Uttar Pradesh

festival · flowers

People celebrate Holi with flower petals in Gokul village of India's Uttar Pradesh state. More than a lakh pilgrims visit Gokul and take part in Holi procession. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Holi celebration at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. Hundreds take part and enjoy the festival of colours in full zeal. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

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…

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

Aonla is a city and a municipal board in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Aonla is located at 28.28°N 79.15°E. It has an average elevation of 237 metres (807 feet).

Aonla is a city and a municipal board in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Aonla is located at 28.28°N 79.15°E. It has an average elevation of 237 metres (807 feet).

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…

wildlife

New born girl with trunk sleeping innocently with her mother. 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.

river

Polluted banks of River Ganges in Varansi, Uttarpradesh. 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.

wildlife · politics

A man-eating tiger has become an unlikely electoral issue in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district.

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.

temple

A monkey jumps through the walls at Shahji Temple in Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh while the persons walk near the wall. Shahji Temple, Vrindavan is one of the best known Holy Places in Vrindavan.

lake · village

Indian fishermen collect fish and pull their fishing net from a pond in a village of Uttar Pradesh. The state of Uttar Pradesh has vast and varied inland fisheries and aquaculture resources which are at various levels of utilization.

farmland

A pair of Sarus Cranes (Antigone antigone) forage and call in a field in Uttar Pradesh. Taller than most humans, these birds stand tall at upto 1.8 meters or 5 feet 11 inches.

dance

Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from Uttar Pradesh, India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathaks, or storytellers.

festival · music

Devar-bhabhi celebrate the Festival of Colours in Uttar Pradesh, India. An Indian woman explains the significance of Devar-Bhabhi Holi.

farmland · monsoon

A 62-year-old farmer reportedly died of shock after seeing his standing crop ruined by the heavy rain.

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. A week after the sensational court room killing of a man with criminal record in Muzaffarnagar, another undertrial with criminal cases against him, Yogendra alias Bhura (42) was sho…

railway

One can see greenery, houses and small huts during the train journey from Babina in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

river · boats

Boats at the river bank of Varanasi ghats and people taking holy dip in the holy river Ganga.

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

As one drivers by, life unfurls and unfolds in a multitude of mind-boggling ways for the people of Varanasi or Benarus, in Uttar Pradesh, India.

People washing their sins and their clothes too in the holy sacred water of Ganga, Varanasi . Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow.