Doab

Doab is the region in India between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in the western and southwestern parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Cities

🌍 Agra — tourist capital of India, home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Taj Mahal

🌍 Aligarh — famous for its locks and Aligarh Muslim University

🌍 Barsana and Nandgaon — Barsana is where Radha, the eternal consort of Krishna, is said to have lived

🌍 Etawah —

🌍 Fatehpur Sikri — abandoned but well-preserved town that was once the capital of the Mughal Empire and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site

🌍 Ghaziabad — industrial city just east of Delhi

🌍 Hastinapur — ancient town of Mahabharata fame, with Jain shrines

🌍 Khurja — the Ceramics City

🌍 Kuchesar — village close to Delhi

🌍 Mathura — known as the birthplace of Lord Krishna

🌍 Meerut — famous for sport equipments like cricket bats, sweets like nankhatai and gazak, for being the starting point of the 1857 rebellion against British colonial rule, it is a large ancient city close to Delhi.

🌍 Noida — satellite city of Delhi

🌍 Saharanpur —

🌍 Saifai — a university city

🌍 Sarsai Nawar —

🌍 Vrindavan — holy city of Krishna's childhood, ISKCON (Hare Krishna) temples and windows

Other destinations

🌍 Etawah Safari Park — A project for wildlife preservation

Get in

By plane

The commercial airports in the region include:

Agra Airport (AGR^IATA), Agra
Bareilly Airport (BEK^IATA), Bareilly
Hindon Airport (QAH^IATA), Ghaziabad

Go next

Doab#Uttar_Pradesh_Doab

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