Monuments & Heritage in Uttar Pradesh
126 places in Uttar Pradesh under monuments & heritage. Memorials, old towns and protected sites.
Explore with dates- Agori FortSonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh · FortsA ruined Chandel fort at the meeting of the Son and Renu, across the river from Chopan.
- Agra FortAgra, Uttar Pradesh · FortsAkbar's sandstone walls with Shah Jahan's marble inside, and the Taj framed from the tower he died in.
- AhichhatraBareilly, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe excavated capital of Panchala, ramparts in the fields and a Jain tirth beside them.
- Akbar's Tomb, SikandraAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAkbar's own tomb in a deer-filled garden on the Mathura road, finished by Jahangir in 1613.
- Aligarh FortAligarh, Uttar Pradesh · FortsThe moated Maratha fort Lake stormed in 1803, now a quiet corner of the AMU campus.
- Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsSir Syed's 1875 college, now a university campus of gates, halls and a very large library.
- All Saints CathedralPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritagePatthar Girja, Emerson's 1887 Gothic cathedral in the middle of Civil Lines.
- Allahabad FortPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · FortsAkbar's largest fort, Army-held, with the Patalpuri temple and the undying banyan open to visitors.
- Ambedkar Memorial ParkLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & Heritage107 acres of red sandstone, stupa and stone elephants. Go late, stay for the lights.
- Anand BhavanPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe Nehru family home, kept as it was, with Swaraj Bhavan and a planetarium beside it. Shut Mondays.
- Atala MasjidJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1408 mosque whose giant arched pylon set the Sharqi style that makes Jaunpur different.
- Augharnath TempleMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe sepoy temple where the 1857 rising was plotted in Meerut Cantonment.
- Badshahi Bagh, KhajuhaFatehpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAurangzeb's sarai and garden on the Grand Trunk Road, built to mark his 1659 victory at Khajuha.
- Bahu Begum ka MaqbaraAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe tallest and finest Nawabi tomb in Faizabad, built for Shuja-ud-Daula's widow.
- Bara ImambaraLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1784 imambara with a beamless hall and a real labyrinth above it. Take the guide.
- Bara Sarkar DargahBudaun, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe largest of Budaun's Sufi shrines, in a town Nizamuddin Auliya was born in.
- Barnava LakshagrihaBaghpat, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe mound tradition calls the house of lac from the Mahabharata.
- Bawani ImliFatehpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe tamarind tree where 52 freedom fighters were hanged in 1858, still standing at Khajuha.
- Bharat Mata MandirVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA temple whose deity is a marble relief map of undivided India, opened by Gandhi in 1936.
- Bhitargaon TempleKanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesIndia's oldest standing brick temple, Gupta period, alone in a Kanpur Dehat village.
- Bhitari Gupta PillarGhazipur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA fifth-century Gupta pillar standing alone in a field, recording Skandagupta's wars against the Huns.
- Bhuragarh FortBanda, Uttar Pradesh · FortsA brown stone fort on the Ken, taken in 1857, with a rope-dancer fair each Makar Sankranti.
- BilgramHardoi, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Mughal-era qasba south of Hardoi, home town of the poet Azad Bilgrami.
- Chandrashekhar Azad ParkPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 133 acre park where Chandrashekhar Azad fell in 1931, with the museum and library inside.
- Chandwar Gate and BattlefieldFirozabad, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageWhere Ghori killed Jaichand of Kannauj in 1194, marked by a gate and a mound by the Yamuna.
- Chattar ManzilLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Palaces & HavelisThe Nawabs' umbrella palace on the Gomti, grown from Claude Martin's town house.
- Chauri Chaura Shaheed SmarakGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageWhere a 1922 crowd burnt the police station and Gandhi stopped Non-Cooperation.
- Chini ka RauzaAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe tiled Persian tomb on the east bank that nobody visits, five minutes from the Baby Taj.
- Chittaura Jheel and Suheldev MemorialBahraich, Uttar Pradesh · Lakes & DamsThe lake where Suheldev is said to have beaten Salar Masud in 1034, with his memorial on the bank.
- Chota ImambaraLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe smaller, gaudier imambara of 1838, still lit with chandeliers on Muharram nights.
- Chunar FortMirzapur, Uttar Pradesh · FortsA sandstone fort over the Ganga that Sher Shah, Humayun, Akbar and Hastings all held.
- Dargah Ala HazratBareilly, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe shrine of Ahmed Raza Khan, whose urs fills the old city of Bareilly.
- Dargah Hafiz Rahmat KhanPilibhit, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Rohilla regent's Delhi-style mosque and tomb in his capital, Pilibhit.
- Dargah of Ghazi Saiyyad Salar MasudBahraich, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesGhazi Miyan's shrine, with one of eastern UP's largest fairs each Jeth.
- Dargah of Shah VilayatAmroha, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Sufi shrine behind Amroha's legend that its scorpions do not sting.
- Dashavatara Temple, DeogarhLalitpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Gupta Vishnu temple of around 500 CE, among the earliest stone temples in India.
- Dewa SharifBarabanki, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Sufi shrine of Haji Waris Ali Shah, open to every faith, 25 km from Lucknow.
- Dilkusha KothiLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Palaces & HavelisA ruined English baroque hunting lodge on quiet ASI lawns. Nobody else will be there.
- FatehgarhFarrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA 1777 cantonment on the Ganga, with its 1857 memorials and old avenues.
- Fatehpur SikriAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAkbar's sandstone capital, built in fourteen years and left within fifteen.
- Frog Temple, OelLakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesIndia's only temple on a stone frog, 12 km from Lakhimpur.
- Gandhi Samadhi RampurRampur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageOne of the few places outside Delhi where Gandhi's ashes rest.
- Ganesh Bagh, KarwiChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA Peshwa summer retreat at Karwi with a carved temple and a seven storey stepwell, a mini Khajuraho.
- GanwariaSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe excavated brick quarter read as the palace of Kapilavastu, a km from Piprahwa.
- Ghazipur Opium FactoryGhazipur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe world's oldest working opium factory, 1820. Look from the gate, and leave the camera in the bag.
- Gulab BariAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageShuja-ud-Daula's tomb in a walled rose garden, the quiet Faizabad end of Ayodhya.
- Gurdwara Guru ka TaalAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe gurdwara at the tank where Guru Tegh Bahadur gave himself up in 1675, next to Akbar's tomb.
- HastinapurMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Kuru capital of the Mahabharata, now a sprawling Jain tirth on the old Ganga.
- Hathras FortHathras, Uttar Pradesh · FortsWhat is left of the Jat mud fort the British bombarded into surrender in 1817.
- Hussainabad Clock Tower and Picture GalleryLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1881 clock tower and the gallery of Nawab portraits across the tank.
- Imambara GorakhpurGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageGorakhpur's 1717 imambara, with gold and silver tazias and a fire that never went out.
- International Monasteries and Peace BellShravasti, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThai, Sri Lankan, Korean and Chinese monasteries along the Jetavana road.
- Itmad-ud-Daulah (Baby Taj)Agra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageNur Jahan's marble tomb for her father, the small rehearsal for the Taj with a fraction of the crowd.
- JaisAmethi, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsBirthplace of Malik Muhammad Jayasi, the poet of Padmavat, and his resting place.
- JajmauKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageKanpur's oldest ground: a 3000-year mound with a Shiva temple, a dargah and a mosque.
- Jama Masjid (Bari Masjid)Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe biggest Sharqi mosque, up a great flight of steps, and one of the few Lodi did not pull down.
- Jama Masjid BudaunBudaun, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageIltutmish's 1223 mosque, one of the oldest and largest in India, on Budaun's fort mound.
- Jama Masjid MoradabadMoradabad, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1631 mosque inside the founder's fort above the Ramganga.
- Jama Masjid RampurRampur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageRampur's Nawabi mosque with a clock tower, at the heart of the old city.
- Jama Masjid, AgraAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageJahanara's 1648 mosque and the old-city bazaar behind it, across the tracks from the fort.
- Jama Masjid, Upar KotAligarh, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageSabit Khan's 1724 mosque on the high ground of the old city, with the lock bazaar in the lanes below.
- Jetavana MonasteryShravasti, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe monastery where the Buddha spent 24 monsoons. Brick footings, a bodhi tree, and monks chanting.
- Jhansi FortJhansi, Uttar Pradesh · FortsThe 1613 Bundela fort that Rani Lakshmibai held against the British in 1858.
- KakoriLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageWhere the 1925 train action happened, and where the kebab got its name.
- Kalinjar FortBanda, Uttar Pradesh · FortsThe Chandela hill fort where Sher Shah Suri died, with a rock-cut Neelkanth temple near the top.
- KalpiJalaun, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsBirbal's birthplace on the Yamuna, with a Lodi tomb of 84 openings and a living handmade paper trade.
- KampilFarrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesDraupadi's Kampilya, capital of Panchala, now a village of mounds and a Jain tirth.
- Kanpur Memorial ChurchKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1875 red-brick church built in memory of 1857, with the Bibighar angel in its garden.
- Kans QilaMathura, Uttar Pradesh · FortsRuined riverside fort above the Mathura ghats, once the site of a Jai Singh observatory.
- Kaushambi Ruins, KosamKaushambi, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Vatsa capital where the Buddha stayed, mud ramparts still standing on the Yamuna.
- Khusro BaghPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThree Mughal tombs in a walled guava garden, including Jahangir's rebel son Khusrau.
- Kichhauchha SharifAmbedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe dargah of a Persian prince turned Chishti saint, beside a tank said to heal.
- Kirat SagarMahoba, Uttar Pradesh · Lakes & DamsAn 11th century Chandela lake and the ground of the Kajli Mela, held since 1182.
- Kothi Khas BaghRampur, Uttar Pradesh · Palaces & HavelisThe Nawabs' orchard palace on the Kosi, glimpsed from the Nainital road.
- KudarkotAuraiya, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAn unmarked ancient mound in the Auraiya countryside, for the archaeologically inclined.
- La Martiniere (Constantia)Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Palaces & HavelisClaude Martin's baroque country house, a school since 1845. Ask before you visit.
- Lal Darwaza MasjidJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA Sharqi queen's mosque of 1447, the smallest and quietest of the three.
- Lanka MinarJalaun, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA 210 foot tower to Ravana, built by a Ramlila actor over twenty years in Kalpi.
- Lord Cornwallis TombGhazipur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA domed Grecian mausoleum for the Governor-General who died here in 1805. Odd, grand and empty.
- Madan Sagar & KakramathMahoba, Uttar Pradesh · Lakes & DamsA 12th century Chandela lake with a granite Shiva temple on an island in it.
- MagharSant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesKabir's samadhi and mazar a few metres apart, on the Ami river.
- Mahaparinirvana TempleKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe 5th-century reclining Buddha on the spot where he died.
- Mahet: Angulimala and Anathapindika StupasShravasti, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe ramparts of ancient Sravasti and the stupas of Angulimala and Anathapindika.
- Mainpuri FortMainpuri, Uttar Pradesh · FortsThe walled seat of the Chauhan rajas of Mainpuri, seen from the road rather than inside.
- Matha Kuar ShrineKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA 3 m blue-stone Buddha most visitors walk straight past.
- Mehtab BaghAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe garden across the river from the Taj, and the place to see it at sunset without the crowd.
- Munshiganj Shaheed SmarakRaebareli, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageMemorial to the peasants shot at the Sai bridge in January 1921.
- MursanHathras, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Jat estate town where Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was born in 1886.
- Nadrai AqueductKasganj, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAn 1889 aqueduct that carries the Lower Ganga Canal over the Kali river, still in use.
- Nawab TankBanda, Uttar Pradesh · Lakes & DamsA Nawabi stepped tank with an island temple, Banda's evening walk.
- Pathargarh FortBijnor, Uttar Pradesh · FortsNajib-ud-Daula's Rohilla fort, better known as the hideout of Sultana Daku.
- Phool Bagh and Kanpur SangrahalayaKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageKanpur's central park with the city museum and its 1857 relics in the old memorial hall.
- Piprahwa StupaSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageWhere relics inscribed as the Buddha’s own were dug up in 1898. The Indian Kapilavastu.
- Radha Kund and Kusum SarovarMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesBraj sacred tanks and a 1760s Jat sandstone cenotaph, side by side on the Govardhan road.
- Rahila Sagar Sun TempleMahoba, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA roofless 9th century granite Sun temple beside a Chandela tank, 3 km from Mahoba.
- Ram Bagh (Aram Bagh)Agra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageBabur's riverside garden, the oldest Mughal garden in India and usually empty.
- Ramabhar StupaKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe brick mound where the Buddha was cremated. Best at dusk.
- Rani MahalJhansi, Uttar Pradesh · Palaces & HavelisRani Lakshmibai's town palace, now an ASI sculpture gallery with a painted durbar hall.
- Rashtriya Dalit Prerna SthalGautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe pink sandstone memorial park in Noida, best in the late afternoon light.
- Raza LibraryRampur, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe Nawabs' library in a palace: 17,000 manuscripts and a Durbar Hall to match.
- Rumi DarwazaLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1784 Turkish gate that stands for Lucknow. Free, and best in the evening light.
- SankisaFarrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Buddha came down from heaven. An Ashokan elephant and a quiet mound in Farrukhabad's fields.
- Sardhana BasilicaMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageBegum Samru's 1822 church, a basilica and north India's biggest Catholic pilgrimage.
- SarnathVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Buddha gave his first sermon. Dhamek Stupa, Ashoka's pillar and a quiet deer park.
- Sarnath Archaeological MuseumVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsHome of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, the national emblem. Small, superb, closed on Fridays.
- Satti Chaura GhatKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Ganga ghat where the surrendered Kanpur garrison was shot in June 1857.
- Shaheed Smarak, BalliaBallia, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageMemorial to the week in August 1942 when Ballia threw out the British and ran itself.
- Shaheed UdyanShahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe park that remembers the three Kakori martyrs Shahjahanpur gave to 1927.
- Shahi BridgeJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAkbar's governor built this bridge over the Gomti in 1568 and Jaunpur still drives over it every day.
- Shahi Jama Masjid SambhalSambhal, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA Babur-era mosque of 1526, now the centre of a dispute; check before you go.
- Shahi Katra MasjidMau, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA Shah Jahan-era mosque at the heart of the powerloom town of Mau.
- Shahi Qila (Jaunpur Fort)Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh · FortsFiroz Shah Tughlaq's riverside fort of 1360, mostly walls now, with the best view in Jaunpur.
- Shahid Smarak MeerutMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1857 memorial column and museum that tell the Meerut story in order.
- Shahjahanpur Fort and Old CityShahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh · FortsA 1647 Afghan foundation, best known for the shoe-pelting Laat Saheb Holi.
- Shobhnath Jain TempleShravasti, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesShravasti's Jain side: the birthplace of the third Tirthankara.
- ShringverpurPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere Ram crossed the Ganga into exile, with a 2,000 year old excavated tank beside the ghat.
- SinauliBaghpat, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageFields near Baraut where the oldest chariots in South Asia came out of the ground.
- Sitab Diara (JP Narayan Birthplace)Ballia, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsJayaprakash Narayan's birthplace on a flood-prone river island where UP meets Bihar.
- Soami Bagh Samadh, DayalbaghAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe marble memorial to the Radhasoami founder that has been under construction since 1904.
- St John's ChurchMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1821 garrison church of Meerut, with 1857 graves in its yard.
- Sun Temple, TurkpattiKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Gupta-era black-stone Sun god in a village temple 17 km from Kushinagar.
- Taj MahalAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe tomb Shah Jahan built for Mumtaz Mahal. Go at opening time, before the light and the crowds change.
- Thana BhawanShamli, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere a Sufi scholar led western UP into the 1857 revolt.
- The ResidencyLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageRuins of the 1857 siege, left exactly as they stood. The quietest lawns in Lucknow.
- Vijaygarh FortSonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh · FortsThe hill fort of Chandrakanta, with rock-cut tanks that never dry and a 40 minute climb.
- Vishnu Mandir, AsuranGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA 12th-century Pala Vishnu, dressed and worshipped daily in a city temple.
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