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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    


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    


Wildlife of Uttar pradesh

 National chambal sanctuary  Ranipur sanctuary  Katrnighat wildlife sanctuary
 Dudhwa national park  Mahavir sanctuary  Chandra prabha sanctuary