Monday, 13 February 2017


Allahabad , also known as Prayag  and AIlahabad, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Allahabad District, the most-populous district in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the seventh most-populous city in the state, fifteenth in the Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.11 million in the city and 1.21 million in its metropolitan region.In 2011, it was ranked the world's 130th fastest-growing city.Allahabad, in 2013, was ranked the third most livable city in the state and twenty-ninth in the country......
  

1954 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.................


Mahatma Gandhi performing the opening ceremony of Kamla Nehru Hospital in Allahabad in 1941. Pandit Mahan Mohan Malavaya is Seated next to him.......

Allahabad Bank Ltd. Allahabad............


This is a remote temple in the midst of a river, 14 km from Allahabad. It is probably a Hanuman Mandir. It is at the confluence of the Ganga and the Prayag rivers. the temple atop where Omkara's coronation takes place. Langda Tyagi seethes in jealousy. The coronation scene, was shot in a remote temple around Allahabad. The actors were specially flown in by helicopters onto the location and policemen had their hands more than full, keeping the thousands of frenzied fans at bay.......

 

Bade Hanuman Ji Sangam Allahabad covered by Holy River Ganga Ji.......


Unique Night view of Sangam City..........



An artist dressed as Lord Hanuman during Hindu holyman take part in a religious procession at Sangam, the confluence......





Khusro Bagh.....

Khusro Bagh is a large walled garden, close to the Allahabad Junction Station, in Allahabad, India, surrounding the tombs of Khusrau Mirza (died 1622), eldest son of emperor Jahangir, Shah Begum, Khusrau’s mother (died 1604), a Rajput princess and Jahangir’s first wife, and that of Princess Sultan Nithar Begam (died c.1624), Khusrau’s sister.....



All Saints Cathedral, Allahabad..(Patthar Girjaghar)





Chandra Shekhar Azad Park

  • Company Garden, Comapny Bag, Alfred Park......


MUIR College (1874).....



Allahabad Fort, Near Sangam......

 


  Manda Fort, Near Allahabad-Mirzapur road....


The Manda Fort is more than 470 years old, built by Raja Gujan Deo, a descendant of the Kannauj rulers. Spread over nearly three bighas, it is an imposing structure in medieval architecture, with a white flag with a red crescent fluttering atop underlining V P Singh’s lineage as a Chandravanshi Rajput. At one point, the Manda estate itself extended up to 100 km from the fort....





Anand Bhawan, Nehru family Houuse....




Hira Halwai......

Hira Halwai is one of the best places in Allahabad to savor traditional Indian sweets and snacks. Though it opens quite early at the crack of dawn, you’ll find a crowd here at all hours queuing up to taste the most authentic samosas in Allahabad. They’re often sold out within minutes, so if you’re dead set on samosas, you might have to get up before the sun does! Late risers will find a sweet consolation in Hira Halwai’s heavenly gulab jamun....





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