Ahraura

Ahraura has been an historical center of trade in the region, lately for forest products such as wooden toys, catechu (also known as kattha or khair, used in Betel nut chewing), Tendu tree leaves (used in preparing smoke-cigars/beedi), Tree raisins, and previously for food grains and vegetables. The nearby forests yield many valued medicinal herbs, a few of which are rare anywhere else.

The city is very famous for the pink stones of its mountain rocks. Geographically the stones found are considered varieties of Chunar stone, but are different in attributes such as being harder. The unique quality of the stone is that it shines pink when touched with water, as in rain, recently used in huge quantity in the national parks^{[clarification needed]} erected by the government, in the cities of Lucknow and Noida.

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Ahraura has many famous holy places: there is a temple situated in rocky mountain and there is a stone inscription of Ashoka, one of the Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka. An important monument accounts for the stone-scripture by Emperor Ashoka, in a script possibly Pali, a mark of buddhist influence, which in that period, might have been a site of distribution of food by the monastery, thus contributing the name Bhandari. Near the southern end of the city, near the water reservoir, is a stone pillar, that is also believed to be erected by Emperor Ashoka, with a script/note in Pali, mistaken as a riddle to be solved to reach the hidden wealth of Sumedha (mentioned in Chandrakanta

The city has many famous structures/temples within its boundaries, the two most visited are the Durga Devi temple and the Bhandari Devi temple. The Durga Devi temple is situated at a mountain at the south edge of the city and the Bhandari Devi temple is situated at a mountain at the north edge of the city. The city also has a temple named the Radha Krishna temple in the middle of the city market. There are many architectural structures, scattered in the periphery of the town speaking of its rich history and culture. Ahraura market was one of the oldest markets in eastern Uttar Pradesh.