Since time immemorial, India has attracted visitors with
an almost magnetic intensity. The medieval world regarded India as a metaphor
for all that was exotic and rich beyond compare; India attracts, seduces and
enchants with a unique combination of sights, sounds and sensations. Whatever
it is you want from a holiday you'll find it in India . There are royal
palaces, abandoned cities, monuments and desert fortresses, temples, beach
resorts, hill stations, mountains, lakes, and some of the best wildlife
reserves in the world. Traditional music and dance, excellent cuisine,
colourful costumes, hustling towns and cities, quite apart from the recognized
sights, the typical Indian street is teeming with life and an experience in
itself. A veritable living theatre of people hawking goods, gossiping,
begging, haggling, of wandering sacred cows, of mules and camels, laden with
spices, fruit, vegetables and goods of every description, of overworked
rickshaw-wallahs pedaling in the hot sun and over-loaded dusty buses. India is
a total experience, an assault on the senses.
This is a beautiful land full of the exotic enchantment of the east with a
strong religious mystique and enormous natural resources, but this is only one
side of India. It is also a place of incredible noise and poverty. Of vast
population, a large country with large problems. This powerful sense of
contrast between extravagant luxury and sheer poverty, incredible beauty and
basic ugliness will leave you spinning. But it is the key to understanding
India; India is an amazing land full of contradiction, colour and energy. It
is a land that is seldom peaceful, rarely private and can often be
frustrating. And once it's in your blood stream you won't get it out. One
visit won't be enough and you'll be back. Of that you can be sure.
North India
East India
West India
South India
This is a list of the States of India in order of population.
