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The Indian market for luxury goods might be expanding massively, but predicting what the buyers want is a very complex process, which is why so many companies just decide to go with something that sounds vaguely French or Italian. It's a well-known fact that despite the quality of certain companies' products being far better, their Indian names make them lose out on a lot of potential customers. In fact, there's a whole list of luxury brands that a lot of us think are European but are actually Indian. Here’s a list : Jaguar : Contrary to what most people believe, Jaguar cars are actually owned by Indians. Despite the very British aura of the whole company, it is in fact owned by Indian conglomerate Tata. HiDesign : The leather giant is actually based in Pondicherry, India. Tamil Nadu's tanneries supply leather products and accessories to some of the biggest brands worldwide. Allen Solly : Allen Solly describes their clothes as 'Friday dressing'...

Temples are very important for Indians but they don’t imagine their extraordinary diversity… Akshardham Temple  - City of New Delhi - 2005 Brihadeeswarar Temple  - City of Thanjavur (state of Tamil Nadu) - 1010 Meenakshi Amman Temple  - City of Madurai (State of Tamil Nadu) - 1660 Hoysaleswara Temple  - City of Halebidu (State of Karnataka) - 1173 Terracotta Temples  - City of Bishnupur (State of West Bengal) - 17th Cent. Tungnath Temple  - highest Shiva temple in the world (state of Uttarakhand) - 10 or 11 th Century Badami Cave Temples  - City of Badami (State of Karnataka) - 6th Century Chennakesava Temple  - City of Belur (State of Karnataka) - 1268 Chaturbhuj Temple  – City of Orchha (State of Madhya Pradesh) - 17th Century Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple , Riverine island of Srirangam (State of Tamil Nadu) - 10th Century Annamalaiyar Temple  - City of ...