Cultural Tours

India is the country of 5000 years old culture and civilization. For the tourists worldwide, immensely rich culture and the vibrant history of the country which has witnessed the birth and end of many a civilizations; is a big pull. The special Cultural Tours of India help them unravel the mysteries of India’s cultural edge. They get to understand the ancient roots of Indian culture and how the best of the foreign inputs got blended with the local traditions, both great and little. These Cultural Tours use thousands of years old texts to exhibit the classical musical and dance forms of the country. In an interesting manner they display the grandeur of Mughal architecture or famous South Indian temples along with the simplicity and austerity of village homes such as the mud and thatch huts of the Rabaris of Kutch at the same time.

Tourists get an understanding of the pre-modern Indian art that is predominantly driven by the themes of religion and nature. The folk paintings depicting the acts from the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, sculptures of Buddhist motifs in the caves of Ajanta, the intricate carvings of flowers and animals in Mughal and Rajput monuments and the precisely sculpted deities in Hindu and Jain temples attract them like nowhere else. Indian Handicrafts and the craftsmanship of the artists of gone era complete the tours. The artists have still kept alive the art and skill of making useful as well as decorative items by hand.

The main draws for the tourists are quilts, shawls, claw water pots, lamps and agricultural tools. Tourists are mesmerized to see them being used in homes even today. Tour operators generally organize a chain of cultural tours to India as it’s really difficult to understand the cultural variations in one go. Enjoy cultural tours of India to know the essence of a wonderful and great country.