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Travel to India

India - a vast country in South Asia, occupying the 2nd place in the world in terms of population and 7th in the area. It is the oldest civilization of the world, gave the world chess and decimal notation.

Journey to India and its cultural diversity is amazing every first arrived here. This country - not just another world for us and a lot of different worlds, united into one.

More than 900 million Indians (80.5% of the population) profess Hinduism.

India - the second most populous country in the world, home to more than 1.2 billion people.

India was inhabited from the Middle Pleistocene, ie, about 200 000-500 000 years ago.

By the end of the 20th century, India's economy has become one of the fastest growing in the world. Of nominal gross domestic product, India is the 12th largest in the world. In the photo: Soldiers on camels in front of the Presidential Palace.

It is most common in East and South Asian form of transport. In India, rickshaws appeared around 1880.New Delhi, December 16, 2011

In India, modern buildings side by side next to slums. The country is currently experiencing a construction boom of skyscrapers: 2 is ready, another 14 are under construction, including the world's second height of the tower in India's financial capital - Mumbai.

Culture of the country differs a great diversity. India has managed to preserve the ancient cultural traditions, at the same time to adopt new practices and ideas from invaders and immigrants.

The Indian automotive industry is booming and attracting talented designers from around the world and the largest Indian corporations acquire foreign engineering companies. In the photo: sports car at an auto show in New Delhi, January 5, 2012.

Despite the remarkable economic progress, about 25% of the population lives below the subsistence minimum established by the state, which equals 0.4 U.S. dollars per day. According to the 2004 -2005 year, 28% of the population were below the poverty level. In the photo: Indian beggars begging near a Buddhist temple, January 6, 2012.

To the Indian climate is heavily influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar desert. And it's snowy landscape near the city of Jammu, January 11, 2012

Hanuman - revered in Hinduism simian deity.

Electrician at work, Allahabad, India, 30 December 2011

Seller snack goes to work on the market in New Delhi, December 31, 2011.

India is the world's second largest producer and exporter of cotton.

At independence in 1947, India has made great strides in economic and military development. Indian warship off the coast of Mumbai, December 20, 2011.

The unique machine is installed on the streets of Allahabad, who tells fortunes and predicts the future, January 17, 2012.

Followers of Christianity in India, only 2.3%. Despite this, Christmas is celebrated throughout the country, 24 December 2011.

Firefighters at work: the evacuation of people from a burning hospital in Calcutta.

The Dalai Lama. "Dalai" means in Mongolian "ocean", "Lama" in Tibetan, Sanskrit equivalent "guru" and has a value of "teacher".

Working clothes iron and steel factory on the outskirts of Jammu, December 1, 2011.

Demolition of an emergency five-story building in a residential area of Surat, December 13, 2011.

Competitions for the disabled in Mumbai, India, January 15, 2012.

In the country's constitution lists 15 major languages. The total number of languages and dialects, according to scientists' calculations, up to 1652! In the photo: the monks performed a ritual dance, January 12, 2012

India, like many other countries, suffers from water shortages. In a country whose population is about 18% of the population and growing by 18 million people each year, is only 4% of global freshwater resources.

Rehearsal for the Republic Day celebrations in India to be held in the capital of January 26, 2012.

Familiar Russian motorists heating procedure the car with a blowtorch in the winter. Here we use fire, diluted in a bucket. Field of Kashmir, located at the junction of the Himalayas and Tibet, 10 January 2012.

The huts on the banks of the Jhelum River, the city of Srinagar, December 27, 2011. Generally, this city is famous for its canals, streets, reminiscent of Venice.

Less than a decade, India has managed to become one of the leaders of information technology: today it is - the largest producer and exporter of software. Indian programmers are known for our little inferior. In the photograph: not the most advanced class of computer games in the city of Bihar, 29 December 2011.

At the fair in Allahabad, India, January 15, 2012.

The celebration in honor of Gobind Singh - the tenth and last Sikh Guru, who was a great warrior, a talented poet and national leader, Jammu, December 29, 2011.

18-year-old student from India Jyoti Amge was entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest woman alive today. Her height is only 62.8 cm, and an official certificate ceremony coincided with the day of her birth, December 16, 2011.