India Travel Guide : Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

1. Music: The origin of Indian music is said to be rooted in the Vedas. It is said that God Himself is musical sound, the sound which pervades the whole universe which is called as Nada-Brahma.
   
   
2. Dance:The various dance forms have also developed a particular form of make-up for the performance, which is a skill by itself.
   
   
3. Indian Architecture:Indian Architecture has history that goes as back as the 3rd millennium BCE to modern times. To Western eyes, Indian art can appear strikingly ornate, exaggeratedly sensuous, and voluptuous.
   
   
4. Sculpture:The sculptures or idols in temples are made of granite (if it is mula vigraham) & the Utsava murthis are made of bronze & panchaloha. Apart from these, there are the huge Iyyanar statues & horses which still exist in South Indian villages.
   
   
5. Indian Cuisine:Indian food is aimed at nourishing the body and is pleasing to the mind and eyes. Ingredients of each meal are based on six rasas or flavors - sweet, salty, bitter, astringent, sour and pungent- each ingredient believed to have particular physical benefit on application of the right proportionate use. Western India Travel