Uttar Pradesh

festival

A traditional Lathmar Holi celebration in Nandgaon. Large crowds gather in the temple town streets as colored gulal powder fills the air during the festivities.

Devotees are playing Holi with gula spreading colored power dancing with groups.

forest · river

National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the critically endangered gharial (small crocodiles), the red-crowned roof…

monsoon · river

Victims row country boats near their houses partialy submerged in flood waters at a village in Uttar Pradesh.

A sand dumper trespassing railway tracks in Auriya district of Uttar Pradesh caused derailment of Kaifiyat Express injuring around 50 people, according to initial reports. The accident derailed nine coaches of the Kaifiyat Express.

village · farmland

Driving through villages of Uttar Pradesh, see huts, agricultural fields, roads, past waterways and grasslands, poplar-lined fields, lush green patches of farming,, village brick walls, and a melange of colours and fragrances in India's ag…

ceremony · river

Pyre burns at a cremation ground on the banks of river Ganga of Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh. Cremation is the use of high-temperature burning, vaporization, and oxidation to reduce dead animal bodies, including human ones, to basic chemical com…

river · ceremony

Boat ride on the sacred river Ganges to see the cremation Ghats and witness the traditional way of cremation in Hindu culture.

politics

Indian Hindu widows break 400years old tradition as they play with colours on occasion of Holi festival in Uttar Pradesh. Shunning age-old taboo, widows from Varanasi and Vrindavan played Holi on the premises of the 400-year-old.

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.

farmland

Agriculture is the leading occupation in Uttar Pradesh. Wheat is the state's principal food crop and sugarcane is the main commercial crop. About 70% of India's sugar comes from Uttar Pradesh.

Ram Shyam sweet shop in Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. One can see the Pedas are being sold at the sweet shop during the festival of Diwali. A person buys Pedas from the shop.

festival · village

A group of veiled women beat men with sticks during 'Lathmar Holi' at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Barsana a village in Uttar Pradesh, celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

festival

Barsana all set for Lathmar Holi. Men and women oil lathi for the Lathmar holi in Uttar Pradesh.

boats

A Ganges boatman talks to camera as he rows his boat up the Ganga, near the holy town of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India.

railway

Now that's a railway accident in the making... And a bullock cart can't quite move fast enough, if a train suddenly approaches! A bullock cart crosses a manual railway level crossing in Uttar Pradesh, with a Toyota Land Cruiser on one side.…

forest · wildlife

Dudhwa National Park is a National Park and major part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve located in the Terai of Uttar Pradesh state, India. It covers an area of 680 km2, with a buffer zone of almost 190 km2.

wildlife · forest

Dudhwa National Park is a National Park and major part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve located in the Terai of Uttar Pradesh state, India. It covers an area of 680 km2, with a buffer zone of almost 190 km2.

Waterbirds hunting for food in shallow water! A pair of Brahminy Ducks scooping up molluscs and snails in shallow water, Uttar Pradesh, India.

festival

Holi celebrations in Gokul during the traditional Braj Holi festivities.Energetic and colorful atmosphere of the famous Chhadi Mar Holi celebration in Gokul, part of the centuries-old Braj Holi traditions associated with Lord Krishna.

Phoolan Devi escaped an abusive arranged marriage and embarked on a life of crime, intent on getting revenge on those who had hurt her. Born in Uttar Pradesh, India, to a poor family of the Mallah caste.

forest · wildlife

National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the critically endangered gharial (small crocodiles), the red-crowned roof…