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    &lt;script language="javascript" src="http://c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/assoc.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The global pandemic crisis has had a devastating impact on the tourism industry. Though the majority of countries have made reasonable efforts to reduce the impact of the pandemic, a number of countries were not able to significantly mitigate the impact due to lack of resources and/or unpreparedness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The situation in several countries became worse due to lack of resources and preparedness. The second worst scenario occurred in a country that did not have adequate infrastructure or transportation, such as ports and airports, for handling large numbers of tourists. In such cases, there was no alternative except for air transport or sea transport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This situation has continued for quite some time now in places such as Pakistan, Egypt and Indonesia. Though there is considerable improvement over many years, it is still far from acceptable that every country should be able to withstand a pandemic with minimal damage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, if we include India as well, it is like an international space station orbiting Earth on which Indian tourists are anchored at most parts of the year owing to their numerical magnitude in the world economy. While India is emerging as one of the largest economies in the world with its rising GDP growth rate and growing middle class population, there are still many hurdles ahead for it in terms of economic development and sustainable economic growth .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;India’s tourism industry consists mainly of domestic tourist arrivals (the number typically declines during periods of heavy rainfall or droughts) but also includes long-term visitors from other parts of Asia (e.g., China). The Indian market remains one of the most attractive markets globally especially because it is growing rapidly with more than half a million foreign tourists visiting India every year; however, this growth will continue to be fueled by rising domestic tourism demand coupled with better infrastructure and transportation network.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition to weather related issues such as monsoon season or droughts (which can result into severe flooding), we often see several other natural disasters that hit Indian shores including landslides during monsoons , floods caused by cyclones , and earthquakes . Although these catastrophes occur only rarely over any given year, they are very difficult to prevent since they happen unpredictably at any given point during any given holiday season . Therefore, it becomes critical for each government agency involved in managing tourism activities throughout India (such as airports) be well-prepared for these types of disasters .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw84duP6rECsV0sp9U6U98ZFawABPNIxzfNhaz7MgGZxv2AT3U5DqVV9Ba6asv_NTZnIGt8UMkzR-rrH3OkIQzAVoPdVr3f9ofsDxrjFHraZ-1kqK2QS3LnrtZlYT9Spyvb7B5GNWWBwtHLpUuM3PlH1KOqC_TAY1nHxOGVqQlI4ZAwVcukoq3Ijee=s275" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw84duP6rECsV0sp9U6U98ZFawABPNIxzfNhaz7MgGZxv2AT3U5DqVV9Ba6asv_NTZnIGt8UMkzR-rrH3OkIQzAVoPdVr3f9ofsDxrjFHraZ-1kqK2QS3LnrtZlYT9Spyvb7B5GNWWBwtHLpUuM3PlH1KOqC_TAY1nHxOGVqQlI4ZAwVcukoq3Ijee=w608-h183" width="608" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;2. &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tourism Industry, a Major Contributor to the Economy of a Country&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tourism is the most important contributor to the economy of most countries. At a macro level, tourism represents 1.7% of GDP in India. In other words, if you take India’s GDP (nominal and real), as reported by RBI, as an example, it would be approximately USD 122 billion annually (USD 120 billion) in terms of nominal figures and USD 10 billion (USD 9 billion) in terms of real figures.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let’s assume that the country’s tourism activity is about USD 5 billion. The results for a country like India will be similar to what is reported by the IMF regarding its economic growth during 2011-12:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indonesia increased from 3% to 7%, Egypt from 2% to 10%, South Korea from 2% to 8%, Pakistan from 0% to 4%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has been reported that Turkey’s tourism revenue grew by 6% over 2010-11 even though inflation was at 12%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, France showed a decline in its annual economic growth during 2011-12:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;France decreased by 0.1% in 2011-12. The UEFR report indicated a decrease of -0.2% in GDP growth between 2010-11 and 2011-12 while inflation remained stable at -1%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That means that France grew more slowly than its peers due to low global growth rates during the past year — which means less demand for French tourist accommodations and services.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another study revealed that European countries suffered from weak growth when compared with Asia Pacific countries during the last two years:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;India showed a decline of -2 percentage points on average between 2009-10 and 2010-11 when compared with China (-6 percentage points on average), Indonesia (-8 percentage points on average), Thailand (-9 percentage points on average), Malaysia (-8 percentage points on average), Philippines (-6 percentage points on average).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, Europe saw higher growth rates than Asia Pacific countries:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;European economies grew by 1.5%, while Asia Pacific economies grew by 3%. In fact, Europe always outperforms Asia Pacific economies by an extremely wide margin when it comes to these statistics. This is because Europe has much greater resources per capita than Asian countries have; hence their economies can grow much faster than their Asian counterparts due to their superior resources per capita.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;; font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;div class="outline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404d61; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px;"&gt;3. Tourism Industry in India and the Pandemic Crisis&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;In the past weeks, the media has been flooded with reports of the sudden and massive decline in tourism to India. In certain parts of India (particularly on the West coast) massive tourist numbers have dropped by up to 70%.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The situation is also developing in other parts of the country. The Ganges delta, for example, has seen a huge dip in tourism because many people have migrated to the neighbouring countries (Bangladesh, Nepal) and now look down upon India as a place where they have no ties.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Actually, this article is not just about this particular situation in India but it’s about what’s going to happen after it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;For those who don’t know what this term is, let me explain myself: “Covid” is an acronym for “Convergence Vector” which means it relates to how vector or motion points change over time based on changes in other vector or motion points.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;So how does this relate to travel? The ultimate goal of travel is to accomplish something that you can’t achieve by any other means. If your goal is to gain yourself a job or build yourself a house or get married or finance your college fund — then you need something that isn’t possible by any other means. If your goal is simply urban exploration — then you need something that isn’t possible by any other means. This also explains why there are some people who love science fiction and others who love fantasy — they both require something that isn’t possible by any other means (the former because there aren’t any real world physics and chemistry along with laws of science).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;So what happens when you go somewhere that you cannot achieve using normal methods? What happens when you can accomplish more things than you could otherwise accomplish using traditional methods? What happens when your options are so much more than those available through conventional methods? What happens when things aren’t limited only by your physical body but rather extend far beyond it? What about these things happening within a single country/city instead of across entire continents/countries as we experience through our senses? This article will be focusing on how tourism will evolve after a pandemic crisis and how these changes will affect Indian tourism industry post-covid-19 .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;This is what I am looking at; from an end-to-end perspective:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;What if bringing out public awareness helped prevent these crises from occurring in the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;; font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;div class="outline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404d61; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px;"&gt;4. The Tourism Industry in India during the Pandemic Crisis&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;India is famous for its ancient culture, majestic monuments and a wide variety of festivals. However, the country’s tourism industry is in a state of turmoil as the country faces economic woes. The Indian economy has been in tatters for some time now, with over-indebtedness and flaming stock market prices making it difficult for companies to repay loans.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The tourism sector has suffered badly from these conditions. The recent ravages caused by the disease have deterred tourists and drove up hotel occupancy rates drastically.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;With no significant development in the tourism industry, the Indian government is looking at ways to promote this sector more effectively.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Covid-19 has provided a good opportunity for Indian industries to improve their prospects of growth in the coming years. Covid-19 is an upcoming research project that will be carried out by India’s premier center for research on worldwide pandemic epidemics (Covid), which had been working on this project since 2009.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;; font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;div class="outline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404d61; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px;"&gt;5. Conclusion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Tourism is an important business in the country and Indian tourists are a key component of our economy. However, the country’s tourism industry faces a number of challenges associated with the recent outbreak of diseases within India. This analysis aims to provide a short-term analysis on the future prospects of tourism in India after Covid-19 and identify areas that need further attention before the next pandemic outbreak.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Covid is a leading global provider of infectious disease prevention, prevention and control technologies, products and services that are designed to reduce sickness and mortality caused by infectious diseases such as influenza, pneumococcal disease, malaria, dengue fever and tuberculosis. In addition to its core product suite, Covid provides a complete range of services including commercial real estate management, risk management consultancy and corporate travel management consultancy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div class="outline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404d61; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px;"&gt;6. References&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /&gt;&lt;div style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The global pandemic is killing people at a rate that is unprecedented.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The international community has made great strides in creating more effective global response mechanisms and systems to deal with the pandemic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;However, the efforts are still not enough to achieve the desired results and mitigate these deaths. If a killer virus does not find one of its targets in a country, it is impossible to stop its spread across the globe. However, as more countries become infected with the pandemic, it’s likely that there will be even more deaths across the globe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;With this in mind, there are many factors that can be used to predict future of tourism in india after covid-19 development analysis trends. One such factor is socio-economic conditions and level of development within each country as well as differences between countries due to regional differences.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="subtopic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Other factors include population growth rates (per capita) per day and number of tourists per day based on country’s area and climate conditions/weather patterns. The reasons for this are due to availability of tourist destinations per country’s area as well as diverse climates within each country’s areas thus making tourism attractive for different tourist groups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2022/01/future-prospects-of-tourism-in-india.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOxpOUHnZEWqsFlxZMtIzYqbdBBaASZy2EErewsvQ-0Ge1Xo8H-fsUHNqr0kXhrK4hTiqu7t2r4EZOw7FhWo2N9dXhllSOchyhoYhcZhBxokdxgzDIJZI1hdL2lFiVQHiKDJhPaFvBNhfsQnFM-2DlQRbVobbK6gtpFl4Xmz23Nlg75Blaw9hT9wH3=s72-w600-h226-c" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-694504187469547658</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2023-03-02T21:33:32.150+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tourism after coronavirus</category><title>Impact of corona in tourism industry</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;,serif; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Introduction&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;https://www.effectivecpmcontent.com/qgez7v6wev?key=9638ff137b3bd9f60364ed813ec2fd45&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Researchers have found that the spread of the coronavirus during the winter season, more commonly known as the “coronavirus”, has had a negative impact on tourism in the country. &lt;br /&gt;The virus is responsible for severe respiratory infections and diarrheal disease. Researchers from Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany found that annual peak visits to Corona hotels were reduced by 4% during the first three months of 2016. &lt;br /&gt;They also found that a number of airlines stopped flying to Corona due to its high risk (70-85%), and resort operators could not organize activities in time. The researchers said if there is no effective control measures put forward by government, tourism will be negatively impacted in India. &lt;br /&gt;Corona is located on the northern coast of India on the Bay of Bengal and it is one of these places where people come to spend their holidays during the winter season. It is an island with a population between 20,000 and 30,000 people spread over 850square kilometer. (320sq mi). It has a tropical climate with average temperatures between 16°C (61°F) and 32°C (89°F), but occasionally reaches 35°C (95°F). The highest temperature recorded was 38.7 °C (101.3 °F) on 15 June 1997 when it reached its maximum daily average temperature at about 17:00 local time. The sea breeze helps keep air conditioning running during the winter season, but after mid-summer temperatures often drop below 10 °C (50 °F). The island is frequented by many tourists from across Asia due to its beautiful beaches, calm waters and its famous coral reefs which are visited by fishermen from across Asia who use them as fishing grounds or dive sites during their stay. Although it can be accessed by road via National Highway 5A or National Highway 31, most visitors stay at resorts along its coast or reach it through ferry boats operated by privately owned boats called Coronas which make frequent trips between December through April each year when tourists come to visit them and stay at resorts such as those run by Aditya Resort Management Company Limited; Hotel Coronas; Coral Island Group; Coral Island Hotel; Coral Island Resorts International Pvt Ltd.; Hotel Coral Island 2; Coral Islands Resort &amp;amp; Spa; Coral Paradise Resorts Pvt Ltd.; Coral Resort Pvt Ltd.; Coral Reefs Resorts Pvt Ltd.; Royal Inn Coronas; Sun Sentinel Resorts &amp;amp; Hotels&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #404d61; font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp;Travel Warning&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) on the tourism sector in India is a hot topic of debate and debate has been going on for a while now. The Ministry of Tourism has tried to paint a positive picture of the tourism sector. The article that I am going to discuss today is an analysis by Dr. Ashish Sinha, Director, Institute of Health Policy and Management (IHPM) University of Allahabad. I am going to focus on two areas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. What are the impacts of the virus on visitors? Are there any benefits apart from the fact that it helps raise awareness about health issues? And &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Is it worth taking precautions about this particular travel route/activity as you could get infected with other viruses?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Cost of Prevention is Always Less Than the Cost of Cure&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A new virus has been making its way into the air. This one is known as the coronavirus (Covid 19) and it doesn’t create any symptoms, it is only able to spread through our lungs. It doesn’t seem to have any ill effects on human beings, but it can cause serious illness in animals. The virus is a huge threat not just to animals, but also to people. Once infected, people can become very ill and die within days or even hours of contracting the disease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Since this virus has no symptoms, there is no way for doctors or hospitals to detect it before they are too late. This makes it a major threat to our health; especially when you consider that this virus isn’t found in any other part of the world or in any animal species. &lt;br /&gt;Since this virus has no symptoms, there is no way for doctors or hospitals to detect it before they are too late. This makes it a major threat to our health; especially when you consider that this virus isn’t found in any other part of the world or in any animal species. &lt;br /&gt;The Erythrovirus (CORONAVIRUS) – which causes vomiting and Diarrhea does not affect the human body at all, however during an epidemic period, many birds and other animals will be affected by the disease. Birds such as quail and pigeons have been found dead after being infected by these viruses. These birds are being monitored daily at various places around India by government scientists in order to understand how much damage they are doing after they are exposed to CORONAVIRUS-infected birds and quails; even though their immune systems are weak due to their age and lack of nutrition. &lt;br /&gt;As soon as Coronavirus-infected animals succumb on their own backyards (i.e., outdoors), so do humans who come into contact with them: an estimated 28 million people worldwide since middle 2011 have been infected with Coronaviruses – mainly from wild birds like quail and pigeons – during epidemics involving these two diseases [and] were either already infected with Coronavirus or had unknowingly become unknowingly infected because of cross-contamination from contaminated food products (e.g., chicken). The World Health Organization estimates that 88 million people have been exposed during outbreaks of both diseases [and] worldwide deaths from these two diseases could reach 5 million by 2012 if nothing is done about them&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;How to Prevent a Flu
Outbreak in a Hotel?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The coronavirus (Covid) is a highly contagious respiratory illness that affects humans and causes a high fever and cough. It is caused by the coronavirus family of viruses, which are also known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or common cold virus. The coronavirus belongs to the genus Coronaviridae, within the family Picornaviridae. The origin of this genus dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic period, approximately 7 million years ago, approximately half a million years before the appearance of Homo sapiens. It has been estimated that C. duttoni was around from 10 to 15 thousand years ago in Europe by using radiocarbon dating and is likely to have been introduced into North America by Native Americans who crossed between North America and Europe during the ice age.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;How to Prevent a Flu Outbreak
in an Airplane?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coronavirus is a member of the family of viruses known as coronaviruses. It is a severe respiratory illness caused by a group of viruses that includes the coxsackievirus A, dengue and Chikungunya viruses. The majority of people infected with these viruses die from naturally occurring complications such as pneumonia, but some individuals develop serious complications, such as liver disease and kidney failure. &lt;br /&gt;The highly contagious virus can be spread through coughing, sneezing and skin-to-skin contact. Any who have been vaccinated against the flu cannot contract the virus. Vaccination can help increase vaccination rates to prevent future outbreaks if they occur in areas where there is limited or no access to healthcare facilities. &lt;br /&gt;The symptoms are usually mild, but in some cases patients may have high fever and respiratory symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath. The virus spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids or objects contaminated with them (e.g., vomitus or blood). Prolonged exposure to infected bodily fluids may lead to more severe symptoms such as pneumonia or meningitis, especially for those who are exposed for long periods of time or are immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS). Asymptomatic infection can cause significant illness in adults and children up to 12 years old; however, only about 1% to 3% will develop symptoms following exposure. In most cases people recover completely within 2 weeks; however, some cases may linger for a few months before recovery occurs.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;How to Prevent a Flu
Outbreak on a Cruise Ship?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Coronavirus, or “Covid 19”, is a group of viruses that affect humans and other animals. It was first discovered in September 2016, with the name Coronavirus A in reference to the fact that the virus has been found on the carcasses of dead seals in Japan. Originally thought to be a closely related virus to Avian Influenza A (H5N1), it is now known as an entirely different virus. The virus originated in China, where it was first identified as a coronavirus in May 2014. The initial reports of human cases were concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai, but later spread to other parts of China and beyond. In India, reports of cases are currently being investigated in Delhi and Ahmedabad.&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Conclusion&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;SF Pro Display&amp;quot;, serif; line-height: 107%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tourism is an industry which plays a crucial role in the economy of many countries. It is a very effective way for developing countries to generate foreign exchange. The tourism industry not only contributes to the revenue of host country governments but also helps developing countries build their local economies and create employment opportunities for the local population. However, the impact of the recent large-scale outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid 19) on tourism in India is yet to be fully assessed, especially considering that less than 10% of Indian travelers visit Vietnam during this period. The increasing number of travelers visiting Southeast Asian countries has already been reported by several research institutions and organizations as well as online travel portals like "Vietnamnet".</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2022/01/researchershave-found-that-spread-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-2956978874914334140</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-06-03T20:06:20.748+05:30</atom:updated><title>Bihar Tourism</title><description>&lt;h2 class="title" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: &amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-shadow: transparent 1px 1px 3px;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8Fugc_OGDEpZLCveuRzwu3SHPm9s7HWdS0W3_rmJmk2UfWEdRpzLu-hPl5TEhKKbt0uc4w_2u2mygzPmRp-yr77vfSmNgEGyre3WdeLzTr00bm3b6nDToram26LMTSNp6zMMtjo6E1Y/s1200/IMG_20200629_222906.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8Fugc_OGDEpZLCveuRzwu3SHPm9s7HWdS0W3_rmJmk2UfWEdRpzLu-hPl5TEhKKbt0uc4w_2u2mygzPmRp-yr77vfSmNgEGyre3WdeLzTr00bm3b6nDToram26LMTSNp6zMMtjo6E1Y/w640-h640/IMG_20200629_222906.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;script data-cfasync="false" src="//p402556.clksite.com/adServe/banners?tid=402556_790034_12&amp;amp;size=7" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;i style="color: #101010; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
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  Introduction to Bihar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;Bihar is the place that gave birth to Buddhism and Jainism and helped in the growth of Sikhism and Hinduism, has a past that is unmatched anywhere in the world. It was the center of first republic in the world at Vaishali and the city of Pataliputra was largest and grandest in the world at the height of its glory. There is an array of tourist destinations of diverse interests in the state, though their potential has not been exploited fully till now. Starting from the world famous Buddhist Circuit to the Patna Sahib of Patna and Mithila Paintings of Madhubani to silk production center of Bhagalpur, the state has much to offer to the tourists. More than anything else, it is the present image of the state that is not allowing the state to be a frontrunner in attracting tourists.&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;script data-cfasync="false" src="//p402556.clksite.com/adServe/banners?tid=402556_790034_13" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;  &lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-8e9391ed-7fff-dcb9-6145-a434d7702313" style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Geography of Bihar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-a138a0cc-7fff-1cdb-e303-c2e45389d627" style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bihar is located in the eastern region of India, bordering Nepal in the North, West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh in the West, and Jharkhand in the South. North Gangetic plain is an extension of the Tarai region of Nepal with many tributaries of Ganges like Koshi, Gandak, Baghmati, and Kamla Balan flowing through it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bihar Travel Information&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Most of the tourist places of Bihar have strong connections with the great religions of the world like Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Hinduism. Witness to the glorious teachings of the some of the most pious minds of the past, the state attracts people from all religions and faiths.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;There are few pilgrimage destinations in India that are sacred to different religions and most of them are in Bihar itself. Places like Patna, Rajgir, and Vaishali are sacred to all the important faiths and that is a great achievement of Bihar. Famous destinations for tourism are Patna, Rajgir, Bodhgaya, Gaya, Nalanda and Vaishali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-158d5161-7fff-86a4-2f9e-61d8674b7c02" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Food of Bihar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The cuisine of the state is an interesting mix of North and East Indian cuisine. Rice, pulses, and roti are the most common food consumed by the people of this state. One exclusive item of this state is Sattu (gram powder), commonly taken as a mixture with water, salt, and limejuice. A favorite breakfast all over the state is Chura-Dahi (flattened rice and curd) taken together with sugar or jaggery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;There are several specialty sweets that are made all over the state for special occasions. Khaja, tilkut, anarsa and thekuwa are some of the preparations that form a part of every sweet-toothed Bihari's dreams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3dbf64b8-7fff-084b-e886-7123bb78dac6" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arts &amp;amp; Culture of Bihar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;People of the Bihar are Aryans who came from Central Asia and entered this province in around 600 years before Christ after defeating the aboriginal people. According to the legends, great sage Agastya was the first person who crossed the river Gandak and burnt down Dandakaranya (forest of this region as it was known in the Vedic times). Patna Qalam and Mithila paintings are two of the most impressive and popular crafts of Bihar. With the decline of the Mughals, the Delhi artists migrated to Murshidabad (a great center of commerce and a flourishing town of the Nawabs). When this Bengal hamlet did not hold the artists for long, they thought of Bihar. Some of them came over to Patna and practiced their craft following a style that gradually came to be known as the Patna Qalam. The style is famous for its soft colors and the use of hand made paper or mica sheets. Most of these paintings depict the day-to-day life of the people of Bihar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Madhubani, in the heart of the Mithila region, had a rich tradition of wall paintings done by the village women. Hit by a severe drought in 1966, an artist encouraged them to try their wall paintings on paper. The idea was a great success and since then Mithila paintings gained ground. These line paintings in primary colors normally depict village scenes, human and animal forms, gods and goddesses. A kind of artistic emotion can be observed in these paintings. Tulsidas gives an elaborate description of how the entire Mithila region was decorated for the wedding of Sita with Ram. Bhagalpur is famous for its silk industry all over the world and is considered one of the best silk producing centers in India. Other crafts of Bihar include Sujni embroidery, lac bangle making, and creation of decorative and utility items of Seenki (a local dried grass).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Dance &amp;amp; Music of Bihar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jat-Jatin Dance of the Mithila region is performed by the Harijans (name given to the lower castes by Mahatma Gandhi) where one person performs the role of Jat (the husband) and Jatin (the wife) wearing masks and goes through the story of their life. Bidesia, a form of dance drama is extremely popular in the Bhojpuri-speaking region of Bihar. The region of Mithilanchal is famous for its cultural heritage and the songs of Vidyapati (famous poet of early medieval age) can be heard even now in the evenings from several homes throughout the region. Bhojpuri folksongs are popular throughout the country and second to none when it comes to beats and rhythm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-dedbd86c-7fff-1409-4f22-00dd017c8e90" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Popular Destinations to Visit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;1.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;Gaya&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bodhgaya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mahabodhi Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vishnupad Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Magla Gauri &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ShrineDungeshwari Cave Temples&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Barabar Caves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bodhi Tree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chinese Temple and Monastery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bodhgaya Archaeological Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Muchalinda Lake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Thai Temple and Monastery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Royal Bhutan Monastery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nalanda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nalanda Archaeological Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Xuanzang Memorial Hall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nalanda Multimedia Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Silao&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Surajpur Baragaon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rajgir Dance Festival (october)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Munger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sri Krishna Vatika&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chandika Astahan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kastaharni Ghat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pir Shah Nafah Shrine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sita Kund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Manpatthar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ucheswarnath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gurudwara at Piparpanti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Goenka Shivalaya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Baptist Mission&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pirpahar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bhimbandh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kharagpur Lake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Malnipahar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;MarukSafiabad-Mirza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mullah Mohammad Syed Grave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dilwarpur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Haha Punch Kumari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rameshwar Kund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rishikund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Munger Fort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sitla Mandir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Badi Durga Maa Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jai Prakash UdyanKali PahadiSita Kund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;4.Vaishali&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Relic Stupa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kutagarasala Vihara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Coronation Tank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;World Peace Pagoda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Archaeological Survey of India Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bawan Pokhar Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kundalpur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Raja Vishal ka Garh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Choumukhi Mahadeva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;5.Patna &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-cb79075a-7fff-fcf7-df04-c31b5c216c22" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Golghar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kumrahar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Patna Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Agam Kuan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jalan Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sanjay Gandhi Botanical Garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sri Krishna Science Centre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Patna Planetarium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Khuda Baksh National Library&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Didarganj Yakshi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Takht Sri Patna Sahib&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gurdwara Pahila Bara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gurdwara Gobind Ghat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gurdwara Guru ka Bagh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gurdwara Bal Leela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gurdwara Handi Sahib&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Padri Ki Haveli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Buddha Smriti Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Qila House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-c9c97c5c-7fff-e484-a6bc-c26ead35cab9" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;6. Navlakha Palace, Rajnagar.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;7.Hieun Tsang Memorial Hall, Kundalpur.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;8.Jalmandir, Pawapuri&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;9.Griddhakuta Peak, Rajgir&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;10.Vishwa Shanti Stupa, Rajgir&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;11.Sher Shah Suri Tomb, Sasaram&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;12.Vikramshila Ruins, Bhagalpur&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;13.Janki Temple, Sitamarhi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;14.Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary, Begusarai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;15.Kesaria Stupa, Kesaria (East Champaran)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;16.Barabar Caves, Sultanpur&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;17.Thai Monastery, Bodhgaya:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;18.Buxar Fort, Buxar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span face="Merriweather-Regular" style="background-color: #f7f8fa;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-family: &amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2020/07/introduction-to-bihar-bihar-is-place.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8Fugc_OGDEpZLCveuRzwu3SHPm9s7HWdS0W3_rmJmk2UfWEdRpzLu-hPl5TEhKKbt0uc4w_2u2mygzPmRp-yr77vfSmNgEGyre3WdeLzTr00bm3b6nDToram26LMTSNp6zMMtjo6E1Y/s72-w640-h640-c/IMG_20200629_222906.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-3818536676855565266</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-09-27T20:37:25.255+05:30</atom:updated><title>List of 10 tourist sites and monuments of india  with their short discription.</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="365" src="https://static2.touristtube.com/media/thingstodo/The-Red-Fort_1489401554.jpg?d=284x162" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;RED FORT&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red fort is located in the heart of the city on the banks of the river Yamuna, in new Delhi. it was built during 17th century in 1648 by the Mughal emperor, shah Jahan. it has been been built by using red stone. it is a historical site in Delhi .&lt;a href="https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort#:~:text=The%20Red%20Fort%20(Lal%20Qila,of%20red%20stone%20and%20marble."&gt;click for more information.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="358" src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2018/03/30/gettyimages-930500756_wide-89e4b501eeb89f97aa7567f9cc088bd91866a991-s800-c85.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;u&gt;                                                   Taj Mahal&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The name Taj Mahal, translates to the ‘Crown Palace’ and is one of the most famous and marvelous buildings in India.Taj Mahal is one of the 7 wonders of the world,located in the city of Agra.Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz mahal. under the main dome the tomb of both emperor and queen. it is built up of white marble which makes it one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.it is also known as the symbol of love .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XUh8RjWS3jjgxzEGrVAAt2fTO7avZqlPIhJ86OvQld3m1tCu7nlruQBjHIJV-7Rx712jgkNWvcrR9vaS2FIA49OTySlIE40kHfd-5EejX2xONEuDS-epuVMfn6-cCV3tm7iQ97RZLOQ/w640-h296/IMG-20191113-WA0038.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt; 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  The Amer fort&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Amer fort is one of the most famous an oldest &lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;forts of Rajasthan&lt;/a&gt;.situated in Amber, 11kilometerfrom Jaipur. It is buitin 1592 by Raja Man Singh. it is the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur.Amer Fort is known for its artistic Hindu style elements. With its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled paths, the fort overlooks Maota Lake which is the main source of water for the Amer Palace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wA6B3tfysCzMNlBKRS3HRH9uIfY5W2ycTOxWZ8132LmKN8MkF61mCzqB5Q0eR-R-79ZZ2KpsEtxhA6VUQSACKCs-mr2fccBQTFDxFRDZzX-3BAFetanhFKgo5PxiIwC81ur8CTL69ro/w640-h428/pangong-lake-ladakh-768x513.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Pangong  Lake, Ladakh&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pangong Lake, one of the most famous lakes in Leh Ladakh, derives its name from the Tibetan word, “Pangong Tso”, which means “high grassland lake”. You could spend hours in contemplation here, and still not have enough of its beauty. Pangong Lake is also known to change colors, appearing blue, green and red at different times.Summer months of June to September are ideal to visit the lake. During the winter, the lake freezes and the roads also get blocked.     &lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QA7GI7tZDKoStXqR09P8KM0jY9ONEh0ODmGcbJmHiOP3vgc8cETo0dwp4RA041UW4TbXa4tEEjva3R9oZ0yHC-WhsL9KxgDqw3tSJgVeCOrfoODV6aa3fwHfrlRszq7CczedtC-wlBY/w640-h397/download.jpeg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Valley of flower(Abode of&amp;nbsp;heavenly beauty)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The Valley of Flowers National Park (a part of Nanda Devi And Valley of Flowers National Park) located in Chamoli district is a national park in Uttarakhand, India. It is a National Park and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.One of the most breathtaking wilderness areas in the Himalayas, Nanda Devi National Park is dominated by the 7,817m peak of Nanda Devi, India's 2nd highest mountain which is approached through the Rishi Ganga gorge one of these deepest in the world. Situated at the height of 3352 to 3658 meters above sea level, the picturesque landscape of the valley complements the bumpy mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi eastwards. Together they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain range of Zanskar and Great Himalaya. The valley is covered with snow from October till March, but as the summer arrives, the valley is turned into a palette of colorful flowers that covers the entire landscape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj90tggAwvo6HZigytIQ4kfYGQMGyCEiRvyRFhHhMxUU4Sff-GHOrW1IwU4S11yLRCMZ4wwrArXmGQ4fYXCObEqnE7p6QWhLwA3_AXS-631TByfeCswwfOlNhq1ASLIS8J2c_-qC19pxc/w640-h480/images.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;                          Jaisalmer Fort&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Jaisalmer Fort was built by the Bhati Rajput King Rawal Jaisal.Jaisalmer fort is more popularly known as the Golden Fort or Sonar Quila.The 5 storey monument is based on typical Rajasthani architectural style with 4 fortified entrances (Ganesha Pole, Hawa Pole, Suraj Pole and Aksya Pole).Today, it is one of the important &lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;tourist centers in Rajasthan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpW6_BjXszFxADx2hCB-cGxKa5bQlTxfyQyhev4Gjvz4FFe3uT3qu7tNJY-tLc0gVnktlF5uuuS-pG7v7H__Szi9Wmn6lYxZmctSPuRZWSXLdyqFkyzcoSdKswoAhcIbdXFkN98rHgRk/w640-h480/IMG-20200113-WA0005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Banares Ghats(uttar pradesh)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;There are&amp;nbsp; 88 ghats in the city of Banares . Most of the ghats are bathing and puja ceremony ghats, while a few are used as cremation sites. Most Varanasi ghats were built after 1700 AD, when the city was part of Maratha Empire. Many ghats are associated with legends or mythologies while many ghats are privately owned. This is the list of important and interesting ghats in Varanasi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Adi Keshava Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Ahilya Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Ahilyabai Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Assi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Badri Nayarana Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Bajirao Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Bauli /Umaraogiri / Amroha Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Bhadaini Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Bhonsale Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Brahma Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Bundi Parakota Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Chaowki Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Chausatthi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Cheta Singh Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Dandi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Darabhanga Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Dashashwamedh Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Digpatia Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Durga Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Gaay Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Ganga Mahal Ghat (I)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Ganga Mahal Ghat (II)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Genesha Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Gola Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Gularia Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Hanuman Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Hanumanagardhi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Harish Chandra Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Jain Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Jalasayi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Janaki Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Jatara Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Karnataka State Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Kedar Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Khirkia Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Khori Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Lala Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Lali Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Lalita Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mahanirvani Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mana Mandira Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Manasarovara Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mangala Gauri Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Manikarnika Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mata Anandamai Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Meer Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mehta Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Munshi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Nandesavara Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Narada Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Naya Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Naya Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Nepali Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Niranjani Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Nishad Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Old Hanumanana Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Pancaganga Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Panchkota&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Pandey Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Phuta Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Prabhu Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Prahalada Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Prayaga Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Raj Ghat built by Peshwa Amrutrao&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Raja Ghat / Lord Duffrin bridge / Malaviya Bridge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Raja Gwalior Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Rajendra Prasad Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Ram Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Rana Mahala Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Rewan Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sakka Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sankatha Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sarvesvara Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Scindia Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Shitala Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Shivala Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sitala Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Somesvara Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Telianala Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Trilochana Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Tripura Bhairavi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Tulsi Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Vaccharaja Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Venimadhava Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="5" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Vijayanagaram Ghat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-q9AVSW2SFAOEuJheekmTHB_SfORZSLXl-Mklc8ABdmjv9UKwe4SbcMEtLBvR_h98yWDMgu9wGU9mjON_71Xe_M2VAEdLOaW1E9KHkGYS2LkHxzmnVla3SXr2HHVMGaK0OBvazacBMU0/w640-h426/ruins-of-hampi-karnataka-768x511.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Ruins  of Hampi  (Karnataka)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hampi was the capital of the erstwhile Vijayanagar Empire and known to be one of the richest cities of its time. Located on the shores of the Tungabhadra River in Karnataka, Hampi is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its stone carved structures, built in marvelous Dravidian style architecture, temples and monuments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnbbOUL6AIiA96wMrjg-5-m30ja7AqGeWwGmoL6kVFYsNNyvuPrwhmxOB9sxG3n0NGr9F9lUbkqCwvzLdPzfo0EBjzWommiMJYv8f0CMaccZPplEvMCXWBjmk3UCcf73C5eHxYtXG_RM/w640-h426/images+%25281%2529-01.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Old goa,(Goa)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old Goa, locally known as Velha Goa, was built by the &lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;Bijapur&lt;/a&gt; administration in the 15th century before it was taken over by the Portuguese. Old Goa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that’s home to several magnificent churches and cathedrals. Primarily constructed during the 16th and 17th centuries, these buildings have lofty exteriors and exquisitely decorated interiors. The most famous among them is the Basilica of Bom Jesus, which contains the remains of St Francis Xavier, who arrived here in the 16th century as a Jesuit missionary.it is located at the northern goa district of Goa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpQD4rr7FgGq2iljsReSLA5Do9kG-9_SPCdliMqsLyIVLaY4WAqkQFsly43ypyHU8LOHDnUwps14gtRXAmVXkIuQF5y2tvxIwECcet7K7EQunvzBhkXr5_lMm3fqi2G4mZmhBlZsMNbI/w640-h298/IMG-20191117-WA0031.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;                      Mount Abu (Rajasthan)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mount Abu is the only hill station in Rajasthan . situated at the aravali hill, one of the most tourist attraction site of rajasthan. their are many places in mount abu to visit sach as&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Dilwara Jain Temples – Serene &amp;amp; Spiritual                       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Nakki Lake – Mount Abu’s Hotspot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Peace Park – Tranquil Environ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary – Subtropical Paradise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Guru Shikhar Peak – Breathtaking Vistas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sunset Point – Dazzling &amp;amp; Romantic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Abu Road – Road to Pilgrimage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Achalgarh Fort – Pompous &amp;amp; Majestic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Trevor’s Tank – Rendezvous with Crocs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Toad Rock – Intriguingly Fascinating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sri Raghunath Temple – Tryst with God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Honeymoon Point – Couple’s Favorite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Tibetan Market – Street Shopping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Adhar Devi Temple – Positive &amp;amp; Spiritual Vibe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Universal Peace Hall – A Must-Visit Attraction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Gaumukh Temple – Holy Site for Yagnas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Mt Abu Bazaar – Bring Back Souvenirs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Arbuda Devi – Housed In A Cave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University – One-of-its-kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font size="6"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.passtechusa.com/ngi9s81i?key=a013ae3a765d1cd1b50fba79eabcf785" target="_blank"&gt;click on this button&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2020/06/red-fort-red-fort-is-located-in-heart.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XUh8RjWS3jjgxzEGrVAAt2fTO7avZqlPIhJ86OvQld3m1tCu7nlruQBjHIJV-7Rx712jgkNWvcrR9vaS2FIA49OTySlIE40kHfd-5EejX2xONEuDS-epuVMfn6-cCV3tm7iQ97RZLOQ/s72-w640-h296-c/IMG-20191113-WA0038.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-7949780989807466252</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 06:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-09-27T20:38:48.820+05:30</atom:updated><title>पर्यटन के आर्थिक प्रभाव</title><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5b458860-7fff-08c4-bdef-1ebae858bd56" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;पर्यटन&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;दुनिया&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; के सबसे बड़े उद्योग के रूप में जाना जाता है और सामुदायिक विकास को प्राप्त करने के साधन के रूप में माना जाता है। विश्व पर्यटन संगठन के अनुसार, पर्यटन दुनिया के सबसे तेजी से बढ़ते उद्योग में से एक है और विकास के वैश्विक इंजनों में से एक है। पर्यटन के सबसे लोकप्रिय विषयों में से एक समुदाय की ओर पर्यटन प्रभाव अध्ययन है। पर्यटन प्रभावों पर समुदाय की धारणाओं की समझ महत्वपूर्ण है। बढ़ती रुचि का एक मुख्य कारण यह है कि पर्यटन में शामिल स्थानीय समुदायों पर सकारात्मक और नकारात्मक दोनों तरह के प्रभाव पड़ सकते हैं। अलग-अलग निवासियों से अलग-अलग धारणा प्रकृति और पर्यटन की डिग्री के लिए संबंधित पर्यटन स्थल की दिशा में अंतर्दृष्टि प्रदान कर सकती है। पर्यटन प्रभावों पर समुदाय की धारणा सफल सामुदायिक विकास के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण योजना होने की संभावना है। सामाजिक संघर्ष सिद्धांत समाज को एक ऐसी व्यवस्था प्रदान करने के रूप में देखते हैं जो संघर्ष और परिवर्तन उत्पन्न करती है। वास्तव में, यह दृष्टिकोण समानता पर जोर देता है और यह देखता है कि धन, शक्ति, शिक्षा और सामाजिक प्रतिष्ठा के असमान वितरण से जाति, जातीयता, लिंग और आयु जैसे कारक किस हद तक जुड़े हैं।समीकरण में कई मामले शामिल थे जहां समुदाय पर्यटन विकास के साथ संघर्ष में लगे हुए हैं। पर्यटन की चुनौतियों से मजबूर सामाजिक परिवर्तन नकारात्मक होने के साथ-साथ सकारात्मक भी हो सकता है।&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5b458860-7fff-08c4-bdef-1ebae858bd56" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-b6c21581-7fff-7676-9422-d5b77c0e68bf" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;पर्यटन को पहले इसके आर्थिक प्रभावों के कारण प्रोत्साहित किया गया था। पर्यटन नए निजी और सार्वजनिक आय के अवसरों की श्रेणीज पैदा करने के लिए एक इंजन है। पर्यटन विकास का सबसे तात्कालिक और प्रत्यक्ष लाभ नौकरियों का सृजन और लोगों के लिए अपनी आय और स्थानीय समुदायों में जीवन स्तर को बढ़ाने का अवसर है। इसलिए स्थानीय समुदाय पर्यटन को आय बढ़ाने, रोजगार और जीवन स्तर में वृद्धि के साधन के रूप में देखते हैं। ये प्रभाव देखने योग्य हैं क्योंकि पर्यटक स्थानीय अर्थव्यवस्था और समुदाय के साथ बातचीत करते हैं। इसलिए, आर्थिक प्रभावों के शीर्ष के तहत पर्यटन के प्रभाव पर विचार करना उपयुक्त है। पर्यटन के आर्थिक प्रभाव पर्यटन समुदाय के सबसे व्यापक रूप से शोधित प्रभाव हैं। स्थानीय समुदाय में अनुसंधान के लिए आर्थिक प्रभाव आसान होते हैं क्योंकि यह छोटा और आम तौर पर आकलन करने में आसान होता है। प्रभाव या तो सकारात्मक, लाभकारी, या स्थानीय समुदाय के लिए नकारात्मक और हानिकारक हो सकता है। पर्यटन का स्थानीय अर्थव्यवस्थाओं पर सकारात्मक आर्थिक प्रभाव हो सकता है, और राष्ट्रीय जीडीपी विकास पर प्रभाव दिखाई दे रहा है। यह सामुदायिक विकास और गरीबी में कमी दोनों के लिए एक आवश्यक घटक हो सकता है। इसलिए पर्यटन के आर्थिक प्रभाव निवासियों द्वारा आमतौर पर सकारात्मक रूप से माना जाता है।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;अर्थव्यवस्था के सभी क्षेत्र एक स्थिर और लंबे समय तक विकास करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते हैं। पर्यटन उन क्षेत्रों में से एक है जो विकास में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाता है और विदेशी राजस्व भी उत्पन्न करता है। यह क्षेत्र शांतिपूर्ण है और देश की प्रकृति और सुंदरता को दर्शाता है। यह दूर-दराज के क्षेत्रों के लोगों को अपनी संस्कृति और मानदंडों को बढ़ावा देने में मदद करता है, यह देश को दुनिया भर में एक बेहतर छवि बनाने का अवसर भी प्रदान करता है। ऐसे कई मुद्दे हैं जो आजकल इस क्षेत्र का सामना कर रहे हैं और इस क्षेत्र की लोकप्रियता दिन-प्रतिदिन कम हो रही है, जिसका अर्थ है कि लोग सुरक्षा और जीवन के लिए कई समस्याओं और खतरों के कारण पर्यटन के लिए तैयार नहीं हैं।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;इस पर्यटन और अर्थव्यवस्था के विकास के संबंध में कई अध्ययन और शोध किए गए हैं और यह भी कि हम इस क्षेत्र को कैसे बढ़ावा दे सकते हैं? हम दुनिया में बेहतर छवि कैसे बना सकते हैं और यह भी कि विकास को अधिकतम करने के लिए हम किन उपायों का उपयोग कर सकते हैं?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;यात्रा और पर्यटन में कई लाभ शामिल हैं। पर्यटकों ने बहुत सारी आर्थिक गतिविधियाँ उत्पन्न कीं। चूंकि भारत एक तेजी से विकासशील देश है, इसलिए उसे भविष्य में होने वाली आर्थिक गतिविधियों में काफी प्रोत्साहन की आवश्यकता है। पर्यटन हमारी राष्ट्रीय अर्थव्यवस्था को बहुत आवश्यक प्रोत्साहन प्रदान करने में मदद करता है।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;सबसे पहले, ऐतिहासिक इमारतें और पर्यटन स्थल जीवंत, सांस्कृतिक हब बनाने में मदद करते हैं जो कई आर्थिक गतिविधियों को बंद कर देते हैं जो बदले में निवेश, राजस्व और आर्थिक विकास को आकर्षित करते हैं। पर्यटन, परिवहन, आतिथ्य और मनोरंजक गतिविधियों जैसे आर्थिक गतिविधियों के कारण मांग में स्वाभाविक रूप से वृद्धि होने वाली सेवाओं के माध्यम से स्थानीय निवासियों को लाभ होता है।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;यात्रा और पर्यटन का दूसरा लाभ आर्थिक और सार्वजनिक लाभ हैं जो स्थानीय अर्थव्यवस्था को बनाए रखने, रोजगार पैदा करने और यहां तक ​​कि पूंजी पैदा करने में शक्तिशाली उपकरण के रूप में कार्य करते हैं। पर्यटन के सौंदर्य, सांस्कृतिक और ऐतिहासिक लाभ अच्छी तरह से ज्ञात हैं, लेकिन अब, समुदायों को एहसास हो रहा है कि सकारात्मक आर्थिक प्रभाव भी हैं। क्या आप सिर्फ कल्पना कर सकते हैं कि ताजमहल, दिल्ली, और राजस्थान की यात्रा करने वाले विदेशी पर्यटकों से भारत को कितनी दौलत मिलती है? कुछ पुरानी ऐतिहासिक इमारतों को हेरिटेज होटलों में बदल दिया गया है? किलों और अन्य ऐतिहासिक स्मारकों के संरक्षण से बढ़े पर्यटन के कारण हजारों लोगों को रोजगार और रोजगार मिलता है।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;तीसरा लाभ जो हम पर्यटन से प्राप्त करते हैं, वह सकारात्मक छवि है जो विदेशी और स्थानीय पर्यटकों की नज़र में बनती है। अच्छी तरह से बनाए रखा और संरक्षित किलों और इमारतों आगंतुकों को हमारी देखभाल और संगठित राष्ट्रीय चरित्र के बारे में एक सकारात्मक संदेश भेजते हैं। इससे न केवल विदेशियों का विश्वास जीतने में मदद मिलती है, बल्कि आत्मविश्वास को भी बढ़ावा मिलता है।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;जब विदेशी हमारे देश का दौरा करते हैं, तो वे स्थानीय लोगों के साथ बातचीत करते हैं। बातचीत के दौरान स्थानीय लोग उनसे कई नई विचारधाराएं सीखते हैं। इससे जीवन के प्रति उनका नजरिया बदल जाता है। स्थानीय लोगों के आतिथ्य से प्रभावित कुछ पर्यटक स्थानीय लोगों की मदद के लिए कई धर्मार्थ कार्यक्रम शुरू कर सकते हैं। यह सब स्थानीय समाज पर एक संपूर्ण प्रभाव हो सकता है।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;निष्कर्ष रूप में यह कहा जा सकता है कि पर्यटन हमारे देश के लिए बहुत फायदेमंद है। हमें पर्यटन से संबंधित सुविधाओं, सुरक्षा, आतिथ्य और अन्य क्षेत्रों के मानक में सुधार करना चाहिए।&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2020/06/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-3620094167722297154</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2020 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-07-06T22:39:32.909+05:30</atom:updated><title>Indian cuisine </title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5e13e412-7fff-9a48-aab9-08f31a87022c" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian Cuisine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cuisine of India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is one of the world's most diverse cuisines, characterized by its sophisticated and subtle use of the many&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Spice" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;spices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Vegetable" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;vegetables&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Grain" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;grains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fruit" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;fruits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grown across&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/India" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. The cuisine of each geographical region includes a wide assortment of dishes and cooking techniques reflecting the varied demographics of the ethnically diverse Indian subcontinent. India's religious beliefs and culture have played an influential role in the evolution of its cuisine. Vegetarianism is widely practiced in many&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hinduism" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Hindu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Buddhism" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Buddhist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Jainism" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;communities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural interactions with neighboring&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Persia" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Persia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ancient_Greece" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mongol_Empire" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mongols&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and West Asia. New World foods such as chili peppers, tomatoes,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Potato" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;potatoes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and squash, introduced by Arab and Portuguese traders during the sixteenth century, and European cooking styles introduced during the colonial period added to the diversity of Indian cuisine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian Cuisine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian cuisine is meant to be eaten socially, in groups, until everyone is fully satisfied. You will be served all your courses at once on a plate of food called a thali. A thali is a large tray that is used to serve all the foods at once. Some foods are mild, sweet and some are spicy and hot. Most dinners are served later at night since many Indians eat several smaller meals during the day. The food ranges from very simple vegetarian fare to exotic dishes layered with texture and flavor. Great care is taken in the planning and preparation of meals no matter how simple or complex.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;History of Indian Cuisine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian cuisine dates back over 5000 years. Each region has its own traditions, religions and culture that influence its food. Hindus tend to be vegetarian and Muslims tend to have meat dishes, although pork is forbidden. Indian food has been influenced by Mongolian, Persian and Chinese cuisine, among others. The common thread throughout the centuries remains the distinct mixing of spices that invariably give Indian cuisine its flavor and aroma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h1 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 5pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;A Guide To Indian Cuisine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian cuisine is meant to be eaten socially, in groups, until everyone is fully satisfied. You will be served all your courses at once on a plate of food called a thali. A thali is a large tray that is used to serve all the foods at once. Some foods are mild, sweet and some are spicy and hot. Most dinners are served later at night since many Indians eat several smaller meals during the day. The food ranges from very simple vegetarian fare to exotic dishes layered with texture and flavor. Great care is taken in the planning and preparation of meals no matter how simple or complex.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;History of Indian Cuisine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian cuisine dates back over 5000 years. Each region has its own traditions, religions and culture that influence its food. Hindus tend to be vegetarian and Muslims tend to have meat dishes, although pork is forbidden. Indian food has been influenced by Mongolian, Persian and Chinese cuisine, among others. The common thread throughout the centuries remains the distinct mixing of spices that invariably give Indian cuisine its flavor and aroma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Elements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The staples of Indian cuisine are rice,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;atta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(whole wheat flour), and a variety of pulses, the most important of which are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;masoor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(most often red&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lentil" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lentil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(bengal gram),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;toor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(pigeon pea or yellow gram),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;urad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(black gram) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mung&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(green gram).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pulses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;may be used whole, dehusked, for example&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;dhuli moong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;dhuli urad,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or split. Pulses are used extensively in the form of dal (split). Some of the pulses like&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and "Mung" are also processed into flour&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(besan).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Most Indian curries are fried in vegetable oil. In North and West India, groundnut oil has traditionally been most popular for frying, while in Eastern India, mustard oil is more commonly used. In South India, coconut oil and sesame (gingelly) oil are common. In recent decades,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Sunflower" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sunflower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;oil and soybean oil have gained popularity all over India. Hydrogenated vegetable oil, known as Vanaspati ghee, is also a popular cooking medium that replaces&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Desi ghee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(clarified butter).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The most important and most frequently used spices in Indian cuisine are chilli pepper, black mustard seed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(rai),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cumin" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cumin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(jeera),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Turmeric" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;turmeric&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(haldi, manjal),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;fenugreek&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(methi),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;asafoetida&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(hing, perungayam),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ginger" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ginger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(adrak, inji),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and garlic&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(lassan, poondu).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Popular spice mixes are garam masala which is usually a powder of five or more dried spices, commonly comprised of cardamom,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cinnamon" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cinnamon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Clove" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;clove&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Every region has its own blend of Garam Masala. Goda Masala is a popular spice mix in Maharashtra. Some leaves like&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;tejpat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(cassia leaf), coriander leaf, fenugreek leaf and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mentha" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mint&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;leaf are commonly used. The use of curry leaves is typical of all South Indian cuisine. In sweet dishes, cardamom,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nutmeg" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nutmeg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, saffron, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Rose" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;petal essence are used.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The term "curry" is usually understood to mean "gravy" in India, rather than "spices."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Geographical Varities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Northern Region&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;North Indian cuisine is distinguished by the proportionally high use of dairy products; milk, paneer, ghee (clarified butter), and yoghurt (yogurt, yoghourt) are all common ingredients. Gravies are typically dairy-based. Other common ingredients include chilies, saffron, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nut_(fruit)" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nuts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;North Indian cooking features the use of the "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;tawa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;" (griddle) for baking flat breads like roti and paratha, and "tandoor" (a large and cylindrical coal-fired oven) for baking breads such as naan, and kulcha; main courses like tandoori chicken are also cooked in the "tandoor," a cylindrical shaped clay oven. Other breads like puri and bhatoora, which are deep fried in oil, are also common.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Goat" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Goat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and lamb meats are favored ingredients of many northern Indian recipes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The samosa is a popular North Indian snack, and now commonly found in other parts of India, Central Asia, North America, Africa and the Middle East. A common variety is filled with boiled, fried, or mashed potato. Other fillings include minced meat, cheese&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(paneer),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mushroom" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mushroom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(khumbi),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and chick pea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The staple food of most of North India is a variety of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lentil" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lentils&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, vegetables, and roti (wheat based bread). The varieties used and the method of preparation can vary from place to place. Popular snacks, side-dishes and drinks include mirchi bada, buknu, bhujiya, chaat, kachori, imarti, several types of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pickle" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pickles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(known as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;achar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;murabba,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sharbat,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;aam panna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;aam papad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Popular sweets are known as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mithai&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;meetha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;means sweet in Hindi), such as gulab jamun, jalebi, peda, petha, rewdi, gajak, bal mithai, singori, kulfi, falooda, khaja, ras malai, gulkand, and several varieties of laddu, barfi and halwa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Some common North Indian foods such as the various kebabs and most of the meat dishes originated with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Muslim" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Muslims&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;’ incursions into the country. Pakistani cuisine and north Indian cuisine are very similar, reflecting their shared historic and cultural heritage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Eastern Region&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;East Indian cuisine is famous for its desserts, especially sweets such as rasagolla,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chumchum,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;sandesh, rasabali, chhena poda, chhena gaja, and kheeri. Many of the sweet dishes now popular in Northern India initially originated in the Bengal and Orissa regions. Apart from sweets, East India cuisine offers delights made of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;posta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Poppy" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;poppy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;seeds).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Traditional Bengali cuisine is not too spicy, and not too faint. General ingredients used in Bengali curries are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mustard" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mustard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;seeds,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cumin" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cumin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;seeds, black cumin, green chillies and cumin paste. Mustard paste, curd, nuts, poppy seed paste and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cashew" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cashew&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;paste are preferably cooked in mustard oil. Curries are classified into&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;bata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(paste),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;bhaja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(fries),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chochchoree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(less spicy vaporized curries) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;jhol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(thin spicy curries). These are eaten with plain boiled rice or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ghonto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(spiced rice). A traditional Bengali breakfast includes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pantabhat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(biotically degenerated boiled rice),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;doi-chirey,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;doodh-muree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;with fruits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bangladesh" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bangladesh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;'s cuisine is very similar to that of West Bengal, corresponding to the link between Pakistani and northern Indian cuisine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fish" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Fish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is commonly consumed in the eastern part of India, most especially in Bengal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rice is the staple grain in Eastern India, just as it is in South India. A regular meal consists of many side dishes made of vegetables. The popular vegetable dishes of Orissa are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dalma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Santula.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The most popular vegetable dish of Bengal is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sukto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Deep-fried, shallow-fried and mashed vegetables are also very popular. Fish is frequently featured in a regular meal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Southern Region&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;South Indian cuisine is distinguished by a greater emphasis on rice as the staple grain, the ubiquity of sambar (also called&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;saaru,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;a vegetable stew based on a broth made with tamarind and toovar dal) and rasam (also called&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;rasa,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;a soup prepared with tamarind juice or tomato, pepper and other spices), a variety of pickles, and the liberal use of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Coconut" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;coconut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and particularly coconut oil and curry leaves. The dosa, poori, idli, vada, bonda and bajji are typical South Indian favorites and are generally consumed as breakfast. Hyderabadi biryani, a popular type of biryani, reflects the diversity of south Indian cuisine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Andhra, Chettinad, Tamil, Hyderabadi, Mangalorean, and Kerala cuisines each have distinct tastes and methods of cooking. Each of the South Indian states has a different way of preparing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sambar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;; a connoisseur of South Indian food can easily tell the difference between sambar from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Kerala" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kerala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, sambar from Tamil cuisine, Sambar from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Karnataka" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Karnataka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pappu chaaru&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Andhra cuisine. Some popular dishes include the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;biryani,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ghee, rice with meat curry, seafood (prawns,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mussel" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mussels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mackerel" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mackerel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;) and paper thin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pathiris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;from Malabar area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Tamil cuisine generally classifies food into six tastes: sweet (milk, butter, sweet cream, wheat, ghee (clarified butter), rice, honey); sour (limes and lemons, citrus fruits, yogurt, mango, tamarind); salty (salt or pickles); bitter (bitter gourd, greens of many kinds, turmeric, fenugreek); pungent (chili peppers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ginger" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ginger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, black pepper, clove, mustard) and astringent (beans,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lentil" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lentils&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Turmeric" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;turmeric&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, vegetables like cauliflower and cabbage, cilantro). Traditional Tamil cuisine recommends that all of these six tastes be included in each main meal to provide complete&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nutrition" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nutrition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, minimize cravings and balance the appetite and digestion. A typical meal, served on a banana leaf, includes steamed rice along with a variety of vegetable dishes like sambar, dry&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Curry" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;curry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, rasam and kootu. Meals are often accompanied by crisp appalams. After a final round of rice and curds or buttermilk, or both, a meal is concluded with a small banana and a few betel leaves and nuts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Western Region&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Western India has three major food groups: Gujarati, Maharashtrian and Goan. There are two main types of Maharashtrian cuisine, defined by geographical circumstances. The coastal regions, geographically similar to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Goa" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Goa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, consume more rice,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Coconut" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;coconut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fish" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;fish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. In the hilly regions of the Western Ghats and Deccan plateau, groundnut is used in place of coconut and the staples are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;jowar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Sorghum" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sorghum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;bajra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(millet) as staples. Saraswat cuisine forms an important part of coastal Konkani Indian cuisine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gujarati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; cuisine is predominantly vegetarian. Many Gujarati dishes have a hint of sweetness due to use of sugar or brown sugar. The typical Gujarati meal consists of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rotli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(a flat bread made from wheat flour),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;daal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;kadhi,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rice, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sabzi/shaak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(a dish made up of different combinations of vegetables and spices, which may be stir fried, spicy or sweet). Staples include homemade pickles, Khichdi (rice and lentil or rice and mung bean daal), and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chhaas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(buttermilk). Main dishes are based on steamed vegetables and daals that are added to a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;vaghaar,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which is a mixture of spices sterilized in hot oil that varies depending on the main ingredient.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Salt" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Sugar" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lemon" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lemon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lime_(fruit)" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lime&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and tomato are used frequently to prevent dehydration in an area where temperatures reach 50C (120F) in the shade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The cuisine of Goa is influenced by its Hindu origins, Portuguese colonialism, and modern techniques. The staple food of Goans is rice and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fish" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;fish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the cuisine is mostly seafood-based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Indo-Pacific_king_mackerel&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kingfish&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(Vison or Visvan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is the most common delicacy; others include pomfret,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Shark" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;shark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tuna" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;tuna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mackerel" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mackerel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Popular&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Shellfish" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;shellfish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;include&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Crab" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;crabs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, prawns, tiger prawns,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lobster" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lobster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Squid" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;squid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and mussels. Goan Hindu cuisine is less spicy, uses little or no&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Onion" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;onion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or garlic, and incorporates a variety of vegetables,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lentil" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lentils&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pumpkin" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pumpkins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, gourds, bamboo shoots, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Root" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;roots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Goan Christian cuisine includes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Beef" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;beef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;dishes and the well-known&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vindaloo,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;first introduced by the Portuguese as "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;vinha d'alhos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;North Eastern Region&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The food of the North East is very different from that of other parts of India. North Eastern cuisine is strongly influenced by neighboring&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Burma" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Burma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/People%27s_Republic_of_China" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;People's Republic of China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and makes less use of well-known Indian spices.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yak" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Yak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a popular meat in this region of India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Beverages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Tea is a staple beverage throughout India; the finest varieties are grown in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darjeeling" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Darjeeling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Assam. It is generally prepared as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Masala_chai" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;masala chai&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;by boiling the tea leaves in a mixture of water, spices such as cardamom,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Clove" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cloves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cinnamon" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cinnamon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ginger" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ginger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and large quantities of milk to create a thick, sweet, milky concoction. Different varieties and flavors of tea are prepared all over the country. Another popular beverage,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Coffee" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;coffee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, is largely served in South India. One of the finest varieties of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Coffea arabica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is grown around Mysore,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Karnataka" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Karnataka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and is marketed under the trade name "Mysore Nuggets." Indian filter coffee, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;kaapi,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is especially popular in South India. Other beverages include&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nimbu pani&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(lemonade),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lassi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(made by blending yogurt with water, salt, pepper, ice and spices until frothy),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chaach,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;badam doodh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(milk with nuts and cardamom),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sharbat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(juice prepared from fruits or flower petals) and coconut water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;India also has many indigenous alcoholic beverages, including Palm wine, Fenny, Bhang and Indian beer. The practice of drinking a beverage with a meal, or wine and food matching, is not traditional or common in India. People prefer to consume drinking water with their food, and it is customary to offer drinking water to guests before serving hot or cold drinks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Regional Cuisine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Food choice varies north, south, east and west. Indians from the north eat flat breads like&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chapati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;naan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, while Southern Indians prefer to eat rice and coconut. The versatile coconut not only provides milk, it thickens stews, makes a chewy snack and is used in many sweet southern dishes as an ingredient or as a garnish. Western India is more cosmopolitan, but is known for its traditional spicy curries. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, at the heart of the region, is flooded with city dwellers, students and workers. They all have their traditional cuisines, but seafood and curries, hot and spicy sausages and snacks with chai tea are popular traditional fare. East Indian food relies heavily on rice, milk and vegetables, prepared simply with yogurt, seeds and spices steamed and curried. East Indians love their sweets and use milk and other dairy products abundantly in them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Desserts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sweet rice pudding, similar to rice pudding in America, is called&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;kheer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. It consists of basmati rice, milk, raisins, sugar, cardamom seed and almonds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kulfi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, is an Indian ice cream made by boiling reduced milk, which is then chilled and then flavored with mango juice, rose water and sweetened with sugar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gajar Halwa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, a carrot dessert, coconut soufflé, mango mousse and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gasgase Payasam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;are also popular desserts. Eastern India is well known for its sweets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Drinks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chai&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a tea commonly consumed upon rising each morning. It is made by adding milk, sugar and black cardamom pods to steeped teabags.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sweet Lassi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a yogurt shake that can also be flavored with mango, a popular fruit, much like a smoothie. Ginger and lemon tea are also popular and can be used for medicinal purposes, such as indigestion. Carrot Gheer is served by adding carrot to cold milk. Alcohol is rarely consumed as it is forbidden in many Indian cultures. Tea is more popular than coffee, coconut milk, mango, guava and sugarcane juices are popular and sold in roadside stands and kiosks. If you want something salty,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jal Jeera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, water and cumin, might be to your liking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Popular Dishes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian cuisine makes best use of what is available, which is why each region has its own popular dishes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, a lentil dish, is popular in the North.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Meen Moli,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;a white fish curry, is loved in the South. Western Indians can’t get along without&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vindaloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, a pork dish. East Indians love their sweets—one of the most popular being&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chhenagaja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;—chhena, flour and sugar syrup.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Halwa,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;a popular breakfast dish,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;consists of wheat, butter, sugar and almonds or pistachios. Indian snacks include&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;samosas,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;a spicy turnover stuffed with potatoes and peas and a puffy rice, yogurt, tamarind and potato blend snack called&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;bhel puri. Kabobs,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;meatballs,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;tandoori&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(clay-baked) chicken,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;rasam&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;soup, and rice cakes, called&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;idli,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;are popular dishes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Indian Food Grosseris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Atta flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;– (also know as a chapatti flour) - whole wheat flour widely used for making unleavened flat breads.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Banana leaves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;– is widely used for wrapping ingredients (particularly fish) before cooking. They should be soaked briefly in hot water to make them pliable. If banana&amp;nbsp; leaves are unavailable use alumininium foil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Basmati rice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;– the finest Indian long-grained rise grown in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is known as the prince of the rice because of its fine flavor and aroma. It should be rinsed and soaked for 10 minutes before using.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Besan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;– also known as gram flour, this is made from chickpeas. It is used to flavor and thicken curries and for making Pakoras and bhajias, pancakes and teamed patties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Biriyani&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a rice and vegetable, meat or seafood oven - cooked dish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Biriyani masala&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;-This is a special sweet spice mix for biriyani dishes. Grind together the cardamom seeds from 8 pods, 25 g (1 oz) cinnamon stick, 6 cloves and 1 tsp fennel seeds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bhoondi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- tiny balls of fried besan or gram flour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chana dal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;– with their sweet and nutty flavor, chana dal is the most popular dal in India. They're made from splitting a small relative of the chickpea in half. They're a dull yellow and are renown for causing flatulence, which Indians try to counter by adding asafoetida to the dish. Chana dal is delicious, nutritious and easily digested, but, aside from its usage both in dal dishes and savories, the legumes are also roasted and powdered into chickpea flour (besan or besin) another widely used ingredient in nearly every regional cuisine. Chana dal&amp;nbsp;is used in variety of vegetable dishes. It can be cooked until soft for the dish called simply dal, or as in southern India, it can be used as a spice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chapati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- the bread&amp;nbsp; usually made on a circular cast iron griddle known as a tawa, which is slightly concave to give its distinctive shape. It is cooked without fat, over very high heat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chawal&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- rice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chick peas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- also called gram or, in America, garbanzo beans. As chickpeas often demand hours of cooking before they become tender. Buy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-2167268-10379254?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cooking.com%2Fproducts%2Fshprodde.asp%3FSKU%3D553863&amp;amp;cjsku=553863" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;igourmet 17.5-oz. Chick Peas (Garbanzo Beans)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Coconut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;– (Nariel) is essential to many dishes. It is obtained from the white flesh of the nut and is both rich and smooth-testing. widely used in southern Indian cuisine, is used both savory and sweet dishes. &amp;nbsp;Buy a fresh coconut to extract the milk or use desiccated coconut to thicken sauces or garnish finished dishes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Coconut oil -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Coconut oil is very heat stable so it makes an excellent cooking and frying oil. It has a smoke point of about 360°F (180°C). Coconut oil has a high amount of saturated fatty acids it also has a relatively high melting point. Above 76°F (24°C) coconut oil is a colorless liquid. Below this temperature it solidifies into a pure white solid. It is used in Indian cooking, especially in Goa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coconutoil.com/research.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;http://www.coconutoil.com/research.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Cocum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- grows on trees along the Western coast of India. Has a deep purple flesh surrounding a large seed. It imparts a pale -purplish color to food as well as a sour taste. It is used by Sindhis in their gram flour curry, and by Hindu Goans in their fish curries. It is also made into sherbets (refreshing drink concentrates made from fruits) on the West coast of India. Cocum has anti-allergic action, and cocum infusion water drink for three days first thing in the mornings is said to cure urticaria or hives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianfoodsite.com/Cocum_indian_fruit_from_western_India.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Colam rice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- short-grain polished rice widely used in Western India. Most common varieties of shor and long-grain polished rice may be used for Dosas and Uttapams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Corn meal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- flour made from pure maize (corn) which has been ground fine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dals (pulses)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- dried split peas, usually bought skinned. There about sixty&amp;nbsp; varieties of pulses available in India. THese are dreid seeds of plants such as beans and peas and those most popularly sued include chick peas (kabuli channa), split black chick peas (bengal gram or channa), black gram (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianfoodsite.com/images/glossary_images/black_urad_dal.jpg" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;urid daal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;), red lentils (arhar) and yellow lentils (moong). Pulses should be rinsed in several changes of water. Pre-soaking usually cuts their cooking time by half and salt tends to harden pulses it should not be added until the end of the cooking. As they take a long time to cook, a pressure cooker is a great aid to cooking most pulses. The more unusual pulses are sold in health food or Asian food stores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dosa or dosha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- is a flat bread made with flours, rice, wheat or legumes, cooked like a pancake. It may be filled with a spicy mixture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Food colorings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- turmeric an saffron will color food yellow, but you can also buy coloring that has&amp;nbsp;no taste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Garam masala&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- a blend of ground spices used in many savory dishes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- clarified butter made by melting butter and separating the fat from the solids. It can be made at home. From the best flavor ghee is made from unsalted butter. Cheaper blends of butter are most suitable to make ghee. Once prepared it will keep for up to three or four months in a cool place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Remove from the heat, spoon off any foam, and allow to cool. Drain the clear oil from the top into a container, straining if preferred. Discard or add the residue to curries for flavoring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The advantage of using it is that it can be heated to a very high temperature without burning (so is useful for browning onions in order to give a sauce a good rich color, and for sizzling spices before the main ingredients are added to the pan. It doesn't need to be refrigerated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gram flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- made from chickpeas and also known as besan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Halva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a sweet dish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Idli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- is a bread from the South, almost like a cake, round and thick, made with fermented rice from the Kerala and legume flour (urad), shaped and then steamed (the legumes have a leavening effect).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jaggery&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- raw sugar, eaten as it is and used to flavor various dishes, even vegetable curries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kalonji&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- (also known as manigella) small black tear-shaped onions seeds, used to add piquancy to vegetable curries and Indian breads.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kewra water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- also sold in the stronger form of essence, kewra water is used for flavoring and has a delicate fragrance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Khoa&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- full fat milk powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lassi&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a yogurt drink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Masala&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;– spices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Masoor dal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- skinned split red lentils (they actually orange in color)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mint&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- widely used herb often paired with lamb. Indian mint has a stronger flavor and more pungent aroma than Western varieties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Moong dal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- skinned split mung beans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Murghi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- chicken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mustard oil&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- a yellow oil made from mustard seeds that is pungent when raw and sweet when heated. Much used in Kashmir and Bengal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianfoodsite.com/breads.htm#NAAN" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Naan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a kind of bread popular in North India. It is made with leavened dough (chopped onion or cilantro can also be added to it), and is often made from buttermilk or yogurt. The dough is stretched by tossing the piece of dough quickly from one palm to the other to form a thin oval flatbread, slightly thicker around the edges than in the center. Traditionally is baked on the walls of a tandoor oven, brushed with a thin coating of oil or ghee and served hot. &amp;nbsp;It can also be stuffed with cheese, vegetable curry or meat. In this case, the filling is placed on part of the dough which is then folded over on itself before being rolled flat with a rolling pin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Panch phoran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- mix of five spices - cumin seeds, onion seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and anise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Papaya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a fruit with good digestive properties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianfoodsite.com/breads.htm#PARATHA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Paratha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a bread; richer version of chapati, crispy and cooked in ghee on a griddle. They are very thin and are stacked up like crêpes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Poori&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;-&amp;nbsp;is a bread fried in hot oil, completed submerged so that it puffs up. Pooris are common to the Bengal and Gujrat regions of India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Poppodums and pappads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- the pre-made and precooked flat breads (made from legume flour (urad) and rice flour) that need only be immersed in hot oil to puff up instantly; they are turned with a skimmer so that they stiffen up slightly and then are drained and served while still crisp. Some are plain, others are spiced with mixtures of spices. They can also be prepared under the broiler, thus eliminating the chore of frying.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Raita&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- a cooling side dish made with yogurt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rattam-jog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- this is the dried bark of a reed like plant grown in India, used mainly to color food. When cooked with meat or vegetables a small piece imparts a deep red color to the dish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rose water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- available from chemists this is used like kewra water for flavoring many Indian dishes. The essence form is more expensive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianfoodsite.com/breads.htm#ROTI" style="text-decoration-line: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Roti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;The name is related to the French word "rôtie," meaning toasted bread. It is made from whole wheat (aata), millet (bajra) or sorghum (jowar)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rumali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Toasted bread, or handkerchief bread, which is also found in other eastern countries, is made up of numerous layers of dough like a folded handkerchief.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sambar powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a southern Indian spice mix for vegetable curries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Silver leaf (varq)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- editable silver leaf is used as a garnish over sweets. Silver foil is very thin. it is very fragile and often breaks up during use. It has no aroma or taste.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Tamarind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- the most popular souring agent in Southern India. The pods are collected, de-seeded and dried. Before cooking the acid flesh is soaked in water, and the juice is squeezed out. It is this tamarind water that is used in the curry. In some Goan recipes, the tamarind flesh is ground with spices. Nowadays tamarind concentrate can be bought in any grocer's shop.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Tava&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a flat cast iron pan used for making bread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Thali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a large tray, often of wrought metal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Toor dal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a glassy dark yellow split pea, similar to chana dal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Toran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- style of cooking where the dish remains dry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Uppama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a flat bread whose dough is made from semolina instead of flour. It can be quite rich and may include onions, chilies, ginger, mustard seed, nuts, various vegetables etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Urid dal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- polished split black lentils, often used as a spice in southern India. It takes quite a long time to cook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Varak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- silver leaf used as a decoration for both sweet and savory dishes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vindaloo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- a highly spiced and hot curry, traditionally from Goa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7.5pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Wheat flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Gehun ka Atta) - flour made from whole wheat (usually a variety low in gluten), very finely ground for making bread. A fairly close substitute is whole wheat pastry flour. Regular whole wheat flour gives heavier results and is stiffer and more difficult to work with than chapati flour. If regular whole wheat flour must be used, sift is several times through a very fine sieve (to get a fine flour and to remove bran) and substitute refine flour for half the whole wheat flour in a recipe.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
 
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</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2020/05/cuisine-food-cuisine-of-india-is-one-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><georss:featurename>All over the world</georss:featurename><georss:point>19.886518052175592 79.126974345811959</georss:point><georss:box>11.146989052175593 62.452168845811954 28.626047052175593 95.801779845811964</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-7159548298365670120</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-21T07:44:27.645+05:30</atom:updated><title>TOURISM</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
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&lt;b style="font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u style="background-color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;TOURISM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and a major foreign exchange and employment generation for many countries. It is one of the most remarkable economic and social phenomena.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: georgia, &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tourism is a collection of activities, services and industries that delivers a travel experience, including transportation, accommodations, eating and drinking establishments, retail shops, entertainment businesses, activity facilities and other hospitality services provided for individuals or groups traveling away from home.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia, &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica;"&gt;The World Tourism Organization (WTO) claims that tourism is currently the worlds largest industry with annual revenues of over $3 trillion dollars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;The United Nations&amp;nbsp;&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;World Tourism&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Organization (UNWTO) is expecting the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;sector&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;'s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;global&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;economy to provide 296 million&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;jobs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;by 2019.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;UNWTO Definition of Tourism:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #ffd966;"&gt;"Tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;-:Mathieson and Wall (1982) created a good working definition of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;tourism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;as "the temporary movement of people to destinations outs&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;athieson and Wall (1982) created a good working definition of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;tourism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;as "the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created to cater to their needs."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;-:According to Macintosh and Goeldner (1986)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;tourism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the interaction of tourists, business suppliers, host governments and host communities in the process of attracting and hosting these tourists and other visitors."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot;, courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"&gt;Tourism has two types and many forms on the bases of the purpose of visit and alternative forms of tourism. Tourism can be categorized as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;international&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;domestic tourism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;International Tourism&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;b style="background-color: transparent; color: #20124d; font-size: 23px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px;"&gt;When people visit a foreign country, it is referred to as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;International Tourism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px;"&gt;. In order to travel to a foreign country, one need a valid passport, visa, health documents, foreign exchange, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2f34;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Types of international tourism&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2f34;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Inbound tourism&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2f34; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"&gt;When people travel outside their host/native country to another country, then it is called inbound tourism for that country where he/she is traveling.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;For example when a tourist from Nepal origin travels to India then it is&amp;nbsp; Inbound tourism for India because foreign tourist comes to India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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Outbound Tourism:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;This refers to tourists traveling from the country of their origin to another country. When tourists travel a foreign region than it is outbound tourism for his own country because he/she is going outside their country. For example when a tourist from India travel to Nepal then it is outbound tourism for India and Inbound tourism for Nepal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #2c2f34; font-size: 27px;"&gt;Domestic Tourism:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The tourism activity of the people within their own country is known as&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;domestic tourism&lt;/span&gt;.Traveling within the same country is easier because it does not require formal travel documents and tedious formalities like compulsory health check and foreign exchange. In domestic tourism, a traveler generally does not face much language problems or currency exchange issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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</description><link>https://tourismindia256.blogspot.com/2020/05/tourism-tourism-is-one-of-worlds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (pankaj kumar)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHDFIlQt8GZhi0mFMsmWnzy1JX0vDeyzvKfqLpJwR84z57QcrSFRI7YtnS_VUHJwWhFeH_Lj7fidTjYvT-Yr6BesMQ1aEUOLLNDD-5vgh9Dn2xBF8NRUn96bR8OEDNhrXLjao4ysNcLs/s72-c/Types-of-Tourism-1024x538.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576038607756791956.post-6039275398661167701</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2020 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-24T22:50:29.333+05:30</atom:updated><title>Fair And Festival  </title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Fair And Festival&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Fairs and festivals in India are celebrated as a part of life. Known as the land of 13 festivals in 12&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;months, the Indian festive calendar is the longest in the world. The colorful Indian culture is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;defined by several festivals celebrated in the country throughout the year. India is the land of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;different ethnicity and religious belief that gives rise to the important festivals in the country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The popular festivals in India include religious festivals, cultural festivals, and event festivals&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;that symbolizes the culture, heritage, and natural resources of India. As India is vast, the famous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Indian festivals are specially observed at different corners of the country. For instance, Durga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Puja is celebrated all over the country but Kolkata is especially known for worshiping Goddess&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Durga during the festival. In the same way, Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in Mumbai where&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Lord Ganesha is worshiped with high enthusiasm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Some festivals in India symbolize the victory of good over evil and one such famous festival is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Dussehra celebrated mostly in northern India. The Hindu festivals are not limited to worshiping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Gods and Goddesses inside the home. It relates to great cultural aspects as we can witness in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"&gt;intricate decoration during the Durga Puja in Kolkata, Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, and Diwali,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"&gt;the festival of lights in all over India. In India, Hindu festivals are also celebrated with color.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"&gt;During the Holi that is also known as Dol Yatra of Lord Sri Krishna, the whole Brajbhoomi&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"&gt;witness a riot of color.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In India, every occasion is celebrated as a festival. It may be a desert festival, beach festival,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;dance festival, or harvest festival. In south India, Assam, and some other places harvest festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;is celebrated to mark peace and prosperity. It is also the most popular festival in Kerala locally&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;known as Onam. If you want to enjoy a Dance festival in India, head to Konarak in Odisha or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. This is the best way to explore the classic art and culture of India.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;You can also go to enjoy the famous Goa Carnival and take part in colorful parades and dance in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;the beach city.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;When we talk about the desert festival, the picture of the vast extended Thar Desert in Jaisalmer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;appears before our eyes. During the month of January and February, tourists from every nook&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;head to this popular destination in Rajasthan. The festival offers the best opportunity to explore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;colorful Rajasthani culture through folk music, traditional products, cuisine, and camel ride.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Another world-famous festival in Rajasthan is Pushkar Camel Fair. The week-long festival isconsidered as the greatest traditional fair in the country. You can also plan a trip to Rann&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Utsav&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In Kuch, a sand desert in Gujarat to enjoy the folk culture of the place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;India is a unique land, and so are its festivals. From Holi, when the entire country is doused in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;colors, to Diwali, when splendid fireworks illuminate the night skies, every festival celebrates its&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;mythology, traditions, and customs. Simultaneously, fairs or &amp;amp;quot;Melas&amp;amp;quot;, as they are locally called,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;highlight the local culture of the land in colorful and expressive ways, emphasizing the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;prevailing folklore and history of the region. Here are some of the fairs and festivals in India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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