India is a vast country. People of different cultures and religions live in this country. There are many places of tourist attraction here. Each place has its own specific characteristics. One of the famous tourist places in India is Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This archipelago of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands appears like a sentinel for the mainland of India, in the Bay of Bengal. A group of 204 small islands is called the Andamans. Five out of them running like a chain form the main group called the Great Andamans, North Andaman, Middle Andaman, and South Andaman. Baratang and Rutland comprise the Great Andamans. They are separated from one another by very narrow straits. To the south of the Andamans lie the Nicobar Islands. These Islands are separated from the Andamans by the Ten Degree Channel about 121 km wide. The most northerly is Car Nicobar Island. These islands are not more than 57 km. in width, the southernmost island of this group is only 146.5 km, away from Sumatra. Great Nicobar is the largest among the Nicobar Islands and it measures 344 square km.