Important Questions of Indian Culture

Indian Culture  

Indian culture is one of the oldest known cultures of humanity. Although it is very difficult to cater the unique and vast cultural heritage of India still an attempt has been made to cover some of the most important relevant areas of Indian culture. 

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The important Sections are as follows:

(A) Literature

(B) Dance

(C) Music

(D) Architecture 

Literature:

The literature of India is one the oldest literature in the world. Here is the collection of some of the famous works on Indian literature.

Dance: Important and famous dances on India: Broadly the dance can be classified into two types, viz, classical dance and folk dance.

Famous classical dance of India

1.Kathakali, Mohiniattam, Chariarkoothu, Ottum, Thull: These are the famous dance forms that belong to Kerala, Pallavi Krishnan, and Bharti Shivaji are the famous exponents of Mohiniattam form of dance. Madavoor, Vasudevan Nair is a famous exponent of Kathakali form of dance.

2. Bharatanatyam: This is a famous dance form that belongs t Tamil Nadu. The famous exponents of this dance form are Yamini Krishnamurthy, Padma Subramanyam, Mallika Sarabhai.

3. Kuchipudi: This dance form belongs to Andhra Pradesh. The famous exponents of this dance form are Raja and Radha Reddy (duo), Yamini Krishnamurthy, Mallika Sarabhai.

4. Odissi: This dance form belongs t Orissa. The famous exponents of this dance form are late Kelucharan Mahapatra, Sonal Man Singh.

5. Kathak: This is a dance form that belongs to Uttar Pradesh. The famous exponents of this dance form are Birjoo Maharaj, Uma Sharma.

6. Manipuri: This is a famous dance form of Manipur

7. Yakshagana: This is a famous dance form of Karnataka.

Important Folk Dance of India

1. Jatra: This a famous folk-dance form of West Bengal.

2. Kolattam: This is a folk-dance form that belongs to Kerala.

3. Bhangra: This is a famous folk-dance form of Punjab.

4. Nautanki: This is a famous folk-dance form of Uttar Pradesh.

5. Dandiya Ras and Garba: These are the famous folk-dance forms of Gujarat.

6. Tamasha: This is a famous folk-dance form of Maharashtra.

7. Fagun and Jata Jatin: These are the folk-dance forms of Bihar.

8.  Macha: This is a folk-dance form of Madhya Pradesh.

9. Ankia Nat and Bihu: These are the famous folk-dance forms of Assam.

Music:

Famous and Important music artists of India and their associated disciplines

Famous and Important musical instrumentalists of India