Allahabad Tourism Information

The City of faith

Allahabad is a city of spirituality. Allahabad is situated at the Delta side (A middle land between two rivers) of holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh a state of Indian Territory. Allahabad also known as ‘Prayag’. This is a land of Sangam of three holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. In real it’s a Sangam of spirituality, knowledge and culture.

History of Allahabad:

Allahabad is one of the oldest cities in India. Name of this holy city is mentioned in many mythological scriptures like Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata as Prayag.

Allahabad Tourist Attractions

Allahabad is a religious and spiritual city, due to this reason it’s a city of temples and ashrams.

There are lots of tourists sights for visit, some of them are:

Sangam:

Sangam is a holiest place in Allahabad, where three holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati meet and this meeting point is called Sangam.

In Hindu mythology Sangam has a great importance, at every 12th year kumbh mela and every 6th year Ardh kumbh mela celebrated at Sangam.