Uttar Pradesh

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.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival

People celebrate Lathmar Holi in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. The festival has many purposes; most prominently, it celebrates the beginning of Spring.

forest · hills

Amla or Aonla or Phyllanthus emblica (syn. Emblica officinalis), the Nepalese/Indian gooseberry,or Dhatrik (in Maithili) or aamla from Sanskrit amalika, is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae.

festival

People in large number gather for the Holi festival celebration at Gokul village in Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

flowers

Garlands of flowers and other debris left by scores of worshippers wash up on the bank of the Ganges, Varanasi.

wildlife · birds

een here in a wetland in India's Uttar Pradesh district, their habitat is heavily threatened by a planned new airport and increased agricultural ambitions in the region...

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…

Contingent of ITBP demonstrates how they save us from different situations 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.

Rajnath Singh salutes the soldiers 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.

village

Several people from Luhari Darwaja and adjacent Laukhera village consumed the liquor which led to the death of these people. This locally-made alcohol contains traces of urea and is made in many villages in Etah and neighbouring district.

farmland

Farming and agriculture in Uttar Pradesh - the cow belt heartland of India! Tractors and manual farm hands remove wheat from the fields to take it for threshing.

crafts · bazaar

Embroidery of Uttar Pradesh carries the affluence of cultural legacy that are displayed in each form of arts and crafts of this state.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

A threshing machine at work in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The machine separates the wheat grain from the straw and the husk and makes it ready to be sent to the mill to be ground into flour.

politics

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Congress stronghold Amethi in Uttar Pradesh along with other BJP members like Yogi Adityanath and Smriti Irani amoung others.

festival · dance

Crowd dance as palanquin of Lord Krishna is taken out during a procession in the streets of Gokul, Uttar Pradesh. A procession is taken out before the Holi festival celebration. The Festival of Colors. The Festival of Love.

village · temple

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.

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).

monsoon · river

Flooding along the Hindon River in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Elevated water levels have caused the river to overflow its banks, spreading across adjacent low-lying areas.

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.