Restricted & Protected Areas

Millitary installations and areas, defence organisations and research organisation are considered protected areas, where permits are generally not given to foriegners.

Photography Restrictions

Photography is prohibited in places of milltary importance, railway stations, bridges, airports and other millitary installations.

Export Of Antiquities

Antiquies include sculpture, painting or other works of art and craftsmanship, illustrative of science, art, crafts, religion of bygone ages and of historical intrest which has been in existence for not less than one hundred yrs. Also manuscripts or other documents of scientific, historical, literary or aestic value in existence for not less then seventy five years- art, -treasures- not necessarly antiquities but having regard to the artistic and the aestetic value cannot be exported out of India.

Restrictions Pertaining to Export Of Articles Made of Animals etc

Govt. of India is concerned about the coservation of its endangered species and rare fauna. With this view, export of all wild animals indigenious to the countrhy and the articles made from such listed animals like skin, pelts, furs, ivory, rhino horns, trophies, etc. have been totally been banned. Tourists are advised to aquaint themselves with provisions of Conventions on International Trade of Endangered species of wild flora and fauna. All the member countries of the convention allow import of the articles covered by the convention on
the strength of a certifcate of export from the country of origin.

Transport Facilities

There are various modes one can adopt, they are:
1.Air : India is well connected and all major cities in India have Airport. The National
Carrier is Indian Airlines and there are others to chose from they are Sahara Airlines, Jet Airways, Alliance Air etc.
2.Train : The Indian Railways is the world's second largest railway system, under a single management with route length of over 62,000 Kms.. Time Tables are available at all railway
stations.
3. Bus: India has an extensive and well developed bus system, with the system varying widely from state to state. Buses with Video shows are becoming extremely popular on major routes.
4.Driving: Car rental system ( similiar to those in west ) are available in India.Also available are chaffeur driven cars and the short and long distance metered Taxis.
5.Other Transport: In Some places, auto rickshaws ( three whellers ), tongas ( horse- drawn two wheelers) and Victorias ( horse -drawn carriages) operate.Calcutta boasts of an extensive tramway. New Delhi and Calcutta boasts of India's only underground Metro Railway.

Climate

India has three major seasons :
summer, winter and the rainy season or the monsoon. The Summer months ( April -June) are hot in most parts of India.This is the season to visit the summer resorts of Shimla, Mussorie,
Nainital, Kufri and the Kashmir valley, Darjeeling, Shillong, Ootacamund, Kodikanal, Panchmarhi and Mount Abu.
The Winter Months are ( November -March) are plesant throughout India with bright sunny days.Winter is more severe in the Northern Plains, and in the foothills of himalayas, while the soutern , eastern, and the western zones of India, remain pleasantly cool.
The Monsoons break at the beginning of the June on the South West coast of India, and gradually break at all parts of the country, except South Eastern areas.These areas recive most of the rainfall between mid -October and end -December.

India At A Glance

Longest Road Bridge- Gandhi Setu on river Sone in Bihar.
Longest River In India- The Brahmaputra in Assam.
Largest Lake- Chilka lake in Orissa.
Highest peak- Godwin Austen of Himalayas.
Largest City ( Area)- Calcutta.
Highest waterfall- Jog Falls in Karnatka.
Largest State -Madhya pradesh.
Most thickly Populated State- Kerala.
Highest Rainfall- Cherrapunji in Meghalaya.
State with largest area under forest- Assam
Largest delta- Sunderbans delta in West Bengal.
Largest Cantilever Span Bridge- Howrah Bridge in Calcutta.
Biggest Cave Temple-Ellora in Maharastra.
Longest Road- Grand Trunk Road.