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India state by state: 28 one-page guides

One page for every state: a map, the key facts, what to eat, what to take home, a festival to plan around and the state symbols. Download, print, pin or embed them with a credit link.

Andhra Pradesh state guide: a map with the capital Amaravati and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh has a GI tag for a temple sweet: the Tirupati ladduArunachal Pradesh state guide: a map with the capital Itanagar and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh has three tiger reserves and a peak above 7,000 metresAssam state guide: a map with the capital Dispur, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.AssamAssam has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites and four tiger reservesBihar state guide: a map with the capital Patna, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.BiharBihar holds two of the great Buddhist sites: Bodh Gaya and NalandaChhattisgarh state guide: a map with the capital Raipur and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh celebrates Dussehra for about 75 daysGoa state guide: a map with the capital Panaji and UNESCO sites, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.GoaGoa is India's smallest state, and it packs a lot into 3,702 square kilometresGujarat state guide: a map with the capital Gandhinagar and UNESCO sites, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.GujaratGujarat has four UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the Asiatic lion as its state animalHaryana state guide: a map with the capital Chandigarh, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.HaryanaHaryana's biggest party is a crafts fair: Surajkund, every FebruaryHimachal Pradesh state guide: a map with the capital Shimla and UNESCO sites, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh has a UNESCO toy train and a snow leopard for a state animalJharkhand state guide: a map with the capital Ranchi and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.JharkhandJharkhand's Palamau was one of India's first nine tiger reservesKarnataka state guide: a map with the capital Bengaluru, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.KarnatakaKarnataka has five tiger reserves and three UNESCO sites of its ownKerala state guide: a map with the capital Thiruvananthapuram, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.KeralaKerala's Anamudi, at 2,695 metres, is the highest point in South IndiaMadhya Pradesh state guide: a map with the capital Bhopal, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh has nine tiger reserves, more than any other stateMaharashtra state guide: a map with the capital Mumbai, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.MaharashtraMaharashtra has a part in seven UNESCO sites, the most of any stateManipur state guide: a map with the capital Imphal, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.ManipurManipur's biggest festival is named after its state animal, the sangai deerMeghalaya state guide: a map with the capital Shillong, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.MeghalayaMeghalaya's Garo Hills welcome the harvest with a hundred drumsMizoram state guide: a map with the capital Aizawl and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.MizoramMizoram's spring festival comes after the hardest work of the farming yearNagaland state guide: a map with the capital Kohima, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.NagalandNagaland's Hornbill Festival runs 1 to 10 December, every yearOdisha state guide: a map with the capital Bhubaneswar, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.OdishaOdisha has its own GI tag for the rasagolaPunjab state guide: a map with the capital Chandigarh, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.PunjabPunjab's new year arrives with the harvest: Vaisakhi, 14 April 2027Rajasthan state guide: a map with the capital Jaipur, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.RajasthanRajasthan is India's largest state, at 342,239 square kilometresSikkim state guide: a map with the capital Gangtok and UNESCO sites, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.SikkimSikkim is India's second smallest state, with the highest peak of any stateTamil Nadu state guide: a map with the capital Chennai, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.Tamil NaduTamil Nadu has five tiger reserves and a share in five UNESCO sitesTelangana state guide: a map with the capital Hyderabad, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.TelanganaTelangana is India's youngest state, formed on 2 June 2014Tripura state guide: a map with the capital Agartala, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.TripuraTripura's Kharchi Puja honours 14 deities for a week every JulyUttar Pradesh state guide: a map with the capital Lucknow, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.Uttar PradeshSarnath joined the UNESCO list in July 2026, giving Uttar Pradesh four sitesUttarakhand state guide: a map with the capital Dehradun, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.UttarakhandHaridwar hosts the Ardh Kumbh from 14 January to 20 April 2027West Bengal state guide: a map with the capital Kolkata, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, key facts, dishes to try, GI products, a festival to plan around and the state animal, bird, flower and tree.West BengalWest Bengal's Durga Puja is on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage

Every figure on a guide is from a named source printed at its foot: the Census, UNESCO, the National Tiger Conservation Authority list, the registered GI list, state symbol lists and the Government of India 2027 holiday lists. Checked 25 October 2026.