हरियाणा

Haryana

State · Capital Chandigarh · 25.4 million people (2011)

नमस्तेNamaste: hello in Hindi

• Art and craft

  Punja durrie weaving. Haryana's punja durries are woven primarily by women in stripes, check boards, squares and pictures of birds, animals, human figures and plants.

• Weave (GI)

  Phulkari, GI tag 2010

• Music and dance

  Saang folk theatre; Phag dance

• Festival

  Surajkund Crafts Mela (February)

• Taste

  Lassi; bajra khichdi; churma

• Official symbols

  Animal: Blackbuck · Bird: Black francolin · Flower: Lotus · Tree: Sacred fig (Peepal)

Neeraj Chopra of Khandra village in Haryana's Panipat district won India's first Olympic athletics gold at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · hi.wikipedia.org: हरियाणा · omniglot.com: hindi · youngintach.org: maps craft haryana · GI Registry, application 27 · haryanaforest.gov.in: haryana states emblems · en.wikipedia.org: Neeraj Chopra; traditions from the India map’s sources.