[Music] hey and welcome to 10 facts about india number one india currently has the second highest population in the world with china having the highest the country is estimated to have a population of around 1.3 billion people [Music] number two cows are believed to be holy in hinduism and so they are protected honored and treated with respect number three india is home to the famous holy festival the holy festival is a hindu festival that takes place over two days it originated in india and celebrates love spring and new life number four india has the third
highest amount of billionaires in the world india is a country that has a huge amount of wealth inequality [Music] number five today about 70 of the world's spices come from india oh may of the most popular species include black pepper cinnamon ginger nutmeg paprika turmeric and vanilla number six the taj mahal is in india millions of people visit this incredible site each year and it isn't hard to see why this beautiful mausoleum was commissioned by mughal emperor shah jahan in 1632 number seven india is home to the highest cricket ground in the world located at
a height of around 2144 meters the chael cricket ground was built in 1893 and is also used as a polo ground today number eight the bengal tiger is the national animal of india sadly it is an endangered species however thanks to conservation efforts the number of tigers in india are finally increasing number nine india was the first country to mine diamonds from the 4th century bc for around 1 000 years india was the only source of diamonds in the world number 10 hinduism is the oldest religion in the world with documents dating back as early
as 5500 bce hinduism is considered the oldest religion in the world
