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Prayagraj

Allahabad
Metropolis
Clockwise from top left: Montage of Allahabad: clockwise from top left: All Saints Cathedral, Muir Central College of Allahabad University, Khusro Bagh, New Yamuna Bridge, Anand Bhavan, Triveni Sangam, Allahabad High Court, Thornhill Mayne Memorial
Clockwise from top left: Montage of Allahabad: clockwise from top left: All Saints Cathedral, Muir Central College of Allahabad University, Khusro Bagh, New Yamuna Bridge, Anand Bhavan, Triveni Sangam, Allahabad High Court, Thornhill Mayne Memorial
Nicknames: 
The Sangam City, City of Prime Ministers,
Abode of God
Prayagraj is located in India
Prayagraj
Prayagraj
Location in India
Prayagraj is located in Uttar Pradesh
Prayagraj
Prayagraj
Location in Uttar Pradesh
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
Division Prayagraj division
District Prayagraj district
Government
 • Type Municipal Corporation
 • Body Allahabad Municipal Corporation
Area
 • Metropolis 82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation
98 m (322 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Metropolis 1,112,544
 • Rank 36th
 • Density 13,570/km2 (35,140/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,216,719
 • Metro rank
40th
Demonyms Prayagraji, Allahabadi, Ilahabadi
Language
 • Official Hindi
 • Additional official Urdu
 • Regional Awadhi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
211001-18
Telephone code +91-532
Vehicle registration UP-70
Sex ratio 852 ♀/1000♂

Prayagraj (Hindi: प्रयागराज formerly called as Allahabad), is a city in Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is located where Ganges and Yamuna rivers join. This city is a holy city for Hindus. It is best known for Kumbh fair. This fair occurs every 12th year in Prayagraj.

Previously Prayagraj known as Allahabad. The name has changed in Yogi Government Uttar Pradesh in 2018.

Images for kids

  • Ashoka pillar, Allahabad, c.1900

    The Ashoka pillar at Allahabad (photo c. 1900) contains many inscriptions since the 3rd-century BCE. Sometime about 1575 CE, Birbal of Akbar's era added an inscription that mentions the "Magh mela at Prayag Tirth Raj".

  • Akbar Fort Allahabad

    Allahabad Fort, built by Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1575 on the banks of the Yamuna River.

  • Tomb of Nisar Begum at Khusro Bagh Allahabad

    Tomb of Nithar Begum (daughter of Mughal Emperor Jahangir) at Khusro Bagh.

  • Gandhi Patel 1940

    Mahatma Gandhi at a January 1940 Congress Working Committee meeting with Vallabhbhai Patel and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit at Anand Bhavan in Allahabad

  • Au science faculty

    Allahabad University, established in 1887, is one of the oldest modern universities in the Indian subcontinent.

  • Triveni Sangam

    Pilgrims at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers in Allahabad.

  • Yamuna river, Allahabad

    The Yamuna in Allahabad during the rainy season

  • Pfau imponierend

    A typical Indian peacock, found in Allahabad on a large scale

  • On the banks of New Yamuna bridge, Allahabad

    New Yamuna Bridge in Allahabad

  • Design Centre MNNIT

    Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, a public engineering and management school

  • Anand Bhawan, Allahabad

    Anand Bhavan, owned by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru

  • Kumbh Mela2001

    A procession of pilgrims cross the Ganges during the 2001 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad

See also

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