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India Travel information is interesting to a visitor before travel, such as how to get India, tourist visa, travel season, travel insurance, money and bank, electricity, photography, communication, personal equipment, shopping, custom, language, time, health and precautions.
India Travel information is knowledge of the huge country with an altitude varying from sea level to a border of the second highest peak Mt Ketu (8611 m). An ancient tradition with the dress, culture, religious practice, people, and language is fascinating. Foreigners in India is for the beach, flora, fauna, tea garden, world heritage tour, hiking, train journey, wildlife safari, national parks, holy rivers, mountains, meditation, and trekking. Further information is given below.
By Air – Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport), Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu International Airport), Chennai (Anna International Airport) and Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport) are busy airports. The International flights also land in Guwahati, Bangalore, and Amritsar. Air India is the national airlines. Numerous international flights from different part of the world connect the country.
By Land – Nepal to India through the Kakarbhitta in the east (to Panitanki, West Bengal, India), Birgunj in the south (to Raxaul, Bihar), Bhairahawa in the southwest (to Sunauli, Uttar Pradesh), Nepalgunj in the southwest (to Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh) and Mahendranagar in the far western (to Banbasa, Uttaranchal, India). Tourist can cross from Bhutan, Bangladesh and Pakistan border to India.
Except for the Nepalese and Bhutanese, other tourists should obtain a visa for India. You should have a least a 6-month valid passport. The short-term visa will be 3 months to 6 months. The visitors who wish to visit the next country during their stay in India should wait at least 2 months before re-entering. Travel Permit is required for the restricted area, such as Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram. Contact the Indian embassy or consulate in your hometown for a tourist visa. The visa fees are different from nationality.
Baggage is checked at an entrance to the airport. The 200 pieces of cigarette, 50 cigars, 250 grams of tobacco, and two litres of alcohol or wine, two ounces of perfume, personal using goods and medicine reasonable quantities are possible to bring.
The climate in India is different from one region to another. There exist spring, summer, autumn and winter season. Three seasons are reliable, such as summer (April to June), Monsoon (June to September) and winter (November to March). Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh get extra rainfall from mid-October to December. An average temperature remains minimum 10-15° Celsius and maximum 32-40° Celsius.
Take advice from your home doctor before travelling to India. You should have your own medical kit, health prescription, antibiotic for the skin infection and antifungal cream. Travel insurance with helicopter evacuation is required before the Himalaya Region for hiking, trekking, and climbing.
India has coins, including 1,2,5, and Rupee with denominations of 1,2,5,10,20,50,100,500 and 1000. Take a small Rupee (except 500 and 1000 Rupee) for an easy exchange. Pounds Sterling, US Dollar, Master Card, Visa Card and Travel Check are exchanged in major towns. There are banks and ATM. There are several banks including State Bank, Standard Chartered, Citibank, Punjab National Bank, Hong Kong Bank, Shanghai Bank and the Bank of India. A passport is required to exchange money.
India’s current installed capacity is 176999 MW include all sources. The hydropower contributes 38106 MW. Most of the hotel in India provides 220-volt power with 1 3-pin plug and socket. Photographs of the museum, temple, beach, mountain, wildlife, fair, festival and so on are possible, however, a photo of the people and the ancient monument should be asked. Take advice from the tour guide.
All major towns and hotels have a landline phone, cell phone, fax, and internet cafe at an affordable cost.
A first aid kit with an earplug, camera, mosquito repellant, windbreaker, rain poncho, flip-flops, swimsuit, seasonal clothes, sun lotion, flashlight, and money belt is recommended. Bring hiking gears if you are going hiking.
Handicrafts, folk art, saris, bangles, jewellery, leather goods, woollen shawls, tea, bedsheets, incense, books, and sweater are popular shopping lists in India.
India is 5:30 hours ahead of GMT. There are at least 800 spoken languages. Hindi and English are the official languages of the national government. There are at least 22 official languages such as the Assamese (Assam), Bengali (Tripura and West Bengal), Bozo (Assam), Dogrib (Jammu and Kashmir), Gujarati (Gujarat, Dadra, Nagar, Haveli, Daman and Diu) and Hindi (Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Island). Kannada (Karnataka), Kashmiri (Jammu and Kashmir), Konkani (Goa and Bangalore), Malayalam (Kerala and Lakshadweep), Manipuri (Meithei and Manipur) and the Marathi are popular in Maharashtra. The Nepali (Sikkim), Oriya (Orissa), Punjabi (Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Haryana), Tamil (Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry), Telugu (Andhra Pradesh) and Urdu are popular in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, and Kashmir.
Drink only the water and cold drinks in a sealed bottle. Do not eat dusty food on a road. Keep always mosquito repellent ointment with you. Avoid spicy foods and drinks plenty of liquid.
