Prayagrajvignette|Le pont du Yamuna (2004) est un viaduc à haubans d'une portée de dans sa travée centrale (longueur totale : ). Prayagraj (प्रयागराज Prayāgrāj), anciennement Allahabad (इलाहाबाद Ilāhābād), est une ville indienne du sud de l’État d’Uttar Pradesh, capitale de l'une des 18 divisions territoriales de cet État et du District de Prayagraj. C’est l’une des plus anciennes villes de l’Inde : elle s’appelait Prayāg, et les Hindous la considèrent comme sacrée. Lorsque les Turcs ghûrides occupèrent Banâras en 1194, la ville fut rattachée au sultanat de Delhi.
FaizabadFaizabad (Hindustani pronunciation: [fɛːzaːbaːd]) is a city located in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on southern the bank of the River Saryu about 130 km east of state capital Lucknow. Faizabad was the first capital of the Nawabs of Awadh and has monuments built by the Nawabs, like the Tomb of Bahu Begum, Gulab Bari. It was also the headquarters of Faizabad district (now Ayodhya district) and Faizabad division (now Ayodhya division) before November 2018.
GorakhpurGorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur district, North Eastern Railway Zone and Gorakhpur division. The city is home to the Gorakhnath Math, a Gorakhnath temple. The city also has had an Indian Air Force station since 1963. Gita Press, the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts like Ramayana and Mahabharat, is also located in Gorakhpur and was established there in 1926.
RamlilaRamlila (रामलीला; literally 'Rama's lila or play') is any dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana or secondary literature based on it such as the Ramcharitmanas. It particularly refers to the thousands of the Hindu god Rama-related dramatic plays and dance events, that are staged during the annual autumn festival of Navaratri in India.
MahobaMahoba is a city in Mahoba District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the Bundelkhand region, well known for the ninth century granite Sun temple built in Pratihara style. It is also well known for the 24 rock-cut Jain tirthankara image on Gokhar hill. Mahoba is known for its closeness to Khajuraho, Lavkushnagar and other historic places like Kulpahar, Charkhari, Kalinjar, Orchha, and Jhansi. The town is connected with railways and state highways. Mahoba is located at . It has an average elevation of 214 metres (702 feet).
RavidasGuru Ravidas est un guru, dévot adepte de la bhakti issue de l'hindouisme, auteur d'hymnes compilés dans le livre saint des sikhs, le Guru Granth Sahib. Il était également poète et mystique. Il semble être né en 1377, près de Varanasi, et mort en 1528. Il est aussi connu sous le nom de RaiDas. Membre de la caste chamar, il exerçait les métiers de tanneur et de cordonnier, se décrivant lui-même comme un hors-caste. Cependant, il était mystique profondément ancré dans la spiritualité au même titre que Kabir ou un des plus fameux gourous du Moyen Âge : Ramanand.
District de SonbhadraSonbhadra (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. It is the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattishgarh to the south, Jharkhand in the south-east and Bihar to the north-east. The district has an area of and a population of 1,862,559 (2011 census), with a population density of .
Inde du Nordvignette|Carte montrant les différentes définitions de l'Inde du Nord. L'Inde du Nord est une région, aux définitions variables, qui englobe les États du nord de l'Inde. Les caractéristiques géographiques notables de l'Inde du Nord sont la plaine indo-gangétique et l'Himalaya, qui séparent la région du plateau tibétain et de l'Asie centrale. Il n'existe pas une définition unique de l'Inde du Nord.
GhazipurGhazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ghazipur also constitutes one of the seven distinct tehsils, or subdivisions, of the Ghazipur district. Ghazipur is well known for its opium factory, established by the British East India Company in 1820 and still the biggest legal opium factory in the world, producing the drug for the global pharmaceutical industry.
ChhathChhath is an ancient Hindu festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to show gratitude and thankfulness for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request that certain wishes be granted. Chhathi Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Surya's sister is worshipped as the Goddess of the festival.
