(i) Pongal
(ii) Deepavali
(iii) Holi

(i) A continent is a very large area of land with various physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains, rivers and seas and various types of weather patterns
(ii) India has all of them.
(iii) So, India is known as a sub-continent.

People speak different languages, eat different kinds of food, celebrate their own festivals and different cultures, worship in different ways, yet we live together. This is known as diversity.

1. Andhra Pradesh - Brahmotsavam
2. Arunachal Pradesh - Losar festival
3. Assam - Bohag Bihu
4. Bihar - Chhath Puja
5. Chhattisgarh - Bastar Dussehra
6. Goa - Carnival
7. Gujarat - Janmashtami, Diwali
8. Haryana - Baisaki
9. Himachal Pradesh - Maha Sivarathiri
10. Jammu and Kashmir - Eid-Ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha
11. Jharkhand - Holi
12. Karnataka - Vgadi
13. Kerala - Onam
14. Madhya Predesh - Diwali
15. Maharastra - Ganesh Chaturthi
16. Manipur - Yaoshang
17. Meghalaya - Nongkrem Dance Festival
18. Mizoram - Chapachar kut Festival
19. Nagaland - Hombill Festival
20. Odisha - Raja Parba
21. Punjab - Lohri
22. Rajasthan - Gangaur Festival
23. Sikkim - Saga Dawa
24. Tamil Nadu - Pongal
25. Telangana - Bonalu
26. Tripura - Kashi puja
27. Uttra Pradesh - Navaratri
28. Uttarkhand - Ganga Dusshera
29. West Bengal - Durga Pooja

(i) According to census of India 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages.
(ii) Four major Indian language families are Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, and Sino Tibetian. Tamil is the oldest Dravidian language.
(iii) Historically, the Portuguese, the Dutch, the British, the Danish and the French came to India for trade and their occupation of India or some parts of it has left behind a certain impact upon the culture and language of the people.
(iv) Because the British ruled over the entire country for over three hundred years before independence in 1947, the English language gained prominence in India. In due course, English has emerged as an important language and a medium of instruction in schools and colleges.
(v) It is widely used in official communication and daily life.
Cultural Diversity :
(i) The term 'culture' refers to customs and practices of people, their language, their dress code, cuisine, religion, social habits, music, art, and architecture.
(ii) The culture of a group of people is reflected in their social behavior and interactions.
(iii) The group identity fostered by social patterns is unique to a group.
(iv) Art and architecture are an integral part of every community.
(v) It develops as a part of culture and tradition of a community.
(vi) Each of the 29 states and 7 Union territories of India has rich traditions and unique ways of artistic expression.