The city of Allahabad or 'Prayag' as it used to be called in the ancient times, is a city blessed by Lord Brahma, the creator who is believed to have performed a sacrifice here.

        The city of Allahabad is 135km west of Varanasi at the confluence of two of India's holiest rivers - the Ganges and the Yamuna. The mythical Saraswati River(said to be underground - there is even some scientific research being carried out on that front), the River of Enlightenment, is also believed to join them here. The confluence, known as the 'sangam', is considered to have great soul-cleansing and sin-wiping powers thus making it a popular pilgrimage centre.

        The city is most known for the 'Koombh' mela held once in twelve years and it is a belief that every Hindu must take a dip in the Holy Ganga river once in his lifetime in this mela. This holy city is also a land of the Triveni Sangam where the three holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati meet.

        Allahabad is among one of the largest cities in Uttar Pradesh. And according to Hindu mythology, Lord Brahma, the creator God of the Trinity, chose a land on earth, to perform the Prakrishta Yaina, the land on which the three rivers would flow in confluence. Brahma also referred to it as `Tirth Raj’ or the `king of all pilgrimage centres’.

        Recorded evidence also exists in the revered scriptures – the Vedas and the grand epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, as also in the Puranas – of this holy place formerly called Prayag. Thousands of pilgrims bathe here every January-February and once every 12 years the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering of pilgrims, drawing millions to the confluence for a holy dip.