Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 836 islands, of which only 31 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and t
The Coral Reef at the Andaman Islands
Havelock, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Ross Island
Andaman
Sentinelese
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The Sentinelese, also known as the North Sentinel Islanders, are Indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Designated a particularly vu
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
…Hinduism is the majority religion in the union territory, with a significant Christian minority. The islands include North Sentinel Island, home to the Sentinelese people, an uncontacted tribe. The name Andaman might have been derived from Handuman, after the Indian God Hanuman from the Hindu epic Ramayana. The place was…
Aerial photograph of North Sentinel Island
Members of an unspecified Andaman tribe fishing c. 1870
Maurice Vidal Portman photographed with Andamanese chiefs in British India