The eighth scheduled of Indian Constitution shows that 22 different official languages. These are Assamees, Bengali, Bado, Dogri, Guajarati, Hindu, Kannada, Kashmir, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipur, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhu, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Hindi is the official language.
.The India is the place of different religions having different culture. Those are Hinduism, Jainism, Budhhist, and Sikhism. Throughout the history of India, Indian Culture has been influenced by Dharma Religions. Indian Culture, tradition and religions are a major form world religious. Now Hinduism and Buddhism are the third and fourth largest religion respectively. Our country is one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse nations in the world. , with some of the deeply religious societies and cultures.
Religion plays a central and definite role in the life of many of the people. Hence India Is the place of different religion, language and different culture. Our country is a sovereign country which includes Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhist , Sikhism and Islam. The temples in four dhams are coming under the Hinduism. Some famous Jain temple are ‘Ranakpur Jain Temple in Rajasthan’, In Karnataka ‘Gomateswari temple’, ‘Sri Digambar Jain Lal Temple’ in India. Famous Gurudwars Similarly ‘Gurudwar Harmandir Sahib’,’Gurudwara baba Atal Saheband Tarn Toran Sahib in Pnjab’,’Gurdwarak NanakJhira Sahib in Karnataka’, ‘Gurudwara Raleswar in Himachala Pradesh’ and many more. The Buddhist sites has primarily four sites of pilgrimage. These are ‘Lumbini’ which is the birthplace of Buddha, ‘Bodh Gaya’ where he had attained the enlightment. ‘Sarnath’ which is the location of Buddha’s first sermon and ‘khusinagar’ is the location where the Buddha Attained parinivaran. These four places are very much important for the Budhhist “Dharma Yatra”. Similarly there are some mosques in India. These are Ashif Masjid in Uttar Pradesh in Lukhnow, Adina Mosque in West Bengal.Attal Masjid in Utarapradesh Charminar in Hyderabad. Father Masjid in Delhi, Jama Masjid in Ahemadabad, and many more.
The sacred holy books of Hinduism are the epic of Mahabharat, Srimad Bhagabat Geeta, Veda and Upanishad. The sacred holy books of Jainism are known as Agmas or Agum Sutras. It consisit of teaching about Lord Mahavir Teachingsthat were methodically complied by discipline. The sacred scriptures of Sikhism, one of the religios books of India that is known as “Adi granth” also called the Granth or Granth Sahib which is a collection of nearly 6000 hymns of the Sikh Gurus. Guru Nanak is the founder of Sikhism and the first sikh”Guru”. Guru Arjun Dev Ji had written the original “Adi Grantha”. He was the fifth Sikh Guru. The sacred book of Bdhhism is called Tipitaka which is a collection of Bdhha’s teachings.It is a Bdhhist literatre including Scriptures, disciplinary, manuals, commentary, doxography and it’s history . The holy book of Islam as they believe is the ‘Quran’ . They have also four releaved books. These are the Tarah, the Psalms of David, the Bible and the holy Quaran.
India history as rich as its culture . If we look at the architechral marvels of the heritage sites such as Hampi, Khajura, Taj Mahal, LalKila, Qutab Minar, Fatehpur sikri, Hawa Mahal Palace, Govinda Dev Ji Temple, Ram Temple, Lotus Mahal, Arhelogical musesms, Virupaksha temple and many more . These are our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to the future generation. Our cultural and natural heritages are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. These still hold immense significance in terms of their marvellous art, engineering, construction, and labour behind each site. There are many ancient and historical monuments that stand alive . Some of them took literally one decade to hundred years to be built properly. Such beautiful heritage sites are very rarely seen these days , If we talk about Morden day architecture.
India is one of the world’s deepest culture which is deeply rooted in the ancient history of human civilisation. Hence these heritage sites should be perfectly preserved. In our country various art forms, literature monuments tradition and culture forms a part of our heritage. These heritage sites should be appreciated in the world wide. India’s natural heritage invokes a sense of pride for each and every citizen of our country. It adds beauty and richness to this country. We should proud of such a vivaous cultural that prevails in our country .Hence as a responsible person or citizen it is our foremost duty to take care of these Indian Heritage sites and monuments so that these could be preserved and witnessed by our future generation as well. India’s Culture and its heritage places represents our country as a “Land of Paradise-India” in the world.
SUCHARITA BEHERA
Fakir Mohan Nagar, Baleshwar