Uttar Pradesh

temple · festival

Women of Barsana ready to beat men of Nandgaon with sticks during Lathmaar Holi in Uttar Pradesh, India. Lathmaar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi.

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.

Uttar Pradesh Police authorized a special unit of officers to work against eve-teasing which is called the anti-romeo squad. The squad was constituted after formation of the Adityanath government.

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.

music

Ustad Matloob Hussain Khan is an exponent of the Bhendi Bazaar Gharana of Mumbai that originated in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. This Gharana was founded by Ustad Aman Ali Khan in the early 20th century.

politics

Pramod Tiwari says "We had taken these steps very comprehensively because the situation which was created in Uttar Pradesh was an atmosphere of chaos.

crafts · sport

Governor of Uttar Pradesh Suraj Bhan attends the annual Ganga Mahotsav on the banks of Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh.

festival

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

festival · flowers

Tractor full of flower petals for a grand celebration of Holi festival at Gokul in Uttar Pradesh state of India. People throw flowers on each other to mark the Holi celebration in the state. The Festival of Colors. The Festival of Love.

festival · village

People in large number gather for the Lathmaar Holi festival celebration. Barsana a village in Uttar Pradesh, celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

festival · dance

People celebrate Holi on the streets of Vrindavan in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Holi is a spring festival, also known as the festival of colours or the festival of love.

Three wheeler auto rickshaws, cycle rickshaws and a motley assortment of old world and new world vehicles dominate the roads of one of India's oldest cities.

farmland

Farmers collect potatoes from the ground, in their fields in Uttar Pradesh. It's aalu harvest time in UP! Agriculture is the leading occupation in Uttar Pradesh.

forest · river

National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) protected area for critically endangered Gharial Crocodiles and the Red-crowned roof turtle and the endangered Ganges Rive…

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…

ceremony

In honour of the sun God, Chhat puja is observed by Hindus especially from Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh as well as the central region of Nepal. The festival is named after goddess 'Chhathi Maiya' who is also worshiped on this day.

farmland · industry

Farm workers use bamboo poles to pick Dussehri mangoes at an orchard in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh. You can also clearly hear a sound of mango dropped on the field.

highway

Evening drive from Thakurdwara to Muradabad in Uttar Pradesh. Driving along with the unruly traffic of Uttar Pradesh is daring task one needs to be very careful while driving in UP.

village

Better and extended facilities for low-cost rural medical care are required across India, for the medical betterment of those who do not have access to government or high-end private health-care facilities.

'Nishan Toli' marches off during CISF Raising day in Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Nishan Toli comprises the Nishan Officer and the Nishan Rakshak resplendent in regalia proudly bears the Presidents Colours which is the highest honour that a…

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.

festival · temple

Men and women dress up and ready for the Lathmaar Holi festival celebration in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. Barsana celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

fort · old town

Walk through the Agra Fort in Uttar Pradesh. One can see the Hall of Public Audience or Diwan-i-aam, Haveli of Ratan Singh and Jahangir Mahal.