Pilgrimage Routes in Uttar Pradesh
174 places in Uttar Pradesh under pilgrimage routes. Holy places and the routes to them.
Explore with dates- AharBulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA slow Ganga temple town near Anupshahr with a Krishna and Rukmini legend.
- AhichhatraBareilly, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe excavated capital of Panchala, ramparts in the fields and a Jain tirth beside them.
- Alakhnath TempleBareilly, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Naga sadhus' Shiva temple that heads Bareilly's seven-Nath circuit.
- Alopi Devi TemplePrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Shakti peeth with no idol, only a wooden cradle where the goddess vanished.
- Assi GhatVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe wide southern ghat where Varanasi starts its day with music and aarti before sunrise.
- Augharnath TempleMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe sepoy temple where the 1857 rising was plotted in Meerut Cantonment.
- Bade Hanuman TemplePrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe reclining Hanuman that the Ganga covers every monsoon, next to the fort.
- Baksar Ganga GhatUnnao, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA quiet Ganga ghat and Devi temple in Unnao's south, crowded once a year on Kartik Purnima.
- Baleshwar Nath TempleBallia, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Shiva shrine Ballia is named after, a ten-minute walk from the Bhrigu temple.
- Bamdeveshwar HillBanda, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe sage Bamdev shrine that gave Banda its name, a 20 minute walk up for a view of the Ken.
- Banke Bihari TempleMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesVrindavan's most crowded temple, where the curtain is drawn across the deity every few minutes.
- 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.
- BarhajDeoria, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesSaryu ghats and the ashram of Baba Raghav Das. A big bathing fair on Kartik Purnima.
- Barnava LakshagrihaBaghpat, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe mound tradition calls the house of lac from the Mahabharata.
- BarsanaMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesRadha's hilltop temple and the Lathmar Holi where the women do the beating.
- BateshwarAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & Shrines101 Shiva temples on a Yamuna bend, a Kartik cattle fair, and the Vajpayee family village.
- Belon Devi and Narora GhatBulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Navratri Devi temple beside the dolphin stretch of the Ganga at Narora.
- Bhadeshwar Nath TempleBasti, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesBasti's Shiva temple on the Kuwano, with a linga said to be Ravana's.
- Bharat KoopChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe well where Bharat poured the water of every holy river for a coronation that never happened.
- Bhayaharan Nath DhamPratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Shiva temple that takes fear away, on the Bakulahi at Katra Gulab Singh.
- Bhitaura Ganga GhatFatehpur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesFatehpur's Ganga ghat at the sage Bhrigu's ashram, 10 km north of town.
- Bhrigu Ashram & Dadri MelaBallia, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesSage Bhrigu's temple and the Dadri Mela, India's second largest cattle fair, on the Ganga sands each Kartik.
- Bhuragarh FortBanda, Uttar Pradesh · FortsA brown stone fort on the Ken, taken in 1857, with a rope-dancer fair each Makar Sankranti.
- BithoorKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesGanga ghats, Valmiki's ashram and Nana Sahib's lost palace, 25 km up from Kanpur.
- BrijghatHapur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe nearest Ganga ghat to Delhi, right off the Moradabad highway.
- Chandrika Devi TempleLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesLucknow's Devi temple on the Gomti, 28 km out and packed every Amavasya.
- ChhapaiyaGonda, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesBirthplace of Swaminarayan. A Gujarati pilgrimage an hour from Ayodhya.
- Chota ImambaraLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe smaller, gaudier imambara of 1838, still lit with chandeliers on Muharram nights.
- Dadhichi Kund, MisrikhSitapur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe tank where Dadhichi gave up his bones for the vajra. Ten km from Naimisharanya.
- DalmauRaebareli, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesOld fort ruins on a high Ganga bank, with the best ghats and biggest fair in Raebareli.
- 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.
- Dashashwamedh Ghat & Ganga AartiVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe main ghat of Varanasi and its evening Ganga aarti, best watched from a boat.
- Dashrath Mahal and Sita ki RasoiAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe temple on Dashrath's palace site, and Sita's kitchen a few lanes away.
- Dasna Devi TempleGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Navratri shrine of Dasna, on the Hapur road out of Ghaziabad.
- Dauji Maharaj Temple, HathrasHathras, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesHathras's Balram temple, and the Lakkhi Mela that fills the ground beside it every Bhadrapad.
- Dauji Temple, BaldeoMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesBraj's main Balram temple, and the Huranga Holi where the men lose their shirts.
- Deogarh Jain TemplesLalitpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThirty-one Jain temples inside a hill fort above the Betwa, with two thousand loose sculptures.
- Devipatan Temple, TulsipurBalrampur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Shakti Peeth whose Chaitra fair brings a procession from Nepal every year.
- Devkali TempleAuraiya, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesAuraiya's old Shiva temple and its Kartik Purnima fair.
- Dewa SharifBarabanki, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Sufi shrine of Haji Waris Ali Shah, open to every faith, 25 km from Lucknow.
- Dhopap DhamSultanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Gomti ghat where Ram washed off the sin of killing Ravana. Huge on Ganga Dussehra.
- Dhopeshwar Nath TempleBareilly, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe calm cantonment stop on the Bareilly Nath circuit.
- DohrighatMau, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesKartik Purnima bathing fair on the Saryu at the Mau to Gorakhpur crossing. Floods in the monsoon.
- Dudheshwar Nath MandirGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesGhaziabad's oldest Shiva temple, on the Hindon, a Kanwar terminus in Shravan.
- Dugdheshwar Nath Temple, RudrapurDeoria, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesDeoria's main Shiva shrine, where a cow is said to have found the linga.
- Durga Kund TempleVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe red monkey temple of Rani Bhabani beside its tank, with Tulsi Manas Mandir two minutes away.
- Durvasa AshramAzamgarh, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesSage Durvasa's ashram at a river confluence near Phulpur, with a big Kartik Purnima fair.
- Dwarkadhish TempleMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesMathura's main Vallabh-sect temple, built 1814, with a swing festival every Shravan.
- Fatehpur SikriAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageAkbar's sandstone capital, built in fourteen years and left within fifteen.
- GarhmukteshwarHapur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesDelhi's nearest Ganga town, and the site of western UP's biggest Kartik Purnima fair.
- Gauri Shankar Temple, PilibhitPilibhit, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesPilibhit's own Shiva temple, busiest at Shivratri.
- Ghuisarnath DhamPratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesPratapgarh's main Shiva shrine, on the Sai at Lalganj, with the district's biggest Shivratri fair.
- Gita Press and Leela Chitra MandirGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsIndia's biggest publisher of Hindu texts, with the Gita carved on its walls.
- Gokul and MahavanMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe village Krishna was carried to as a baby, with the Raman Reti sands and the 84-pillared hall next door.
- Gola GokarannathLakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesChhoti Kashi of the terai. The linga Ravana is said to have set down and lost.
- Gomti UdgamPilibhit, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe lake among terai fields where Lucknow's river begins.
- GorakhgiriMahoba, Uttar Pradesh · Peak TreksA short steep granite climb above the Mahoba lakes, with a Gorakhnath cave and Chandela rock work.
- Gorakhnath TempleGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Nath yogis' seat that gave Gorakhpur its name. Khichdi Mela in January.
- Govardhan ParikramaMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe 21 km barefoot circuit round the hill Krishna lifted, the core walk of Braj.
- Govind Sahab DhamAmbedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA saint's samadhi that turns into a month-long fair every November-December.
- Guptar GhatAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Saryu ghat where Ram left the world. Quiet, on the Faizabad side.
- 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.
- Hanuman Dham ShahjahanpurShahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesShahjahanpur's riverside temple with a Hanuman taller than the town.
- Hanuman Dham ShamliShamli, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Hanuman temple that doubles as the town square of Shamli.
- Hanuman DharaChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA cliff shrine where a spring falls on Hanuman, 600 steps up with a view over Chitrakoot.
- Hanuman GarhiAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesAyodhya's fortified Hanuman temple, 76 steps up. Visit here first, by custom.
- HastinapurMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Kuru capital of the Mahabharata, now a sprawling Jain tirth on the old Ganga.
- 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.
- ISKCON Krishna Balaram MandirMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe ISKCON temple Prabhupada built in 1975, where his samadhi now stands.
- JajmauKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageKanpur's oldest ground: a 3000-year mound with a Shiva temple, a dargah and a mosque.
- 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.
- Kaal Bhairav TempleVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe temple of the Kotwal of Kashi, whose leave you are said to need to stay in the city.
- Kabir Math, LahartaraVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere Kabir was found as an infant, by tradition. Two quiet maths for the weaver-poet of Banaras.
- Kachhla GhatBudaun, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesBudaun's Ganga ghat under the Kasganj bridge, with a Kartik Purnima fair.
- Kailash Mandir, EtahEtah, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesEtah's Shiva temple, and the week-long Kailash Mela held around it every Shravan.
- KairanaShamli, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Yamuna town whose name is on one of the great gharanas of khayal.
- Kalki DhamSambhal, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe temple rising for the avatar who is still to come, in the town the Puranas named.
- KalpiJalaun, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsBirbal's birthplace on the Yamuna, with a Lodi tomb of 84 openings and a living handmade paper trade.
- Kamadgiri ParikramaChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe 5 km walk round the sacred hill of Chitrakoot, past Kamtanath and Bharat Milap.
- KampilFarrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesDraupadi's Kampilya, capital of Panchala, now a village of mounds and a Jain tirth.
- Kanak BhawanAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKaikeyi's gift to Sita, rebuilt in 1891 by the queen of Orchha. Ayodhya's prettiest temple.
- Kara DhamKaushambi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Sheetla Devi temple and a ruined Sultanate fort on the Ganga at Kara.
- Kashi Vishwanath TempleVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Jyotirlinga that Varanasi is built around, now reached by a wide corridor from the river.
- Kaushambi Ruins, KosamKaushambi, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Vatsa capital where the Buddha stayed, mud ramparts still standing on the Yamuna.
- Khereshwar DhamAligarh, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesAligarh's Shiva temple, quiet most of the year and swamped by kanwariyas every Shravan.
- Kichhauchha SharifAmbedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe dargah of a Persian prince turned Chishti saint, beside a tank said to heal.
- Kintoor Parijaat TreeBarabanki, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA lone ancient baobab that villagers say Arjuna brought down from heaven for Kunti.
- Kirat SagarMahoba, Uttar Pradesh · Lakes & DamsAn 11th century Chandela lake and the ground of the Kajli Mela, held since 1182.
- Kotwa DhamBarabanki, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA local Shiva shrine outside Barabanki, busy on Sawan Mondays, quiet otherwise.
- Lalita Devi TempleSitapur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesNaimisharanya's Shakti Peeth, a short walk from Chakra Tirth.
- Lehra Devi TempleMaharajganj, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesMaharajganj's Devi temple, with big Navratri fairs.
- Lodheshwar MahadevBarabanki, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesBarabanki's big Shiva shrine, swamped by Kanwar carriers every Sawan Monday.
- 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.
- Makhauda DhamBasti, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere Dasharatha's yagya is said to have taken place. The Ayodhya parikrama starts here.
- Manikarnika GhatVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe cremation ghat of Kashi, where the fires never go out. Go quietly, and keep the camera down.
- Mankameshwar TempleAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesOld Agra's Shiva temple in the Rawatpara lanes, best joined with the Jama Masjid and the bazaar.
- Marsalganj Jain TempleFirozabad, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA quiet Digambar Jain pilgrimage on the Shikohabad road, built around images found in the ground.
- Matha Kuar ShrineKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageA 3 m blue-stone Buddha most visitors walk straight past.
- Mirzapur GhatsMirzapur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe ghats of a 19th century Ganga port, with carpet looms and brass workshops behind them.
- MusanagarKanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Devi temple and old mound on a high Yamuna bank in the south of Kanpur Dehat.
- Nageshwarnath TempleAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesAyodhya's Shiva temple, said to have been founded by Kush and rebuilt around 1750.
- Naimisharanya (Chakra Tirth)Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe forest of the Puranas. A spring-fed round pond and a small town full of temples.
- NandgaonMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKrishna's childhood village, where the men take their turn at Lathmar Holi the day after Barsana.
- Nidhivan and Seva KunjMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesTulsi groves locked every night for the raas, and full of monkeys who want your glasses.
- Om Ghat, ShivrajpurFatehpur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA quiet Ganga ghat with an old Shiva temple in the north of Fatehpur, best at sunrise.
- PatiyaliKasganj, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Ganga-side qasba where Amir Khusrau was born in 1253, quiet about it to this day.
- Piprahwa StupaSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageWhere relics inscribed as the Buddha’s own were dug up in 1898. The Indian Kapilavastu.
- Prabhas GiriKaushambi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA Jain hill on the Yamuna, Padmaprabha's birthplace, with rock shelters and a river view.
- Prahlad KundHardoi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe tank where Prahlad is said to have walked out of the fire. Hardoi owns the Holi story.
- Prithvinath Temple, KhargupurGonda, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA shivling taller than a man, said to have been set up by Bhima.
- Pura MahadevBaghpat, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Hindon-side Shiva temple where the western UP Kanwar walk ends.
- Radha Kund and Kusum SarovarMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesBraj sacred tanks and a 1760s Jat sandstone cenotaph, side by side on the Govardhan road.
- Radha Raman TempleMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA 1542 Goswami temple whose kitchen fire has, by tradition, never gone out.
- Ram ki Paidi and the Saryu GhatsAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesAyodhya's Saryu ghats, lit by millions of lamps on the night before Diwali.
- Ram MandirAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe Ram Janmabhoomi temple, consecrated January 2024. Early weekday, no phone, long queue.
- Ramabhar StupaKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe brick mound where the Buddha was cremated. Best at dusk.
- RamghatChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesChitrakoot's main ghat on the Mandakini, with an evening aarti best watched from a boat.
- SafipurUnnao, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA small Sufi shrine town north of Unnao, named for the saint buried there.
- Sambhal Tirth CircuitSambhal, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesSambhal's 68 tirths and 19 sacred wells, being dug out and reopened one by one.
- Sankat Mochan Hanuman TempleVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesTulsidas's Hanuman temple, and every April a free all-night classical music festival in its courtyard.
- SankisaFarrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Buddha came down from heaven. An Ashokan elephant and a quiet mound in Farrukhabad's fields.
- Sant Ravidas Janmasthan, Seer GovardhanpurVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesBirthplace shrine of Sant Ravidas, drawing lakhs of pilgrims from Punjab each Magh Purnima.
- 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.
- Sati Anusuya AshramChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesWhere the Mandakini comes out of the forest, 16 km upstream of Ramghat.
- Satti Chaura GhatKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Ganga ghat where the surrendered Kanpur garrison was shot in June 1857.
- Semradh Nath DhamBhadohi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesBhadohi's main Shiva shrine, busy on Shravan Mondays and Shivratri, quiet the rest of the year.
- Shakumbhari DeviSaharanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Shivalik-foothill Siddha Peeth whose Navratri fairs draw half of western UP.
- Sheetla Chaukiya DhamJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesJaunpur's main goddess temple, to Sheetla Mata, beside a tank on the edge of town.
- Sheetla Devi Temple, MainpuriMainpuri, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesMainpuri's Sheetla Mata temple, and the nine-day Navratri fairs held beside it.
- Shivdwar TempleSonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesAn 11th century Uma-Maheshwar in black stone, still worshipped in a plain temple at Gurma.
- Shobhnath Jain TempleShravasti, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesShravasti's Jain side: the birthplace of the third Tirthankara.
- Shravan KshetraAmbedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere Dashrath's arrow killed Shravan Kumar. Small shrine, big story.
- Shri Krishna JanmabhoomiMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKrishna's birthplace, rebuilt many times over, and the busiest spot in Mathura on Janmashtami night.
- ShringirampurFarrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesShringi Rishi's ashram on the Ganga, 12 km from Farrukhabad. Ghats and a fair.
- ShringverpurPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere Ram crossed the Ganga into exile, with a 2,000 year old excavated tank beside the ghat.
- ShukratalMuzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Bhagavat was first recited, under a banyan by the old Ganga.
- Sitakund GhatSultanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesSultanpur's Gomti ghat where Sita is said to have bathed. Aarti most evenings.
- SitamarhiBhadohi, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesWhere Sita entered the earth, marked by a temple and a 110 foot Hanuman on the Ganga.
- Soami Bagh Samadh, DayalbaghAgra, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe marble memorial to the Radhasoami founder that has been under construction since 1904.
- Sohnag Parashuram DhamDeoria, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA Parashuram shrine by a big tank near Salempur.
- Sonauli BorderMaharajganj, Uttar Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe walk-across border to Nepal. Lumbini is a day trip from here.
- Soron (Sukarkshetra)Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Varaha tirtha on the old Ganga where ashes are brought, and possibly where Tulsidas was born.
- Sphatik Shila & Janki KundChitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA footprint rock in the Mandakini and the quiet Janki Kund ghat, both a short ride from Ramghat.
- Sunrise Boat Ride, Assi to ManikarnikaVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · AdventureA rowing boat along the ghats at sunrise, the one thing in Varanasi everyone should do.
- Tameshwar Nath DhamSant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKhalilabad's Shiva dham, ten minutes from Maghar.
- Tarkulha Devi TempleGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesBandhu Singh's Devi shrine of 1857, with a month-long Chaitra fair.
- Thana BhawanShamli, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere a Sufi scholar led western UP into the 1857 revolt.
- Tigri Ganga MelaAmroha, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesAmroha's week-long Kartik Purnima tent city on the Ganga sands.
- Trilok Teerth DhamBaghpat, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA 317-foot Jain temple an hour from Delhi, built as a model of the cosmos.
- Trivati Nath TempleBareilly, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThe city-centre Nath temple of the three banyans.
- Triveni SangamPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe confluence of Ganga and Yamuna, by boat, with the Magh Mela every January and February.
- Vahelna ParshvanathMuzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Jain Atishaya Kshetra with a 31-foot Parshvanath outside Muzaffarnagar.
- Vasudev MandirAmroha, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesAmroha's main Vishnu temple, quiet except at Janmashtami.
- Vidur KutiBijnor, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesVidur's riverside retreat across the Ganga from Hastinapur.
- Vijethua MahaviranSultanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesWhere Hanuman slew Kalnemi on the way to the Sanjeevani. Big Hanuman shrine, big Tuesdays.
- VindhyachalMirzapur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA great Shakti peeth on the Ganga, with the 8 km Trikon walk up to Ashtabhuja and Kali Khoh.
- Vishram GhatMathura, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesMathura Yamuna ghat where the evening aarti is held, with lamps floating downstream.
- Vyas Gaddi and Hanuman GarhiSitapur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe banyan where Ved Vyas is said to have divided the Vedas.
- Wat Thai Kushinara ChalermrajKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesKushinagar's Thai royal monastery. Gilded roofs, gardens and quiet.
- Yamuna Ghat, AuraiyaAuraiya, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesAuraiya's Yamuna ghat, wide and slow in winter, with ravines on the far bank.
- Yamuna-Betwa Sangam, HamirpurHamirpur, Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Betwa meets the Yamuna, with ghats and a Kartik Purnima fair.
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