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UTTAR PRADESH
Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state is located in the
north western part of India. Uttar Pradesh covers a large part
of the highly fertile and densely populated upper Gangetic
plain. It shares an international border with Nepal to the
north. Other states along Uttar Pradesh's border include
Uttarakhand, Haryana and Delhi to the north and northwest,
Rajasthan on the west, Madhya Pradesh on the south, Chhattisgarh
and Jharkhand on the south east and Bihar on the east.
Uttar Pradesh has three World Heritage Sites in close vicinity -
Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the nearby Fatehpur Sikri. Varanasi
(Hinduism's holiest city) is widely considered to be one of the
oldest cities in the world. It is famous for its ghats. Other
prominent tourist and historical destinations are Varanasi,
Lucknow, Piprahwa, Kaushambi, Shravasti, Kushinagar, Lucknow,
Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Allahabad, Sarnath, Vrindavan and Meerut.
Kathak, one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances,
originated from Uttar Pradesh.
The state attracts large number of visitors, both national and
international. Thousands gather at Allahabad to take part in the
Magh Mela festival, which is held on the banks of the Ganges.
This festival is organised on a larger scale every 12th year and
is called the Kumbha Mela, where over 10 million Hindu pilgrims
congregate–proclaimed as one of the largest gathering of human
beings in the world.
Lucknow the capital of
the state, has several beautiful historical monuments such as
Bara Imambara and Chhota Imambara.
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Allahabad |
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Kanpur |
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