Uttar Pradesh
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Asia : South Asia : India : Plains : Uttar Pradesh
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Uttar Pradesh is a state in the Plains region of India.
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- Lucknow - the capital
- Agra - home of the Taj Mahal
- Aligarh
- Allahabad - a holy place where the rivers Ganga and Yamuna meet.
- Ayodhya - ancient city and the old capital of Awadh
- Ballabgarh
- Faizabad
- Jhansi - historic city where Queen Laxmibai fought for freedom from the British in the revolt of 1857
- Kanpur - once known as the "Manchester of India", now famous for its leather works and the IIT
- Mathura - birthplace of Krishna
- Unnao
- Robertsganj
- Sitapur
- Varanasi - holy city on the Ganges
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- Sarnath. The site of the Buddha Sakyamuni's first teaching after gaining enlightenment.
- Dudhwa National Park
Chotrakoot: Chitrakoot incorporates very many places of religious and pauranic importance,visited both by devotees and sight-seers It is believed that Lord Ram bathed (RAMGHAT)here with Laxman and Sita Ji on their arrival in Chitrakoot.The famous saint-poet Tulsidas is also believed to have lived here for quite some time.It is the place where he is believed to have darshan of Ram and Laxman.Tulsidas was preparing sandal-paste for himself,when Ram and Laxman appeared before him as two children
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