Manipuri

Sikkim:-Bhutia, Nepali

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Sechdule tribe in state

Bhil:-
Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka.

Gond:-
Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.

Santal:-
Bihar, Tripura, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand.

Mina:-
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.

Naikda:-
Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Goa.

Oraon:-
Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra.

Sugalis:-
Andhra Pradesh.

Munda:-
Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha.

Naga:-
Nagaland

Khond:-
Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha.

Boro:-
Assam.

Koli mahadev:-
Maharashtra.

Khasi:-
Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam.

Kol:-
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra.

Varli:-
Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa.

Kokna:-
Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka.

Kawar:-
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra .

Gujjar:-
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh.

Bhumij:-
West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha.

Garo:-
Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura.

Koya:-
Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.

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Heritage of India

• Location: Nalanda, Bihar
• Built by : Kumargupta, Kumaragupta I was an emperor of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. He was son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II and queen Dhruvadevi
• Founded: 5th century
• Visitors:Faxian, also referred to as Fa-hsien, was a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim monk who came to India to acquire Buddhist texts and left a travelogue. He spent 10 years in India in early 5th-century.
• The most popular Mahavihara of the ancient times, a significant Buddhist seat of academic excellence and a modest pilgrim center.

Nalanda University - The ancient historical place in Bihar

• Location: Nalanda, Bihar
• Built by : Kumargupta, Kumaragupta I was an emperor of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II and queen Dhruvadevi
• Founded: 5th century
• Visitors:Faxian, also referred to as Fa-hsien, was a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim monk who came to India to acquire Buddhist texts and left a travelogue. He spent 10 years in India during early 5th-century.
• It was most popular Mahavihara of the ancient times and significant Buddhist seat of academic excellence and a modest pilgrim center.

Gateway of India

• Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Architect: George Wittet
• Architecture style: Indo-Saracenic with Muslim influences
• Year of construction: 1913
• The Gateway of India is a monument which was built to commemorate the landing of King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary, the first British monarch to visit India. The monument standing guard facing towards the Arabian Sea.

Ajanta-Ellora Caves

• Location: Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• Built By: Gupta Dynasty
• Year of construction: 1983
• The Ajanta and Ellora caves are UNESCO registered World Heritage Site. The murals drawn in these caves depict stories from the Jatakas. Later caves reflect the artistic influence of the Gupta period, but there are differing opinions on which century in which the early caves were built.

Bibi Ka Maqbara

• Location: Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• Built By: Aurangazeb
• Architect: Ata-ullah, Hanspat Rai
• Architecture style: Mughal Architecture
• Year of construction: 1660
• The Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by Mughal Emporer Aurangazeb in the memory of his beloved wife ‎Dilras Banu Begum. The monument is also called Dakkhani Taj due to its striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal.

Shanivar Wada

• Location: Pune, Maharashtra
• Built By: Peshwa Baji Rao I
• Architecture style:Maratha Imperial Architecture
• Year of construction: 1732
• The Shaniwar Wada was the royal abode of the Peshwas. The fort shows the glorious culture and pride of the Maratha Dynasty.

Qutub Minar

Location: Old Delhi, Delhi

Built By: Qutb ud-Din Aibak

Architecture style: Indo-Islamic architecture

Year of construction: 1192

The Qutub Minar was built for showing significance of victory tower or as a minaret to the muezzins. It is the highest minarets in India with a height of 73 meters. It was Built-in red sandstone consists of five storeys and have spiral staircase with 379 steps is a real masterpiece of Mughal Islamic craftsmanship.

Red Fort

Location: New Delhi, Delhi

Built By: Emporer Shah Jahan

Architect: Ustad Ahmad Lahori

Architecture style: Mughal Architecture

Year of construction: 1638

The Red Fort is also called as the Lal Quila because it is made up of red sandstone by Mughal Emporer Shah Jahan , when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi. Today the Red Fort is used as an army cantonment. Every year on India’s Independence Day (15 August) celebrated from here & the prime minister of India hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally broadcast speech from its ramparts.

Hawa Mahal

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan

Built By: Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh

Architect: Lal Chand Ustad

Architecture style: Blending of Hindu Rajput architecture and the Islamic Mughal architecture

Year of construction: 1799

The Hawa Mahal is a monument built for the royal women to enjoy the events and festivals in the street. The Hawa Mahal means “Palace Of Winds”. The structure built in red and pink sandstone consists of about 953 windows. These windows are known as “Jharokhas”. decorated with intricate latticework

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Dilwara’s Jain Temple

Location: Mount Abu, Rajasthan

Architect: Vimal Shah, Vastupala-Tejpal

Architecture style: Jain Temple Architecture

Year of construction: 1031 AD

The Dilwara’s Temples are famous for their use of white marble and intricate marble carvings. The Dilwara temples are named after the ministers of the then Vaghela ruler of Gujarat who built them in 1230 A.D.

Taj Mahal

Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Built By: Emporer Shah Jahan

Architect: Ustad Ahmed Lahori

Architecture style: Mughal Architecture

Year of construction: InBetween 1632 and 1653 AD

The majestic Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal after her death in 1631. The materials the monuments used are white marble . It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Taj Mahal houses the tomb of both Mumtaz Mahal as well as Shah Jahan.

Fatehpur Sikri

Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Built By: Emporer Akbar

Architecture style: Indo-Islamic, Mughal Architecture

Year of construction: 1986

Victoria Memorial

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal

Architect: Conceptualised by George Curzon, Viceroy of India

Architecture style: Indo-Saracenic revivalist style

Year of construction: Between 1906 to 1921

The Victoria Memorial was built to show respect fo the death of Queen Victoria, in 1921. This huge white-marble museum, made from Makrana marbles from Rajasthan, is filled with a vast collection of remnants from the period of British Empire rule in India.

Sun Temple

Location: Konark, Orrisa

Built By: Kalinga Dynasty

Architecture style: Kalinga architecture

Year of construction: 13th-century CE

This temple is attributed to king Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. It is called as the Black Pagoda by the sailors because it was supposed to draw ships into the shore and cause shipwrecks. The wheels of the sun temple are sundials, which can be used to calculate time accurately to a minute.

Jagannath Temple

Location: Puri, Orissa

Built By: Anantavarman Chodaganga

Architecture style: Kalinga Architecture

Year of construction: 12th century CE

The Jaganath Puri temple is one of the greatest monuments of India.It is famous for its annual Ratha Yatra, or chariot festival.

Sanchi Stupa

Location: Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh

Built By: Emporer Ashoka

Architecture style: Buddhist Art and Architecture

Year of construction: 3rd century BCE

The Stupas of Sanchi were constructed on the orders of Emperor Ashoka. Main pupose of contruction of this was to preserve and spread the Buddhist philosophy. The hemispherical structures of Sanchi Stupa made out of locally quarried sandstone, houses the relics of Buddha and his followers.

Char Minar

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Built By: Qutub Shahi Dynasty

Architect: Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah

Architecture style: Islamic Architecture

Year of construction: 1591 CE

Char Minar was built to recall the end of the plague. It was the first monument in the world constructed using lime mortar and granite. The Charminar’s long history includes the existence of a mosque on its top floor for more than 400 years.

Indian rivers

• Agra-Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh
• Ahmedabad-Sabarmati-Gujarat
• Allahabad-Triveni Sangam A (Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati)-Uttar Pradesh
• Ayodhya-Saryu-Uttar Pradesh
• Badrinath-Alaknanda-Uttarakhand
• Banki-Mahanadi-Odisha
• Brahmapur-Rushikulya-Odisha
• Chhatrapur-Rushikulya-Odisha
• Bhagalpur-Ganga-Bihar
• Kolkata-Hugli-West Bengal
• Cuttack-Mahanadi-Odisha
• New Delhi-Yamuna-Delhi
• Dibrugarh-Brahmaputra-Assam
• Ferozpur-Sutlej-Punjab
• Guwahati-Brahmaputra-Assam
• Haridwar-Ganges-Uttarakhand
• Hyderabad-Musi-Telangana
• Jabalpur-Narmada-Madhya Pradesh
• Kanpur-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Kota-Chambal-Rajasthan
• Kottayam-Meenachil-Kerala
• Jaunpur-Gomti-Uttar Pradesh
• Patna-Ganga-Bihar
• Rajahmundry-Godavari-Andhra Pradesh
• Srinagar-Jhelum-Jammu & Kashmir
• Surat-Tapi-Gujarat
• Tiruchirapalli-Kaveri-Tamil Nadu
• Varanasi-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Vijayawada-Krishna-Andhra Pradesh
• Vadodara-Vishwamitri-Gujarat
• Mathura-Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh
• Mirzapur-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Auraiya-Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh
• Etawah-Yamuna-Uttar Pradesh
• Bangalore-Vrishabhavathi-Karnataka
• Farrukhabad-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Fatehgarh-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Kannauj-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Mangalore-Netravati,Gurupura-Karnataka
• Shimoga-Tunga River-Karnataka
• Bhadravathi-Bhadra-Karnataka
• Hospet-Tungabhadra-Karnataka
• Karwar-Kali-Karnataka
• Bagalkot-Ghataprabha-Karnataka
• Honnavar-Sharavathi-Karnataka
• Gwalior-Chambal-Madhya Pradesh
• Gorakhpur-Rapti-Uttar Pradesh
• Lucknow-Gomti-Uttar Pradesh
• Kanpur -Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Shuklaganj-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Chakeri-Ganga-Uttar Pradesh
• Malegaon-Girna River-Maharashtra
• Sambalpur-Mahanadi-Odisha
• Rourkela-Brahmani-Odisha
• Pune-Mula,Mutha-Maharashtra
• Madurai-Vaigai-Tamil Nadu
• Thiruchirapalli-Kaveri-Tamil Nadu
• Chennai-Cooum,Adyar-Tamil Nadu
• Coimbatore-Noyyal-Tamil Nadu
• Erode-Kaveri-Tamil Nadu
• Tirunelveli-Thamirabarani-Tamil Nadu
• Bharuch-Narmada-Gujarat
• Karjat-Ulhas-Maharashtra
• Nashik-Godavari-Maharashtra
• Mahad-Savitri-Maharashtra
• Nanded-Godavari-Maharashtra
• Kolhapur-Panchaganga-Maharashtra
• Nellore-Pennar-Andhra Pradesh
• Nizamabad-Godavari-Telangana
• Sangli-Krishna-Maharashtra
• Karad-Krishna,Koyna-Maharashtra
• Hajipur-Ganga-Bihar
• Ujjain-Shipra-Madhya Pradesh

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Quiz 1: Indian states and their capitals

Quiz 2: Features of Indian states

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FAQ

Haridwar is situated on the bank of which river?

Answer: The Ganga

Where is the Sanchi Stupa located ?

Answer: Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh

Where is Charminar located?

Answer:Hyderabad

How many pillars of Charminar are there?

Answer: Four pillers

Who built the Taj Mahal and where?

Answer:Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, In Agra

Where does Prime minsiter of India give speech on Independence Day?

Answer: The Prime minister of India addresses nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.

Where are Santhal tribe found in India?

Answer:Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Orissa

Which is largest tribe in India?

Answer: Gond