Uttar Pradesh

An old woman spins yarn on a wooden spinning wheel in Nawagaon, Uttar Pradesh. She spins yarn on a manual spinning wheel.

crafts · farmland

A loom is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads.

The banks of the Ganges are a live washerman colony, with numerous commercial and private washermen doing their job, using the polluted waters to 'wash' their clothes, in the process further adding detergent and soap into the fouled waters.…

monsoon · river

An aerial of Varanasi city can be seen along the Ganga river. It looks like an ocean in monsoon in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Thousands of buildings, trees can bee seen from above. The level of water is high and looks muddy.

livestock · politics

National Dairy Plan April 21, 20134 Comments In 2012, the UPA government had approved the National Dairy Plan Phase-I for a period of six years from 2011-12 to 2016-17 as a Central Sector Scheme.

river · monsoon

Flood situations across India every monsoon ravages the low-lying plains and river basins. Residents in a flooded village in Uttar Pradesh row on a flooded river in a wooden canoe. Look at what they are transporting with the canoe.

livestock

The buffalo showed at 3:00 is on sale for over 5lakh rupees. That's an expensive sale going on for Eid celebration and rituals in the Muslim religion.

highway · architecture

A 900-year-old Mughal architecture called Deewan-e-Khas situated in Vahelna, Muzaffarnagar in state of Uttar Pradesh. It has a huge ancient wooden door and there are small black flags on the roof of it.

politics

Both the Bhartiya Janta party and the Samajwadi Party is taking a claim to form a government in Uttar Pradesh. The political scene in the state has suddenly become hectic and Mayawati Government fell after the BJP withdrew its support.

river

Pariyon wala Kuan is also known as the 'well of fertility'. It is situated in Choti Ziyarat complex in Badaun in Uttar Pradesh state of India.

river · wildlife

A baby girl born with a 'trunk' has become the center of attraction in a village in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The family gave her name Laxmi. People are flocking to see her believing that she is an incarnation of Lord Ganesha.

wildlife

View of ancient Buddhist monasteries and Dhamekh Stupa Monument Site located in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India.

ceremony

Ganga Aarti of Varanasi is a highly choreographed and flamboyant ceremony. Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres southeast of the state capital, Lucknow.

farmland

A loom is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads.

farmland

Uttar Pradesh, abbreviated U.P., is a state located in northern India. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950.

river · festival

Birj Ghat along the Ganga river in the famous river-side town of Hapur, known for its pure cow's milk and Indian mithai or sweets.

Contingents parade on occasion of 56th Raising Day of Indo-Tibet Border Police in Uttar Pradesh. ITBP is a multi-dimensional force which primarily has 5 functions: 1.

farmland

Workers pack boxes or petis of freshly plucked Dussehri mangoes in a mango orchard in Uttar Pradesh. The mature mango trees of the orchard can be seen in the background.

A young Dalit politician resigns from Bhartiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh. He blames other politicians for being partial to the people of Scheduled Castes in the state.

architecture · industry

At least 6 people have been killed after a building collapsed due to blast in an illegal firecracker factory in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh.

Varanasi / Banaras, is a city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow.

livestock · farmland

Smart pied cows! The black and white of these desi bred Holstein mix breeds seem to enjoy their stall fed stall bred existence, even if they don't know better.

wildlife · monsoon

Is that a Swamp Deer that was caught in the floods? Villagers stay in a relief camp as the flood hits Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh. See the people lie on the floor and on a cemented bench with their belongings.