Awadh
Awadh is the central region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, known as the granary of India. It is the centre of various period films of Bollywood and modern films.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lucknow and Prayagraj.
Lucknow
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Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh and one of the most populous cities in northern India. Lucknow, the "City of the Nawabs", thrives along the banks of Gomti river.
Prayagraj
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Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, is one of the holiest cities in India, is in Uttar Pradesh. The city is famous for the Hindu pilgrimage Kumbh Mela, gathering hundreds of millions of pilgrims every 12 years.
Kanpur
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Kanpur is the largest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was known as Cawnpore in colonial times and is a major industrial centre of the Plains.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ayodhya and Sitapur.
Ayodhya
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Ayodhya is an ancient city in the Awadh region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya is one of the major holy cities of Hinduism. It has a central role in the ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana, whose protagonist Lord Rama is God incarnated on Earth as the prince of Ayodhya.
Sitapur
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Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King Vikramāditya from Lord Ram's wife Sita.
Unnao
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Unnao is a city in Uttar Pradesh, and is known as the wellspring of freedom fighters and great writers.
Sultanpur
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Sultanpur is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Gomti, which Hindus consider a holy river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Sultanpur district and is a part of Ayodhya division in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dudhwa National Park
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Dudhwa National Park, in Lakhimpur-Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh, adjacent to Nepal border, is one of the major projects for wildlife preservation in India.
Awadh
- Type: historical region
- Description: former country
- Also known as: “Oude”
- Location: Uttar Pradesh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
26.77° or 26° 46′ 12″ northLongitude of center
82.15° or 82° 9′ eastWikidata ID
Q248705
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Awadh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أود”
- Arabic: “أَوَد”
- Arabic: “أوده”
- Awadhi: “अवध”
- Azerbaijani: “Aud”
- Bengali: “অবধ”
- Bengali: “অযোধ্যা”
- Bhojpuri: “अवध”
- Catalan: “Awadh”
- Catalan: “Oduh”
- Catalan: “Oudh”
- Chinese: “阿瓦德”
- Dutch: “Avadh”
- Dutch: “Awadh”
- Dutch: “Oudh”
- French: “Awadh”
- French: “Oudh”
- Georgian: “აუდი”
- German: “Avadh”
- German: “Awadh”
- German: “Oudh”
- Hebrew: “אווד”
- Hindi: “अवध”
- Hungarian: “Aud állam”
- Italian: “Awadh”
- Italian: “Oudh”
- Japanese: “アワド”
- Kannada: “ಅವಧ್”
- Kashmiri: “اَوَدھ”
- Korean: “아와드”
- Magahi: “अवध”
- Malayalam: “Awadh”
- Malayalam: “അവധ്”
- Malayalam: “അവാധ്”
- Malayalam: “ഔധ്”
- Marathi: “अवध”
- Nepali: “अवध”
- Newari: “अवध”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oudh”
- Norwegian: “Oudh”
- Ossetian: “Ауд”
- Panjabi: “ਅਵਧ”
- Persian: “اوده”
- Persian: “ایالت اوده”
- Polish: “Awadh”
- Portuguese: “Aúde”
- Portuguese: “Awadh”
- Portuguese: “Oude”
- Portuguese: “Oudh”
- Russian: “Авадх”
- Russian: “Ауд”
- Russian: “Аудх”
- Slovenian: “Aud”
- Spanish: “Aoude”
- Spanish: “Audhe”
- Spanish: “Awadh”
- Spanish: “Oude”
- Spanish: “Oudh”
- Swedish: “Awadh”
- Swedish: “Oudh”
- Tagalog: “Awadh”
- Tamil: “அவத்”
- Thai: “อวัธ”
- Ukrainian: “Ауд”
- Urdu: “اودھ”
- Urdu: “سلطنت اودھ”
- Urdu: “مملکت اودھ”
- Uzbek: “Aud”
- Venetian: “Awadh”
- Western Panjabi: “اودھ”
- Western Panjabi: “سلطنت اودھ”
- “अवध”
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