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Holidays in India - Travel information India.
States in East India : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura and Andaman & Nicobar
States in North India : Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
States in West India : Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa.
States in South India : Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Union Territories in India : Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry.
Cities in India : Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram
Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia are nearby island nations in the Indian Ocean.
India shares its borders with Pakistan, China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Afghanistan.
Capital City of India: Delhi / New Delhi
car rental, hotels, travel agencies, travel guides, transportation / travelling to india
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Car Rental in India
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Hotels in India
Booking - Hotels in India
Hotels in New Delhi, Bombay, Chennai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Bangalore, Kovalam, Pālghāt.
Booking - Hotels in Bombay
Booking - Hotels in New Delhi
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.
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Hill Stations in India
A unique way of spending your holidays in India. View the lush green mountains of India while relaxing at the luxurious hill resorts.
Travel Agents / Tour Operators
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Build Your Own India Trip
Camels and castles in Rajasthan. Cycling in the spice hills. Kerala backwaters and sand beaches. Himalayan homestay treks. Build your own India adventure.
Kuoni Holidays - Resorts : Agra, Delhi, Goa, Kerala, Mumbai, Rajasthan and Shimla
Type of holidays : All inclusive, Beach holidays, Escorted tours, Family holidays, Train holidays, Spa
India highlights :
** The splendours of Rajasthan, including the colonial grandeur of Delhi, the legendary 'pink city' of Jaipur, the
enchantingly beautiful Jodhpur and Jaiselmer, rising sheer from the desert sands.
** The Taj Mahal, the most sublime monument to love ever created and possibly the world's most beautiful building.
** Goa, India's smallest state of Portuguese colonial culture, World Heritage listed architecture and natural wonders, from aromatic spice gardens to breathtaking Indian Ocean beaches.
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British Airways - Holidays in India
Spend holidays in India gazing up at the UNESCO-listed Red Fort in Delhi. Or take hiking holidays in the
Himalayas. Immerse yourself in India's vast cultural mix on your holiday, from colonial glory in Mumbai to Hindu temples in Varanasi.
In the west, busy Mumbai is India's cultural hub. But if you want relaxing holidays in India, head to the Arabian
Sea and Goa's beaches. Travel around Rajasthan's deserts to see ornate palaces and remote forts. For
India's main tribal area, venture to the lush north-east to tea-growing Assam and Darjeeling. In the far north of India you'll find remote mountainous beauty in Jammu and Kashmir.
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My Travel - Sun Holidays in India [ Goa ]
Thomas Cook - Delhi, Goa and Kerala
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Indiaprofile.com
Indiaprofile gives detailed information on Hotels in India, Tours in India and travel packages in India.
Indiaprofile.com is an IHPL network site owned by Indian Holiday Pvt. Ltd.
Travel Guides India / Related books
India Travel Guides [ Amazon.co.uk ]
Lonely Planet India (Travel Guide) - by Hugh Finlay, Sarina Singh (Editor)
Amazon.co.uk Review : Firmly ensconced in the budget travel canon, Lonely Planet: Indiahas become as
essential to sub-continental backpacker culture as the Himalayan hill stations, Arabian sea beaches and
crafty rickshaw drivers it describes. Beyond the frank, thorough coverage of the country's highlights and
pitfalls, indispensable maps and a snazzy full-colour guide to India's religions make this sturdy tome an
endlessly useful one-stop reference. Though the emphasis is on "budget" travel, there are hotel and
restaurant picks to accommodate you whether your budget is US$10 or US$500 a day. The book's only
problem is that to some degree, it's a victim of its own success--it can be difficult to get off the beaten path
when every English-speaking backpacker in South Asia is carrying the same guide. Fortunately, given India's
(and the book's) seemingly endless charms, there's still enough to go around. --Andrew Nieland --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Paperback 1072 pages (August 22, 2003); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
South India - Lonely Planet - C. Niven
Explores south India and includes Orissa and Maharastra and looks at and explains the magnificent
architecture to be found in the region. A special section on eurotrash rave haven to ashram nervana, here is the full scope of the south India experience with options all along the way.
Paperback 720 pages (October 2001); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1864501618
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi - William Dalrymple
As Dalrymple's first book, "In Xanadu", traversed thousands of miles, now he traverses thousands of years.
In the course of 12 months in Delhi, he peels back the successive encrusting layers of history, using both
material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing innumerable stories with the
present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in the great Indian epic "The Mahabharata".
Paperback 352 pages (April 11, 1994); Publisher: Flamingo
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found - by Suketu Mehta
Bombay's story, told through the lives, often desperately near the edge, of some of the people who live there.
The complex texture of these extraordinary tales is threaded together by Suketu Mehta's own history of
growing up in Bombay and returning to live there after a 21-year absence. Hitmen, dancing girls, cops, movie
stars, poets, beggars and politicians - Suketu loooked at the city through their eyes, and in looking found the city within himself.
Hardcover 240 pages (February 7, 2005); Publisher: Review
India in Slow Motion - by Mark Tully, Gillian Wright
This text travels to 10 different sacred places in India: five are Hindu; the other five represent each of the
world's other great religions. Covering subjects such as Hindu extremism, bonded child labour, Sufi mysticism,
the crisis in agriculture, political corruption and the problem of Kashmir, the author paints a picture of India that is at once poignant, funny, startling and humane.
Paperback 320 pages (November 27, 2003); Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Eco-tourism paradise: Andaman & Nicobar Islands - C. P Oberai
Unknown Binding 218 pages (2000); Publisher: B.R. Pub. Corp.; ISBN: 8176461377
Transportation / How do I travel to India
Amritsar - northwest India
Bangalore Airport [ BLR ]
Calcutta / Kolkata - northeast India
Chennai [ MAA ] - southeast India
Delhi Airport - Indira Gandhi International Airport , 20 km from downtown Connaught Place
Guwahati
Hyderabad
Mumbai [ BOM ] - west India
Thiruvananthapuram - south India
Airports Authority of india
British Airways - Flight tickets to India
British Airways destinations in India : Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
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Airline Tickets India / Bargain Flights
Cheap flight tickets India, price comparison possible.
Delhi is the hub of the Indian Railways network with Express trains to all parts of the country. Shatabdi
Express airconditioned fast tourist train operates to Bhopal (via Agra, Gwalior, Jhansi), Lucknow (via Kanpur) and Chandigarh, and provides access to some of the neighboring tourist centres.
Delhi is serviced by two lines, broad and meter gauge and has three major railway stations, Delhi Main
(receives both broad and meter gauge trains), New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin. Delhi Main Railways Station is 6 km from Downtown, New Delhi is about 1 km and Nizamuddin 5 km.
Indian Railways Online Passenger Reservation Site
Train Schedule, Internet Reservation, Time Schedules, Fares, Trains and more
Palace on Wheels - luxury train
Palace-on-Wheels has been rated amongst the top ten luxury trains of the world. India boasts of other luxury
trains too like the Royal Orient and the Fairy Queen. It happens to be one of the finest ways to travel through
the intoxicating, incomparable, incredible, impressive, inimitable, inspirational land of India.
Southern Railways
Delhi is linked by bus services, airconditioned, deluxe and ordinary, to all major destinations in north India.
Delhi Transport Corporation and Road Transport Corporations of neighboring States provide frequent bus services.
Inter State Bus Terminus, the focus of all inter-city bus services
Located at Kashmiri Gate, 7 km from Downtown. Taxis, auto and cycle rickshaws, City Bus Service and Night Bus Services are available at the ISBT for transfers.
Delhi Transport Corporation [ DTC ] - public transport in Delhi
Haryana Roadways - Timetable - coach travel
Himachal Road Transport Corporation - coach travel northwest Himalya
Rajasthan Roadways - Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur
Indiatransit.com - extensive information public transport in India
Mapsofindia.com
Political maps, Travel to India Maps, States / Districts & Cities, Reference Maps, Transport Network Maps, India Information in Text.
Maps of India [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castaņeda Library - Map Collection ]
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Travel Insurance
Incredible India - official website Tourism India
Government - Directory of official web sites of Government of India
A one-point source to know all about Indian Government websites at all levels and from all sectors: Executive,
Legislature, Judiciary, States & UT's, Districts, Institutions/Organizations and more
Government - Prime Minister India
Government - President of India
New Delhi - Government New-Delhi
East India
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal, Orissa,
Sikkim, Tripura and Andaman & Nicobar
North India
Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
South India
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep [ UT ] and Pondicherry [ UT ]
West India
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa.
Chandigarh [ UT ] - Chandigarh Administration
Dadra en Nagar Haveli [ UT ] - Union Territory Dadra en Nagar Haveli
Daman en Diu [ UT ] - Union Territory in the west of India
Lakshadweep UT ]
Pondicherry [ UT ].
Andaman Nicobar Tourism - with Capital City Port Blair
Since pre-historic times, these islands have been the home of aboriginal tribes. But the first settlement by the
British took place in 1789, which was later abandoned in 1796. The second settlement was basically a penal
settlement, taken up in 1858, the year after the First War of Indian Independence, followed by the settlement
of convicts, some criminal tribes from Central and United Provinces, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well as ex-servicemen.
Kerala, South India - God's Own Country - Government of Kerala
Occupying a narrow strip of India's southwestern coast. Kerala is divided into three regions: Highland or
Mountain region, midland or the rolling hillsand lowland or the coastal plain land.
National Geographic Society described Kerala as one of the 50 must-see destinations of a lifetime. Kochi, the
commercial capital of the state is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. Alapuzha, the first planned town in Kerala is called the Venice of the East.
Tamil Nadu Maps - Info Tami Nadu
Districts: Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Kanyakumari, Karur,
Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga, Thanjavur,
Nilgiris, Theni, Thiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvarur, Tirunelveli, Trichirappalli, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar
Agra Fort
Within a radius of 3 kilometres, on the banks of the river Yamuna, rises the crescent-like Agra Fort. Designed
and built by Akbar in 1565 A.D., the fort is surrounded by a 70 foot high wall. It houses the beautiful Pearl
Mosque and numerous palaces including the Jahangiri Mahal, Diwan-i-khas, Diwan-i-Am and Moti Masjid.
Ajmer
Amritsar
Bangalore - Garden City of India - Capital City Of Karnataka State
Fifth largest city in India and popular due to the wonderful mild, healthy climate and warm cosmopolitans who
make the city what it is. The city offers itself as an ideal base to explore the fascinating and culturally rich
state of Karnataka. Visitors will find the ruins of the once powerful Vijayanagar empire, the sculpted wonders of Belur and Halebid, the awesome mausoleum of Bijapur and much more within easy reach.
Bangalore is also known as the silicon valley of India due to its wide acceptance of the fast growing cyber world.
Popular Tourist Spots:VidhanaSoudha, Lalbagh, Cubbon Park, General Post Office, Banarghatta National
Park, M.G Road, Commercial Street, Brigade Road, Shoppers Stop, Planetarium, Musical Fountain, Temples and many more
Popular Tourist Spots Outside Bangalore city limits: Nandhi hills , Pearl Valley, Mysore, Ranganthittu, Srirangapatna, Nagarahole, Bandipur National Park, Big Banyan Tree
Bharatpur
Bhopal
Calcutta
Fort William, Victoria Memorial, Raj Bhavan, Palladian villas and the Botanical Gardens, the busy streets of
Shyambazar, College Street and Kalighat, bookshops, art galleries, coffee houses all are part of Calcutta's
varied and vibrant shades, the birthplace of Rabindranath Tagore and cradle of the Indian Renaissance
Chandigarh
Chennai - Capital City Tamil Nadu - Gateway of South India
Chennai, the largest city in southern India located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, developed
after 1639 when the British East India Company established a fort and trading post at the small fishing village of Chennai.
Delhi/New Delhi - Delhi is the main gateway city for northern India
Gwalior
Jaipur
Jammu
Jodhpur
Kota
Lucknow
Madras / Chennai - Capital City Tamil Nadu - Gateway of South India
The largest city in southern India located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, developed after 1639
when the British East India Company established a fort and trading post at the small fishing village of Chennai.
Mumbai
Mumbai a cluster of seven islands, derives its name from Mumbadevi, the patron goddess of the Koli fisher
folk, its oldest inhabitants.
Once a Portuguese princess' dowry and later an adornment of neo-gothic British architecture, Mumbai today,
is more than just a metropolis. It is infact an enigma of mud huts & sky- scrapers, age old traditions & high fashions, the industrialists' heaven & movie makers' hollywood.
Pathankot
Shimla
Srinagar
Thiruvananthapuram - City of the Holy Serpent
The city of the thousand-headed Anantha, the holy serpent on which Lord Vishnu reclines,
Thiruvananthapuram is one of the most beautiful cities of India. Perched on undulating terrain of low coastal
hills near the southern edge of the Indian mainland, clean and green, Thiruvananthapuram, which was previously called Trivandrum, is an ancient city with trading tradition dating back to 1000 BC.
It is an excellent base to explore the interiors of Kerala, the southernmost region of India, and from Kochi, the
Lakshadweep Islands. The city offers all modern facilities needed by a visitor and is a centre for cultural activities.
Udaipur
Varanasi
Bollywood Music
Hindi MP3 - Hindi music
Hindunet
Hindiwood
India Today - magazine
PBS - Living Edens - mountain range Anamalai
Rising from the hot, dusty plains of Southern India is a mountain range called Anamalai, which means "The
Elephant Mountain." This intimate portrait of life in Anamalai begins with the birth of a baby elephant, following
it through its first year of life under the ever-watchful eye of its mother and its large extended family. The
program also tells the story of the other animals that share this mountain sanctuary and the role of the elephant in creating and maintaining this unique Eden
Societeit 'India International' in New Delhi
Times of India - Indian daily
Cuisine - Indian Recipes
A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food - K.T. Achaya
Outside India Indian food is popular the world over, from Tokyo to Telford and from Canberra to California. For
centuries India has produced an unusually diverse cuisine. The food of the 17 states that make up India is as
varied as the food of the countries of Europe. It was in India that the Aryan cultural ethos flowered, bringing
to every area of human activity, including food and dietetics, a spiritual and moral dimension. It was on Indian
soil that immigrants from many different cultures and traditions came together - Persians, Muslims, and
Europeans - creating a food culture which, enlivened by distinctive regional nuances, is among the greatest in
the world. This Dictionary provides, in A-Z format, a huge amount of information on the food, the food culture,
recipes, and cuisine of India. It covers areas such as history, literature, botany, genetics, and archaeology
and places Indian food in time and context. The country's oldest accounts in Sanskrit, Pali, Tamil, and Kannada
, have been drawn upon extensively, as have the writings of visitors to India. Details covered include
migration of food plants from the New World to India through European influences and their rapid integration
into Indian cuisine. The text is extensively cross-referenced allowing readers to browse entries. In addition to
the A-Z text the book contains extra material such as an index of authors, literary works, and historical people, indexes of Indian words and Latin names, and a list of headwords with page numbers.
Paperback 364 pages (January 9, 2003); Publisher: OUP India; Language: English; ISBN: 019565868X
The Classic 1000 Indian Recipes - C. Humphries
The grand tour of Indian cuisine - all in one top-value cookbook. With enough range to prepare any variety of
Indian meal, this comprehensive cookery collection now boasts high-quality, full-colour photographs. From
classic favourites to exotic regional specialities, this is handy for everything from salads and snacks to
special dinner parties, and includes all the most popular favourites. Offering this kind of quality, style and value, it's a must-have for your cookery shelves.
Paperback 464 pages (March 14, 2002); Publisher: Foulsham; Language: English; ISBN: 0572028075
Indian Food Guide - recipes
Cuisine of India [ Wikipedia ]
Regional Indian cuisines; Staple ingredients and spices, Regional specialties [ Other famous Indian dishes & Some sweets and desserts ], Indian food abroad
Savoring the Spice Coast of India: Fresh Flavors from Kerala - Maya Kaimal
Hardcover 240 pages (August 2000); Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks; Language: English; ISBN: 0060192577
History of India
India is home to some of the most ancient civilizations and has given birth to four major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
Stone Age rock shelters with paintings at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh are the earliest known traces of
human life in India. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the Indus Valley Civilization, which peaked between 2600 BC and 1900 BC.
The country was a part of the British Empire before gaining independence in 1947.
Indias History - Wikipedia
Prehistory, Indus Valley Civilisation and the coming of Aryans, Shishunaga Dynasty, Rise of Jainism and
Buddhism, Mauryan Period, Shunga Period, Classical Age, Pallavas, Chalukya Empire, Chola Empire,
Vijayanagar Empire, Islamic rule, Mughal Dynasty, Colonial India [ British, Portuguese, French, The Dutch, The Danes ], British India, 1947 Onwards
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity - Amartya Sen
India is a large and very diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely
divergent customs, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. The Argumentative Indian brings together an
illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outline the need to
understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition. The understanding and use of
this rich argumentative tradition are critically important, Sen argues, for the success of India's democracy, the
defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace.
Hardcover 256 pages (June 2, 2005); Publisher: Allen Lane; Language: English; ISBN: 0713996870
Timeline India - Wikipedia
Pepper Trail - The trail of history, tradition and cuisine of Kerala.
Please come through this Peppertrail to the corner of the pepper country, the old kingdom of Kochi, in central
Kerala. Black pepper, the most widely used spice in the world, is native to my home state of Kerala, located at
the southwestern tip of India. Centuries ago black pepper attracted many foreign traders to our shores. This
long history of foreign trade had considerable impact on our agriculture, cuisine and to a certain extent even
on our language. Both the Nayars (hereditary warriors) and the Royalty of Kerala still continue to observe the
ceremonial aspects of the ancient matrilineal system. Let me introduce you through this web site to our ancient cultural traditions, fascinating food history and our delicious and simple cuisine.
Kerala & Travancore
The Dutch did not have a major presence in India. The towns of Travancore were ruled by the Dutch. They trained the military of the princely state of Kerala.
Tranquebar
Tranquebar was a Danish colony in India, from 1620-1845, founded by the Danish East India Company. It is
spelled Trankebar or Trangebar in Danish, which came from the native Tamil, Tarangambadi. It was sold to Britain in 1845.
Tranquebar: A Season in South India - Georgina Harding
Now a fishing village on the Coromandel Coast of India, Tranquebar was once the chief Danish colony in Asia
. Intrigued by its dual identity, the author spent a winter there with her baby son, and describes it today - a
village reclaimed by an India that appears careless of its legacy, its history, its decaying colonial buildings
now occupied by rich Muslims and rival Christian missions, and even of the Hindu temple that is slipping into the sea.
Paperback 224 pages (March 3, 1994); Publisher: Sceptre; Language: English; ISBN: 0340597801
Music, Culture & Entertainment
India - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette - Nicki Grihault
Culture Smart! India offers illuminating insights into Indian culture and society. It will help you turn your visit -
whether on business or for pleasure - into a memorable and enriching experience.
Paperback 168 pages (March 27, 2003); Publisher: Kuperard; Language: English; ISBN: 1857333055
Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema - Tejaswini Ganti
'Bollywood' - once a tongue-in-cheek word used by the English-language media in India - has become the
dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry located in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in
1995). Characterised by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on
stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and enthusiastic audiences from
Bombay to West Africa to Russia, and throughout the English-speaking world. In Bollywood , filmmaker and
film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema,
outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and its impact on global popular culture.
Providing information and commentry on the key players in Bollywood, from composers and lyracists to
directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves, areas covered in Bollywood
include: Chronology Main Themes in Hindi Cinema Key Characteristics of Popular Hindi Cinema Significant Filmmakers Significant Films Scholarship about Hindi Cinema Filmmakers Point of View.
Paperback 264 pages (June 24, 2004)
Publisher: Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 0415288541
A Tale of Four Dervishes
Mir Amman
The Panchatantra is one of the earliest books of fables and its influence can be seen in The Arabian Nights,
the Decameron, the Canterbury Tales and most notably in The Fables of La Fontaine...Tradition ascribes this
fabulous work to Visnu Sarma whose existence has not been conclusively established. Faced with the
challenge of educating three unlettered princes, to awaken their intelligence, Visnu Sarma evolved a unique
pedagogy--for his aim was to teach the princes how to think, not what to think--and it was thus that these
entertaining and edifying stories came to be composed. The Panchatantra started travelling from the land of its
origin before AD 570, as a version in Pehelvi. Since then more than 200 versions have been executed in more
than fifty languages. Chandra Rajan, a noted Sanskrit scholar, has based her translation on the Purnabhadra
recension (AD 1199). While remaining faithful to the original, she breathes new life into the stories, skilfully combining prose and verse to give us an eminently readable translation.
Paperback 158 pages (April 15, 2003); Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 0140245731
India - the Raga Guide
These four CDs tucked into a meaty, comprehensive book portray and explain the different histories, tonalities
, and rhythms of 74 of Hindu's most common ragas. The raga, a musical form of ancient Hindustani prayer and
poetry, has been the cornerstone of Indian music for centuries, evolving into a complex set of expressions
inviting improvisation and varying according to purpose, mood, story, and ritual. Stately in their sounds, ragas
are most often created with sitar, sarod, tabla, tamboura (or drone), and voice with each note functioning as
an evocation of the world's sanctity. The Raga Guide offers five hours and 15 minutes of stunningly beautiful
music, played by masters of the instrument and accompanied by informative description, music transcriptions,
and (where applicable) texts with English translations. Lovingly recorded, carefully authored, simply laid out,
this wonderful package is the essence of perfection, topped off by exquisite color plates of ragamalas, or
paintings depicting the stories of the ragas. A sublime tribute to Indian classical music [ Karen Karleski from Amazon.com ]
Web Portals / Search Engines / India Directories
India Image - Gateway to Government of India Info over the web
Official Government of India Portal developed with an aim to provide comprehensive, accurate , reliable and
one stop source of information about India and its various facets including its Government, heritage, economy,
news, online citizen services etc. Links at various places have been provided to other official Indian Government Portals/websites.
Searchindia.com - search engine
Travel India
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