Uttar pradesh
Uttar Pradesh attracts a large number of visitors, both national and international, it is one of the top tourist destinations in India. The city of Agra, gives access to three World Heritage Sites: Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the nearby Fatehpur Sikri.
The State is situated in Northern part of India and is surrounded by Tibet & Nepal in the North, Madhya Pradesh in the South, Haryana, Delhi & Rajasthan in the West and Bihar in the East. Often referred to as the cow belt or Hindi belt, Uttar Pradesh has been the most dominant state in Indian poltics and culture since Independence, producing over half of India's prime ministers. This is partly because it's the nation's most populous - it has as many inhabitants as Brazil - and partly because of the central role the region plays in the religious lanscape of Hindus.
The Ganges River, which forms the backbone of Uttar Pradesh, is the sacred river of Hinduism, and four of the religion's seven holy towns are in the state, including Varanasi, the holiest of them all. Uttar Pradesh is also a places of major importance to Buddhists for it was at Sarnath, just outside Varanasi, that the Buddha first preached his message of the middle way. Most of Uttar Pradesh consists of the vast Ganges plain, an area of awesome flatness which often floods dramatically during the monsoonMuseum
Bharat kala bhavan varanasi |
State museum lucknow |
Archaeological museum sarnath |
Government museum mathura |
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Cities
Agra |
Allahabad |
Ayodhya |
Chitrakoot |
Deogarh |
Jhansi |
Kalinjar |
Kanpur |
Kausambi |
Kushinagar |
Lucknow |
Mahoba |
Mathura |
Sarnath |
Shravasti |
Varanasi |
Fairs and festivals
Jhansi festival |
Holi |
Lucknow festival |
Jhoola fair |
Magh mela |
Bateshwar cattle fair |
Kumbh mela |
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Wildlife of Uttar pradesh
National chambal sanctuary |
Ranipur sanctuary |
Katrnighat wildlife sanctuary |
Dudhwa national park |
Mahavir sanctuary |
Chandra prabha sanctuary |