Uttar Pradesh

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…

Women contingent present a musical show on the 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.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu meets Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and is set to call on Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati later, continuing his efforts to put together a coalition to form the next government at the Centre.

village · highway

A tractor and cyclist on the road to Awagarh in Uttar Pradesh, India. A village couple ride along on a rural road on their bicycle, to get to the next village.

livestock · village

An Indian village man feeds buffaloes at a dairy in Uttar Pradesh. It offers opportunities galore to entrepreneurs worldwide, who wish to capitalize on one of the world's largest and fastest growing markets for milk and milk products.

festival · temple

Indian Hindu devotees throw colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at the Banke Bihari Temple of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

temple · festival

Revellers celebrate Holi outside the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. The festival has many purposes; most prominently, it celebrates the beginning of Spring.

festival · village

Holi celebrated with lots of colours and fun at 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.

Litti, along with chokha, is a complete, albeit largely glutinous, meal originated from the Indian subcontinent; and popular in Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, parts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as Nepalese state of Madhesh.

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.

festival · ceremony

This footage captures the electrifying atmosphere of Holi celebrations in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, one of the most famous and culturally rich Holi destinations in India.

highway

The crowd outside the Prem Mandir Complex devotees walking on the road tourists coming out from Prem Mandir.

industry · crafts

The ceramic manufacturing process inside a pottery factory in Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, a city internationally renowned for its ceramic and bone china industry.

architecture

Ghantar ghar clock tower in the city where the 1857 Mutiny started, in Uttar Pradesh and close to the city of Delhi. This is the heart of the old British Raj and now a modern but crowded bustling city.

wildlife · birds

Black Kites (Milvus migrans) flock a garbage dumping site in Uttar Pradesh. Black Kites are birds of prey but they have also adapted to handouts of human food and dead carrion.

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…

river

Evening drive through Bazpur in Uttarakhand while travelling towards Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. Bajpur is a city and a municipality in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

ceremony · river

A hindu dead body cremating along the banks of Ganga river, Chandi ghat, 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…

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.

Many houses collapsed due to a heavy dust storm in Uttar Pradesh. A high-intensity dust storm-ravaged parts of Uttar Pradesh overnight, leaving 64 people dead and 47 injured The MET office has, meanwhile, warned of more thunderstorms accomp…

forest

The Pygmy Hog is the smallest and rarest wild suid in the world. The species was historically known from only a few locations in northern West Bengal and north-western Assam in India, though it is now believed likely to have occurred in an…

wildlife · river

A six-hour drive from Delhi towards the Garhwal hills in Uttar Pradesh in Nothern India is the Corbett National Park.