UTTAR PRADESH TOURIST SPOTS, FAIRS AND FESTIVALS Known for ages for its rich ancient traditions, Uttar Pradesh abounds in places of religious importance. There are also a large number of places which cannot be called places of pilgrimage but which have great importance from historical and tourist point of view. The State is specially known for its cultural centres. Thumb-nail sketches of some such places follow:- Agra Almora Ayodhya (District Faizabad) Badrinath (District Chamoli) Baijnath (District Almora) Barsana (District Mathura) Bahraich Bhed Kund Bhrigu Mandir (District Ballia) Bhimgoda Bhitargaon Bithoor (District Kanpur) Chatrata (District Dehra Dun) Chunar (District Mirzapur) Chitrakoot (District Banda) Chakra Tirth Corbett National Park Dauji (District Mathura) Deoband (District Saharanpur) Deograh Devipatan (District Gonda) Dewa Sharif (District Bara Banki) Dwarahat (District Almora) Fatehpur-Sikri (District Agra) Garh Mukteshwar (District Ghaziabad) Gangotri Govardhan (District Mathura) Gola Gokaran Nath Gorakhnath Temple (District Gorakhpur) Hardwar Hastinapur (District Meerut) Jaunpur Jain Shwtembar Temple Jain Digamber Temple Kanva Ashram (District Garhwal) Katarmal (District Almora) Kalsi Kankhal (District Hardwar) Kalpi (District Jalaun) Kaushambi (District Allahabad) Kampil (District Farrukhabad) Kapil Muni Ashram Kannau
Kedarnath (District Chamoli) Kushinagar (District Padrauna) Kaliyar (District Saharanpur) Lakhamandal Lodheswar Lansdowne (District Pauri Garhwal) Lucknow Maghar (District Basti) Mathura Misrikh Mussoorie (District Dehra Dun) Naini Tal Nanda Devi (District Chamoli) Nandgaon (District Mathura) Naimisharanya Pindari Glacier (District Almora) Prayag (Allahabad) Rajapur (District Banda) Ranikhet (District almora) Rishikesh (District Dehra Dun) Sarnath (District Varanasi) Sankisa Shakumbhari Devi Shaheed Mela Shringirampur Shringverpur (District Allahabad) Shringverpur is situated 48 km. from Allabad station. It is here that Lord Ram stayed overnight at the request of NishadRaj Guh. Shravasti (District Bahraich) Soron (District Etah) Sut Gaddi Sri Lalita Devi Temple Sri Hanuman Garhi and Panch Pandav Shukra Tal (District Muzaffar Nagar) Tapovan (District Tehri Garhwal) Varanasi (Kashi) Vindhyachal (District Mirzapur) Vrindavan (District Mathura) Vyas Gaddi Yamunotri Hotels of Uttar Pradesh |