 Allahabad the renowned
city in Uttar Pradesh has been declared as “Tirth Raj” or “the
Kings of all Pilgrimage center”. Allahabad sited at the confluence
of India’s divine rivers, Ganga and Yamuna. Sangam or the
confluence is known as the scene of many sacred fairs and rituals
capable to attract thousands of pilgrims throughout the year. This
number jumps to millions in the auspicious occasion of world-famous
Kumbh Mela. The third mythical river Saraswati is believed to flow
underground towards the Sangam offers the union an alternate name
'Triveni'. Allahabad is now a significant city where history, culture
and religion merges into one much like the sacred rivers that embraces
this God-graced land.
In Ramayana, Mahabharata, or Vedas this place is referred as Prayag
and blessed by Gods. Apart from Sangam, the Allahabad fort, Patalpuri
temple, Akshaya Vat Nagvasuki Temple, Hanuman Mandir
and Swaraj Bhawan makes the place a world-class travel destination.
Sangam is around 7 km from the civil lines unnoticed by the eastern
walls of the Allahabad fort broad flood plains and grimy banks projects
towards the sacred Sangam. The Sangam becomes most active when devotees
from India as well as all over the world throng the place during the
time of Kumbh and Ardh Kumbh Allahabad and the Kumbh Mela are synonymous
to each other. Kumbh Mela is the largest religious fair in India especially
prominent for the presence of an astonishing array of religious ascetics
- Sadhus and Mahants from all the remote places of forests, mountains
and caves of India.
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Within the Allahabad
Fort there remains an underground temple the Patalpuri. Whereas
the Akshaya vat is a profound niche  above the subversive beam leading
to Triveni. The visitors are also offered to visit the Ashoka Pillar
and Saraswati Kup, a well, said to be the source of the Saraswati
River and Jodhabai Palace in Allahabad. The exiting unique temple
at the Sangam named Hanuman Temple where the idol of Lord Hanuman,
is to be seen in a lie down posture. The Mankameshwar Temple located
near Saraswati Ghat, on the shores of the Yamuna is one of the famous
Shiv temples of Allahabad. Thus placing just 135 km west of Varanasi,
Allahabad is rich with the realms of mythology and legends welcomes
a large crowd of devotees all trough out the year.
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