Uttar Pradesh

railway · highway

Manual train signal and arrival confirmation system in place, over the railway phone line between stations in Uttar Pradesh, India.

festival · music

In Uttar Pradesh celebrations which have begun early are a tad different from the other states with different variants like the Devar-Bhabhi Holi. The festival of colours here involves a lot of music.

festival

A colourful Holi procession passes through the streets of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India. They carry palanquins of Lord Krishna during this procession. The Festival of Colors. The Festival of Love.

industry

Congestion free traffic on roads of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Aligarh is a city in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of the Aligarh district.

temple

Sarnath is where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha came into existence through the enlightenment of Kondanna.

bazaar · livestock

Buffalo for sale at Muzaffarnagar market in Uttar Pradesh. The largest bovine market places are held across the Indian heartland of Uttar Pradesh state, from time to time.

village

Gondi tribal people live a very simple life and are mainly found in the central part of India such as Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. In Madhya pradesh they are found in Narna village, located in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.

crafts

Historical artistic sculptures from Kushan Period: 1. Head of Indra (White spotted red sandstone) from Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh 2. Kubera (Terracotta) from Sringaverapur, Uttar Pradesh 3.

Varanasi also Benares, Banaras, is a city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism.

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

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.

dance

A group of people in white dresses and with orange turbans singing traditional songs and a man dancing to the rhythm while putting a pot on his head.

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…

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…

festival

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

Its summertime and it is raining mangoes! A tractor goes around a mango orchard in Uttar Pradesh, collecting baskets kept below trees from which mangoes have been harvested.

river · boats

One can see the evening view of illuminated ghats of Varanasi while sailing down the holy river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh.

ceremony · river

Devotees gather to attend Ganga aarti on the banks of river Ganga and Priest doing the aarti.

forest

Pygmy hogs digging in the ground with their nose and then relaxing under the shadow at a conservation centre in India The Pygmy Hog is the smallest and rarest wild suid in the world.

monsoon · river

A young girls stays in her school as her house submerged in flood water in Uttar Pradesh. People wade through waist high flooded water at a village in Uttar Pradesh.

Padrauna is a small town, and district headquarters of Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its ancient name was Pava where lord Buddha took his last meal. It is the place where Lord Rama spent a few days of his life.

SDM and other Police heads reach the location where many people ill after consuming desi daaru in Uttar Pradesh The incident took place on the borders of Haridwar and Rishikesh.

farmland · livestock

A flock of Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) forages for food in a newly tilled farm near a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh.