Category: My India

The magnificent tiger, Panthera tigris is a striped animal. It has a thick yellow coat of fur with dark stripes… Read More>>

The state emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions… Read More>>

Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, whose branches root themselves like new trees over a large area… Read More>>

The song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a source of inspiration to the people… Read More>>

A fleshy fruit, eaten ripe or used green for pickles etc., of the tree Mangifera indica, the mango is one of the… Read More>>

The National Flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle and dark green… Read More>>

The national calendar based on the Saka Era, with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 days… Read More

The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus, the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped… Read More>>

The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi… Read More>>