उत्तर प्रदेश

Uttar Pradesh

State · Capital Lucknow · 200 million people (2011)

नमस्तेNamaste: hello in Hindi

• Art and craft

  Chikankari is an embroidery style from Uttar Pradesh renowned for delicate, intricate white-on-white threadwork, practised primarily in Lucknow.

• Weave (GI)

  Banaras brocades and sarees, GI tag 2009

• Music and dance

  Kathak; Ramlila (UNESCO, 2008); the shehnai of Varanasi

• Festival

  Kumbh Mela (Prayagraj); Dev Deepawali (Varanasi)

• Taste

  Petha (Agra); peda (Mathura); malaiyo (Varanasi)

• 4 World Heritage sites

  Agra Fort · Taj Mahal · Fatehpur Sikri · Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath

• Official symbols

  Animal: Swamp deer (Barasingha) · Bird: Sarus crane · Flower: Palash · Tree: Ashoka

Varanasi, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, joined UNESCO's Creative Cities Network for music in 2015.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · UNESCO World Heritage Centre · hi.wikipedia.org: उत्तर प्रदेश · omniglot.com: hindi · youngintach.org: maps craft uttar pradesh · GI Registry, application 99 · Wildlife Institute of India repository · unesco.org: varanasi; traditions from the India map’s sources.