Doab

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

Cities

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

• 2 Aligarh — famous for its locks and Aligarh Muslim University

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

• 4 Etawah —

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

• 6 Ghaziabad — industrial city just east of Delhi

• 7 Hastinapur — ancient town of Mahabharata fame, with Jain shrines

• 8 Khurja — the Ceramics City

• 9 Kuchesar — village close to Delhi

• 10 Mathura — known as the birthplace of Lord Krishna

• 11 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.

• 12 Noida — satellite city of Delhi

• 13 Saharanpur —

• 14 Saifai — a university city

• 15 Sarsai Nawar —

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

Other destinations

• 1 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

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