Awadh
Prayagraj district
Allahabad

Prayagraj

Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, is one of the holiest cities in , is in . The city is famous for the Hindu pilgrimage Kumbh Mela with 80 million people expected to visit in 2025.
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  • Type: City with 5,960,000 residents
  • Description: metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “Alahabad”, “Alāhābāda”, “Alla Abba Habab”, “Allahābād”, “Hellobass”, “Helobas”, “Ilahabad”, “Ilāhābād”, “Illahabad”, “Prayag”, “Prayāg”, “Prayaga”, and “Prayāga”
  • Historically known as: “Allahabad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khusro Bagh and Prayagraj Junction railway station.

Park
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is a large walled garden and burial complex located in muhalla Khuldabad, close to the , in Prayagraj, .

Railway station
Prayagraj Junction, formerly known as Allahabad Junction, is a railway station on the Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line,Howrah–Delhi main line, Prayagraj–Mau–Gorakhpur main line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line.

Railway station
is situated in the Rambagh area of Prayagraj in the Indian state of . It also a Terminal station of Prayagraj. Due to huge rush at the railway will develop as a high facilitated terminal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civil Lines and Chowk.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of Prayagraj, , . It is the upper-class central business district of the city and is famous for its urban setting, gridiron plan roads high rise buildings, offices, cafes, restaurants, hotels, malls, shopping complexes, theatres etc.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in Prayagraj, , . It is the historic of Old Prayagraj. It is one of the oldest & largest business markets of India & lies in old Prayagraj.

Suburb
is a locality/township of Prayagraj, , . It is one of the major markets of Prayagraj city and is located in the Prayagraj to region of the city.

Prayagraj

Latitude
25.4381° or 25° 26′ 17″ north
Longitude
81.8338° or 81° 50′ 2″ east
Population
5,960,000
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
IATA airport code
IXD
United Nations Location Code
IN IXD
Open location code
7MQ3CRQM+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245733956
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1278994
Wiki­data ID
Q162442
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Prayagraj” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Prayagraj”
  • Arabic: “الله آباد”
  • Arabic: “الله أباد”
  • Arabic: “براياغ”
  • Armenian: “Ալլահաբադ”
  • Armenian: “Իլահաբադ”
  • Assamese: “প্ৰয়াগৰাজ”
  • Asturian: “Allahabad”
  • Awadhi: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Awadhi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Azerbaijani: “Allahabad”
  • Basque: “Prayagraj”
  • Belarusian: “Алагабад”
  • Belarusian: “Алахабад”
  • Belarusian: “Праяг”
  • Belarusian: “Праяга”
  • Belarusian: “Праяградж”
  • Bengali: “ইলাহাবাদ”
  • Bengali: “এলাহাবাদ”
  • Bengali: “প্রয়াগ”
  • Bengali: “প্রয়াগরাজ”
  • Bhojpuri: “इलहाबाद”
  • Bhojpuri: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Bhojpuri: “प्रयाग”
  • Bhojpuri: “प्रयागराज”
  • Bishnupriya: “এলাহাবাদ”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্রয়াগরাজ”
  • Breton: “Allahabad”
  • Breton: “Prayagraj”
  • Bulgarian: “Алахабад”
  • Bulgarian: “Аллахабад”
  • Bulgarian: “Праяградж”
  • Catalan: “Prayagraj”
  • Cebuano: “Allahābād”
  • Cebuano: “Prayāgrāj”
  • Chechen: “Аллахабад”
  • Chechen: “Праяградж”
  • Chinese: “Prayagraj”
  • Chinese: “安拉哈巴德”
  • Chinese: “安拉阿巴德”
  • Chinese: “普拉亚格拉吉”
  • Chinese: “普拉亚格拉杰”
  • Chinese: “普拉亞格拉吉”
  • Chinese: “普拉耶格拉吉”
  • Chinese: “阿拉哈巴德”
  • Croatian: “Alahabad”
  • Croatian: “Prayagraj”
  • Czech: “Iláhabad”
  • Czech: “Prajágrádž”
  • Danish: “Allahabad”
  • Danish: “Prayagraj”
  • Dutch: “Allahabad”
  • Dutch: “Prayagraj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الله اباد”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه الله اباد”
  • Esperanto: “Alahabado”
  • Esperanto: “Prajagraĝo”
  • Estonian: “Allahabad”
  • Estonian: “Prajāga”
  • Estonian: “Prayāga”
  • Estonian: “Prayagraj”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Allahabad”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Prayagraj”
  • Finnish: “Allahabad”
  • Finnish: “Prayaga”
  • Finnish: “Prayāga”
  • Finnish: “Prayagraj”
  • French: “Allāhābād”
  • French: “Prayag”
  • French: “Prayâg”
  • French: “Prayâga”
  • French: “Prayagraj”
  • Galician: “Allahabad”
  • Galician: “Prayagraj”
  • Georgian: “ალაჰაბადი”
  • Georgian: “პრაიაგრაჯი”
  • German: “Allahabad”
  • German: “Prayag”
  • German: “Prayaga”
  • German: “Prayāga”
  • German: “Prayagraj”
  • Goan Konkani: “Prayagraj”
  • Goan Konkani: “अलाहाबाद”
  • Greek: “Πραγιαγκράτζ”
  • Gujarati: “અલ્હાબાદ”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રયાગ”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રયાગરાજ”
  • Hebrew: “‘פרייגראג”
  • Hebrew: “אללאהבאד”
  • Hebrew: “אללהאבאד”
  • Hebrew: “אללהבד”
  • Hebrew: “פראיאגראג‘”
  • Hebrew: “פריאגראג’”
  • Hindi: “इलाहबाद”
  • Hindi: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Hindi: “प्रयाग”
  • Hindi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Hungarian: “Alláhábád”
  • Hungarian: “Prajágrádzs”
  • Iloko: “Allahabad”
  • Indonesian: “Allahabad”
  • Indonesian: “Prayagraj”
  • Interlingue: “Prayagraj”
  • Irish: “Allahabad”
  • Irish: “Prayagraj”
  • Italian: “Prayagraj”
  • Japanese: “アラーハーバード”
  • Japanese: “アラハバード”
  • Japanese: “イラーハーバード”
  • Japanese: “プラヤーグラージ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲಹಾಬಾದ್‌”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲಹಾಬಾದ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಯಾಗ”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಯಾಗ್ ರಾಜ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಯಾಗ್”
  • Kashmiri: “الہ آباد”
  • Kashmiri: “اَلَہ آباد”
  • Kazakh: “Аллаһабад”
  • Korean: “알라하바드”
  • Korean: “프라야그라지”
  • Ladin: “Allahabad”
  • Ladin: “Prayagraj”
  • Latin: “Allahabadum”
  • Latin: “Prayagraj”
  • Latvian: “Allahābāda”
  • Latvian: “Prajāgrādža”
  • Lithuanian: “Alachabadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Alahabadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ilahabadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Prajaga”
  • Lithuanian: “Prajagas”
  • Lithuanian: “Prajagradžas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prayagraj”
  • Maithili: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Maithili: “प्रयागराज”
  • Malagasy: “Allahabad”
  • Malagasy: “Prayagraj”
  • Malay: “Prayagraj”
  • Malayalam: “Prayagraj”
  • Malayalam: “അലഹബാദ്”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രയാഗ്രാജ്”
  • Marathi: “प्रयाग”
  • Marathi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Allahabad”
  • Minangkabau: “Allahabad, Allahabad, M.Corp.”
  • Minangkabau: “Prayagraj, Prayagraj, M.Corp”
  • Mingrelian: “ალაჰაბადი”
  • Mongolian: “Аллахабад”
  • Mongolian: “Праяграж”
  • Nepali: “प्रयागराज”
  • Newari: “अल्लाहबाद”
  • Newari: “प्रयागराज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Allahabad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prayagraj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Allahabad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prayagraj”
  • Norwegian: “Prayagraj”
  • Oriya: “ଆଲାହାବାଦ”
  • Oriya: “ଆହ୍ଲାବାଦ”
  • Oriya: “ଏହ୍ଲାବାଦ”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରୟାଗ”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରୟାଗରାଜ”
  • Ossetian: “Праяградж”
  • Pampanga: “Allahabad”
  • Pampanga: “Prayagraj”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਾਹਾਬਾਦ”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਲਾਹਾਬਾਦ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰਯਾਗਰਾਜ”
  • Persian: “الله آباد”
  • Persian: “الله اباد”
  • Persian: “الله‌آباد”
  • Persian: “الله‌اباد”
  • Persian: “پریاگراج”
  • Polish: “Allahabad”
  • Polish: “Prajagradź”
  • Polish: “Prayagraj”
  • Portuguese: “Allahabad”
  • Portuguese: “Prayag”
  • Portuguese: “Prayagraj”
  • Portuguese: “Prayagraje”
  • Pushto: “اله اباد”
  • Romanian: “Allahabad”
  • Romanian: “Prajagradj”
  • Romanian: “Prayagraj”
  • Russian: “Аллахабад”
  • Russian: “Илахабад”
  • Russian: “Праяаграж”
  • Russian: “Праяг”
  • Russian: “Праяга”
  • Russian: “Праяградж”
  • Sanskrit: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Sanskrit: “प्रयागः”
  • Sanskrit: “प्रयागराज:”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱞᱞᱟᱦᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ”
  • Santali: “ᱤᱞᱟᱦᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱨᱚᱭᱟᱜᱽ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱨᱚᱭᱟᱜᱽᱨᱟᱡᱽ”
  • Saraiki: “الٰہ آباد”
  • Scots: “Allahabad”
  • Scots: “Prayagraj”
  • Serbian: “Allahabad”
  • Serbian: “Prayagraj”
  • Serbian: “Алахабад”
  • Serbian: “Прајаграј”
  • Serbian: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prajagradž”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prayagraj”
  • Silesian: “Prajagradź”
  • Sindhi: “الله آباد”
  • Sindhi: “پراياگراج”
  • Sindhi: “پرياگ”
  • Sindhi: “پرياگا”
  • Sinhala: “අල්ලාහාබාද්”
  • Slovenian: “Prayagraj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الله‌آباد”
  • Spanish: “Allahabad”
  • Spanish: “Praiag”
  • Spanish: “Prayag”
  • Spanish: “Prayagraj”
  • Swahili: “Allahabad”
  • Swahili: “Prayagraj”
  • Swedish: “Allahabad”
  • Swedish: “Prayagraj”
  • Tajik: “Аллоҳобод”
  • Talysh: “Prajagrač”
  • Tamil: “அலகாபாத்”
  • Tamil: “பிரயாக்ராஜ்”
  • Tatar: “Праяг”
  • Tatar: “Праяграҗ”
  • Telugu: “అలహాబాదు”
  • Telugu: “ప్రయాగ”
  • Telugu: “ప్రయాగ్‌రాజ్”
  • Thai: “อลาหาบาด”
  • Thai: “อัลลอฮาบาด”
  • Turkish: “Allahabad”
  • Turkish: “Prayaga”
  • Turkish: “Prayagraj”
  • Ukrainian: “Аллахабад”
  • Ukrainian: “Ілахабад”
  • Ukrainian: “Праяаграж”
  • Ukrainian: “Праяг”
  • Ukrainian: “Праяградж”
  • Urdu: “آلہ آباد”
  • Urdu: “إلٰه‌آباد”
  • Urdu: “الہ آباد”
  • Urdu: “الٰہ آباد”
  • Uzbek: “Ilohobod”
  • Uzbek: “Ollohobod”
  • Uzbek: “Prajagraj”
  • Venetian: “Prayagraj”
  • Vietnamese: “Prayagraj”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Allahabad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prayagraj”
  • Welsh: “Allahabad”
  • Welsh: “Ilāhābād”
  • Welsh: “Prayag”
  • Welsh: “Prayāga”
  • Welsh: “Prayagraj”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալլահապատ”
  • Western Frisian: “Allahabad”
  • Western Frisian: “Prayagraj”
  • Western Panjabi: “الہ آباد”
  • Western Panjabi: “الہٰ آباد”
  • Wu Chinese: “安拉阿巴德”
  • Yue Chinese: “安拉阿巴德”
  • “इलाहाबाद”

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