India is the 7th largest country in the world with an area of 3,287,263 Sq. kms and is the 2nd largest, population-wise with over 1 billion inhabitants. It stretches 3,214 kms from North to South and 2,933 kms from East to West. India occupies most of the sub-continent in
South-Asia.

India is one of the oldest civilizations of the world and is a vast repository of knowledge, philosophy, poetry, worship and sacrificial rites.
Ethnically, the country is divided between Indo-Aryan (72%) and Dravidian (25%) and 3% by others.

Around 83% of the population is Hindu and others are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Budhists, Jains and others.

Majority speak Hindi which is the national language while English is the associate official language. In all there are 18 languages recognised by the Constitution and over 350 local and dialects across the vast country. It is the largest parliamentary democracy in
the world.

India, due to its vastness has a climate that varies from tropical heat in the South to near-arctic cold in the North. However, it has 3 seasons in a year the Hot ( March-June ), the Wet ( July- September ) and the Cool ( November-February ).

The land, which gave birth to all time world’s greatest and everlasting epics and holy scriptures, is gifted with very rich and ancient historical background with scores of places of religious and historical importance. Even nature has provided the country abundantly with high rising mountains, deserts, rich, green and fertile plains, lovely sea beaches, great rivers and dense forests.

Administratively, India is divided into 28 States and 7 Union Territories.