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KANPURseries –part 1

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Kanpur has been knownin history through variousnames :

Kanhiyapurfrom the Hindimeaning "town of Kanhaiya"

Khanpur In old British mapsit is also listed as this

Karnapurmeaning "town of Karna", one of the heroes of the Mahabharata

CawnporeDuring the British Raj , this was the anglicized name

photo : view of Kanpur river Image courtesy : http://www.prabhatmishra.com

Kanpur has a metropolitan area of over 1,640 sq.km

That is almost 3 times bigger than Mumbai !

View of Kanpur Central StationImage courtesy : non-licensed images, wikipedia org

About 25 km from Kanpur is BithoorLegend goes that Sita, the wife

of Lord Rama came to live at the ashram of sage Valmiki, after Rama expelled her from Ayodhya.

It was here that she gave birth to the twins Lava and Kush and disappeared back into the earth (from where she was born) when confronted by a repentant

Rama.

View of Bithoor GhatImage Copyright Thinking Threads Design

In the 19th century, Kanpur was an important British stronghold withbarracks for

7,000 soldiers

British Army in IndiaImage courtesy : history1800s.about.com

The popular shopping centre Navin Market, has been named so after the poet Bal Krishna Sharma aka "Navin".

View of Naveen MarketImage Copyright Thinking Threads Design

Kanpur Zoo ,also called Allen Zoo is ASIA’S Largest Zoological Garden (Areawise ) !!

Photo : Kanpur zoo’s entranceImage Copyright Thinking Threads Design

Ganga Mela is a unique festival that is celebrated in Kanpur, 5 days after the festival Holi.

The festival is celebrated in the memories of revolutionaries released by British government who were held prisoners during 1857 revolution

Holi manImage courtesy : non-licensed imageshttp://www.everystockphoto.com/

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