About South India Tour

                                                                 Welcome to South India

An Overview

South India is an area in the southern part of India. This includes Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is also located in the Union territory of Puducherry (Puducherry) and Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea. Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra and Kaveri rivers are important non-perennial sources of water. Southern region speaks one of the Dravid languages: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Tulu speaks. South Indian origin is the classical dance of India like "Bharat Natima" and "Kathakali".

This part of India includes vast beaches, waterfalls, forests, lakes, backwater,

wildlife sanctuaries etc. The famous city of this area is Hyderabad and its twin city of Secunderabad, Mysore, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Kochi (Cochin), Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Chennai (Madras), Kanyakumari (Nagercoil) etc. Some famous hill stations in this area are Kodaikanal, Ooty (Otakamund), Munnar etc.

General Information

Southern part of India is called South India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu cover the states. The area of ​​south India is also known as Dravid because it is used in the national anthem of India. The majority of South Indians speak Dravidian language: South India speaks in English and Hindi in other languages ​​in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.

Culture of South India

The culture of South India is similar to South Asia and Southeast Asia because many dynasties of South India rule south and southeast Asia. South India is essentially a celebration of the eternal universe through the celebration of the beauty of body and motherhood, which is preceded by their dance, clothes and idols. South Indian person wears white punches or colored luny with typical

boutique patterns, and women wear a sari in traditional style.

Rice is the highest food in South India, whereas fish is an integral part of the value of South Indian food. Coconut is an important component in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad's Biryani, Dosa, Idli, Uttam popular southern Indian food is famous throughout the region.

Geography of South India

South India is a peninsula, which extends from the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Indian Ocean in the south and Vindhya and Satpura mountains in the north. South Indian is a peninsula, in the west of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Indian Ocean in the south and Vindhya and Satpura ranges in the north. Satpura ranges define the northern branch of the Deccan Plateau. 

Western Ghats, along the west coast, mark another plateau boundary. The narrow gates of green land between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea in the Konkan region are the major rivers of this region, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri, which flow eastwards and are empty in the Bay of Bengal. All three rivers make deltas before the Bay of Bengal and the coastal delta regions have traditionally formed the rice bowl of South India.

Climate of South India-

The climate of South India is very tropical with monsoon which plays a major role. The highest

rainfall in the region comes from the south-west monsoon in the months of June to October. Tamilnadu and southeast Andhra Pradesh received rain from north-east monsoon from November to February in this region from October to March on the cooler night, while days are very hot.

The northern part of southern India, from October to March, the temperature may fall below 10 degree Celsius. In the months of March to June, the days are very hot and the temperature can be more than 40 degrees Celsius, the minimum minimum temperature in the southern coastal area is 20 degrees Celsius and maximum is 35 degrees Celsius.

About South Indian Festivals- 

There are four states in southern region of India, with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and Union Territory of Pondicherry. The weather in these regions during the winter is mainly hot and pleasant. During monsoon, there is heavy rainfall in the coastal areas during the rainy season. South India is after the Dravidian tradition and there are different ways to celebrate their own festivals.

Karnataka celebrates all the national festivals and other religious festivals. But the most famous of them is their own special enemy, which is known as Mysore Dosara. Kannighees celebrates this festival with comets and glamor and the goddess dedicates the festival to Chamundeswari. This is a 10-day festival which comes in the month

of October. On the last day of Vijaya Dashami, a colorful procession of caprious elephants carrying the statue of Goddess Chamundi is taken through the well-decorated streets of the city. The festival was started by the Maharaja of Mysore and continues to this day. The palace is published every night and on the last day, the former Maharaja goes towards India's most colorful procession. People from all over the world gather to see the pomp and show in Mysore, celebrated in a grand style with many cultural performances in the great court hall of the festival Maharaj Mahal. In fact, a unique celebration of the common festival of Dussehra.

Another unique festival of Karnataka is Karaga which is celebrated

in Bangalore in honor of the Queen of Pandavas, Draupadi Karanga is celebrated on the full moon day of April, the first month of Kannada calendar. Yugadi is celebrating New Year in Karnataka. It falls in the month of Chait, after the new moon day in April. Karnataka State is celebrated on 1st November and it is a state festival.

The state of Andhra Pradesh is located in the south eastern part of India. The people of Andhra are known as Telugu, they are religious and celebrate festivals with great enthusiasm. Hyderabad is the capital of this state, which was ruled by the Nizam, has seen that the state celebrated the festival of Eid with great enthusiasm. Preparation of Biryani and Haleem is characterized by Telugu Muslims during Ramadan.

Makar is the special place of Sankranti in the Andhra community. This harvest festival is celebrated for 3 days in mid-January. The first day is bhogi which is spent with glee. The second day is active Many families arrange a doll show and invite their friends and offer gifts to the poor. Kanuma is the third day when they accept their gratitude for the participation of animals. They decorate their animals and worship them.

Famous for Kerala, the country of God, famous for its rear water and boat races. In this small state there is almost equal population of Hindus, Muslims and Christians and celebrate their festivals in harmony. Vishnu is the new year of Malayali people, which falls on April 14 every year. Keralites believe that when they wake up in the morning, they should look at the best things. The decorations of the huge flowers and other things are kept in front of the deities and worship them. Sweet meats are prepared from jaggery, rice and coconut.

Another important festival is Onam. Onam falls in August - September is celebrated in honor of King Mahabali, who once ruled Kerala. It is believed that their period is the Golden Age in Kerala's history. He was in danger for the gods and therefore they killed him. But since he proved to be a good king, he was allowed to return to his country in a year. Onam is the day of that day and the people of Kerala rejoiced to return to their king. The detailed flower motifs are being made in front of their homes to welcome it and cooked a completely vegetarian feast to the Kings palate. Malayali wear their traditional clothes, are full of gold ornaments and exchange gifts.

Located about 160 km south of Coromandel Coast, from Chennai, the central region is located in Pondicherry. French ruled this region for 300 years and today it is a living monument of French culture in India. Festivals are organized almost every month in Pondicherry. Still with constant French influence, similar to festivals, there is little difference from the rest of India, Pongal of Tamil Nadu is celebrated with similar enthusiasm in Pondicherry.

In the middle of March, the Mashimam Festival is a huge celebration when the nearby Devas of nearby temples reach Pundicherry. A sanctuary bath is done on the beach, thousands of witnesses and participate in this festival.

Rampattinam and Villionur car festivals are organized in July and May, respectively.

Folk Dances of South India-

Padayani (Kerala)

Padayani is one of the most colorful and popular dances of

southern Kerala. Padayana is associated with the festivals of some temples, which are called Padani or Padeni. Such temples are in Aleppi, Quilon, Pantamthitta and Kottayam districts. The main kolam (grand masks) displayed in the footage is Bhairavi (Kali), Kalan (God of death), Yakshi (fairy) and birds (bird).

Padayani contains a series of divine and semi-divine simulations, kollam is applied to different sizes and colors. Dancers, actors, singers and players play an important role in the performance of the footsteps. Actors or dancers wear corpses, which are many headgears, to cover many specimens and instruments and masks for the face or chest piece and artist's stomach.

Kollatam

'Kollattam' or stick dance is one of the most popular dances of Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu. Taken from Kolattham Coal (a small stick) and atam (drama).

It is also known as Kolanalu or Kolkalnu. Kolattam dance is a combination of rhythmic movements, songs and music and is done during the festivals of the local village. Kolatam is known by different names in different states of India. Koltam Group has a number of dancers in the range of 8 to 40. The stick used in the Coliseum dance provides the main rhythm.

Perini

Perini Thandavam is the male dance of warriors. As part of the tradition, before the warriors went to the battleground, performed this major dance in front of the idol of Natraj or Lord Shiva. It is popular in some parts of Andhra Pradesh state. In earlier times the rulers of Kakatiya dynasty had preserved such type of dance. Perini dance is done along with the green of the drum.
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