
India is a South Asian country stretching from the Himalaya in the north to the Indian Ocean, with coasts on two seas.
Bordered by Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, it takes in desert, mountain, forest and shoreline. India is known for its religious traditions, regional cooking and architecture, and travellers head for the Taj Mahal at Agra, the palaces of Rajasthan, the riverside ghats of Varanasi and the backwaters of Kerala.