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Before partition in 1947, the Indian subcontinent includes Pakistan, India and Bangladesh; today, the three independent countries and nations. This Indian Subcontinent has a history of some five millennium years and was spread over the area of one and a half millions of square miles (Swarup, 1968). The region is rich in natural as well as physical beauty. It has mountains, plains, forests, deserts, lakes, hills, and rivers with different climate and seasons throughout the year. This natural beauty has deep influence on the culture and life style of the people of the region. The culture of India is one of the oldest in the world which is rich and diverse. Culture is everything in a particular society and Indian culture is no easy composite of varying styles and influences. Indian culture was moulded throughout various eras of history. It is a medley of amazing diversities and startling contradictions, but above all, it represents the multifaceted aspects of India as a whole. India is the birthplace of renowned religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism, which have a strong prevalence and influence not only over India, but also the whole world. India has managed to preserve its culture and traditions through the ages, all the while absorbing customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immigrants. Many cultural practices, languages, customs and dances are examples of this co-mingling over centuries. Thus, Indian culture is a composite mixture of varying styles and influences. It would not be an exaggeration to note that all diverse in nature encompass to form the culture of India. Very few countries in the world have such an ancient and diverse culture as India.
Abstract: Culture is the way of life. It refers to the rational improvement evolved out of the material and intellectual guidance acquired in the course of the ages in a nation. The Indian way of life is defined by the thoughts, feelings and philosophies prevalent in the country and its inhabitants. The Indian culture is one of the oldest and matchless. In spite of the numerous diversities, a basic unity is found in it. This culture has maintained uninterrupted stability from Vedic times to the present day in spite of innumerable obstacles. This eternal harmony and constant stability of Indian culture are derived from its profound spiritual bases. Key Words: Culture, Namaste, uttarayan, God bharna
Before partition in 1947, the Indian subcontinent includes Pakistan, India and Bangladesh; today, the three independent countries and nations. This Indian Subcontinent has a history of some five millennium years and was spread over the area of one and a half millions of square miles (Swarup, 1968). The region is rich in natural as well as physical beauty. It has mountains, plains, forests, deserts, lakes, hills, and rivers with different climate and seasons throughout the year. This natural beauty has deep influence on the culture and life style of the people of the region. This land has been an object of invasion either from the route of mountains or the sea, bringing with it the new masses and ideas and assimilating and changing the culture of the people. The invaders were the Aryans, the Dravidians, the Parthians, the Greeks, the Sakas, the Kushans, the Huns, the Turks, the Afghans, and the Mongols (Singh, 2008) who all brought their unique cultures with them and the amalgamation gave rise to a new Indian Cilvilization.
India that is Bharat has been one of the great ancient civilizations. This civilisation originated about 7000 BC and lasted till the end of Ashoka's rule. Like any civilization it evolved certain unique features of its own which, in their entirety and inter-relatedness, became its dominant feature distinct from other civilizations. Indian civilization is distinguished from other civilizations in respect of its continuity and heterogeneity, its accommodating history and its composite character. Land of India has witnessed multiple waves of migrations over tens of millennia from Central Asia, western Asia, western Eurasia, Tibeto-Burman and others. The advent of the Aryans, the Mongoloid groups, the Kushans, the Sakas, the Greeks, the Huns, the Arabs, the Persians, and the Turks migrated to India at different points of time. Migrating people brought with them their cultures, religions, philosophy, wedding rituals, festivals, cuisine, clothings, music, paintings, sculptures and behaviour patterns etc. The groups that migrated to India were able to maintain their unique cultural identities within a larger society and their values and practices were accepted by the wider culture. India witnessed an extensive process of indigenization of these migrant groups. This process created a composite fabric of Indian culture woven with strands and shades of varying textures and colours making it a mosaic of races and cultures. This amalgamation created a Cultural Pluralism in India.
The cultural process in India is one in which the different communities live side by side, interchanging ideas and goods but not blood. In certain areas the juxtaposed communities are more or less independent of one another, in others they are economically interdependent. The anthropological evidence shows that in each cultural region there are distinct racial strata which can be correlated to social strata and that racial intermixture, though found in all regions, is not very great in depth and extent. Neither is one racial element always the one to be socially supreme, the social position of different race groups changing from region to region.
Indian identity and cultural continuity is a prominent topic associated with day-today life of every Indian. India is known in the world for its culture. All were surprised to see this, although India is a populated country in the world and it is difficult to maintain culture in all parts of India. From Vedic period to contemporary period the concept of culture and Indian-ness is within us. Indian Identity can be termed as "Salad Bowl" where all cultures are 'Salad' and Identity is 'Bowl'. Cultural Continuity is defined as the desire for a people to maintain core elements of their culture by adopting to changes over the time. Indian Culture teaches us, not only establishing own Identity but also goes with culture and social groups.
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