India Profile brings you the Uttar Pradesh map that shows you the important tourist places in Uttar Pradesh India. Uttar Pradesh, in North India is a state known for its historic cities, temples and the beautiful Taj Mahal in Agra. On the Uttar Pradesh map you can see the capital city Lucknow and the tourist places of Agra, Varanasi and Allahabad.
Gomati River (Encyclopædia Britannica)
tributary of the Ganges River, central Uttar Pradesh, northern India. It rises in northern Uttar Pradesh about 32 miles (51 km) east of Pilibhit and is intermittent for the first 35 miles (56 km) of its course, becoming perennial after its junction with the Joknai. Below this point it flows ...
Jaunpur (Encyclopædia Britannica)
town, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, straddling the Gomati River, northwest of Varanasi (Benares). Jaunpur probably was originally founded in the 11th century but was washed away by Gomati floods. It was rebuilt in 1359 by Firuz Shah Tughluq, whose fort still stands.
See the great palace
city, southern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It is situated at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna (Jumna) rivers. Allahabad stands on the site of ancient Prayag, a holy city that was comparable in fame to Varanasi (Benares) and Haridwar. Prayag's importance in the ancient Buddhist period of Indian history is attested to by the inscriptions on the Pillar of Asoka.
Every day of the year a mass of humanity surges up steep pathways that cut across the hillside for mile after mile. Popular belief holds that anybody who walks the Himalayan trail to her abode to ask for a boon rarely goes back disappointed. There are many who journey here year after year to pay obeisance regardless of their faith or belief, creed or class, caste or religion, for Mata Vaishno Devi transcends all such barriers.
