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State Uttar Pradesh
Capital Lucknow
Main Language Hindi
Roads Surfaced: 87,123 Kms, Unsurfaced: 1,00,953 Kms
Railways 9,000 Kms
Airports Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Dehradun
Climate Summer: 44 C to 11 C    Winter: 32 C to 2 C   Monsoon: June to September

Uttar Pradesh is India's fourth largest state covering about 9 percent of  total area of India and is the most populous state inIndia.This holy-land of Ganga and Yamuna, and Chardham's-Badrinath, Haridwar, Kedarnath and Rishikesh-where people come to discover a past but end up with a future at last. It is a place of never - ending history

and unlimited legends. For instance the ghats at Varanasi never fails to fascinate. Just like the tales of the Rani of Jhansi, the faint echoes of striking swords at Kalinjar in Bundelkhand, the Triveni (the confluence of three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati) at Allahabad and the cultural and architecture of the Nawabs of Avadh at Lucknow. The wonderful Taj Mahal and Mughal splendor at Agra and Fatehpur Sikri, and the route to Nirvana at Sarnath.

Languages: Hindi, Urdu.      Famous for: Taj Mahal and Pilgrim Centers.

Places of Interest in Uttar Pradesh:

  • Agra-Taj Mahal, Palaces, Fort, Mausoleums, Gardens.
  • Allahabad-Sacred Sangam, Fort, temples.
  • Almora-Hill station, Trekking.
  • Ayodhya: One of the seven Sacred Cities of the Hindus, Birthplace of Lord Rama, Temples.
  • Corbett-National Park
  • Gangotri-Source of sacred river Ganges, Temples, Hindu pilgrim center.
  • Haridwar/Mathura/Varanasi-One of the seven Sacred Cities of the Hindus, Temples, Ashrams.
  • Joshimath/Kadarnath/Badrinath/Rishiesh/Yamnotri-Hindu pilgrim centers.
  • Lucknow-Muslim cultural center.
  • Mussorie: Major Hill resort.

 

Agra

Allahabad
Ayodhya
Bithoor
Braj-Bhoomi
Chitrakoot
Deogarh
Dudhwa National Park
Fatehpur Sikri
Gorakhpur
Jaunpur
Jhansi
Kalinjar
Kanpur
Kapilvastu
Kushinagar
Lucknow
Mahoba
Sarnath
Saevasti
Varanasi
Vrindavan

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