Uttar Pradesh

highway · river

Traffic moving smoothly in Badaun. Two wheeler, rickshaws and various other modes of transport can be seen on the roads of Badaun city of 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.

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Procession taken out on the streets of Gokul village in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Holi festival celebration. More than a lakh pilgrims visit Gokul and take part in Holi procession.

A vendor sells fresh organic vegetables from his cart to customer in a residential area in Aligarh city of Uttar Pradesh. In the hot summer the job of walking the streets with the cart can be gruelling.

A baby girl born with a 'trunk' has become the center of attraction in a village in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, as people are flocking to see her believing that she is an incarnation of Lord Ganesha.

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Women putting mehandi and oiling lathi for the Lathmar Holi at Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. A local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, Lath mar Holi takes place prior to the actual date of the festival, in the town of Barsana in Uttar Pr…

Buffaloes sunning themselves and clothes being dried out in the sun - life goes on and beasts, bovines and human beings co-exist in harmony.

livestock · highway

A pair of rough bulls fight it out on the streets of Meerut town in Uttar Pradesh, India. They stop traffic, hold up a bus and fight it out, horns locked! To top it all, they plough into an innocent pedestrian and drop him to the road! What…

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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.

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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.

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).

Awagarh is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Etah district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Awagarh Dehat is Main Town for the Awagarh Mandal . Awagarh is located 21.3 km distance from its District Main City Etah .

festival · ceremony

This footage captures the world-famous Lathmar Holi celebration in Vrindavan, part of the Braj region’s traditional Holi festivities in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Black Kites (Milvus migrans) soaring over a dumping site outside a town in Uttar Pradesh. Some of the birds glide in thermals over the huge mound of garbage.

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…

Dasheri is a variety of mango grown in different parts of North India. In 18th century, the Dasheri mango first appeared in the gardens of Nawab of Lucknow. since then number of plants have been produced and planted throughout India.

highway

Late night driving in Uttar Pradesh. An Ambulance got stuck in tailback traffic of Uttar Pradesh. Driving in Uttar Pradesh is totally a different experience for people as people generally do not follow any rule.

railway

In yet another train incident, at least 23 people were passed away and over 60 others were injured as 14 coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar’s Khatauli region in Uttar Pradesh .

Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow.

river · boats

Boat ride on the sacred river Ganges to see the cremation Ghats and witness the typical Hinduism on the ghats.

forest

A veteran Himalayan mountaineer is evacuated from Nanda Devi Sanctuary, by way of Lama helicopters despatched by the Indian Air Force from the Bareilly unit in Uttar Pradesh state.

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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

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.