Prayagraj

Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, is one of the holiest cities in , is in . The city is famous for being the site of the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges and Yamuna; and also the Hindu pilgrimage Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humans on the planet holding hundreds of millions of pilgrims every 12 years.
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  • Type: City with 5,960,000 residents
  • Description: metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “Alaabade”, “Alachabadas”, “Alahabád”, “Alāhābāda”, “Alla Abba Habab”, “Allahābāda”, “Hellobass”, “Helobas”, “Ilahabad”, “Iláhabad”, “Ilāhābād”, “Ilahabadas”, “Ilahabas”, “Illahabad”, “Ollohobod”, “Praiag”, “Prajaga”, “Prajagas”, “Prayag”, “Prayâg”, “Prayāg”, “Prayaga”, “Prayâga”, “Prayāga”, “Алагабад”, “Илахабад”, “Ілахабад”, “Праяга”, “Ալլահաբադ”, “אללאהבאד”, “אללהבד”, “פראיאגראג‘”, “آلہ آباد”, “الله‌اباد”, “الہٰ آباد”, “پراياگراج”, “پرياگ”, “پرياگا”, “इलहाबाद”, “इलाहबाद”, “प्रयाग”, “ইলাহাবাদ”, “প্রয়াগ”, “ਇਲਾਹਾਬਾਦ”, “પ્રયાગ”, “ଆଲାହାବାଦ”, “ଆହ୍ଲାବାଦ”, “ଏହ୍ଲାବାଦ”, “ପ୍ରୟାଗ”, “అలహాబాదు”, “ప్రయాగ”, “ಅಲಹಾಬಾದ್‌”, “ಪ್ರಯಾಗ”, “ಪ್ರಯಾಗ್”, “ᱟᱞᱞᱟᱦᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ”, “ᱤᱞᱟᱦᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ”, “ᱯᱨᱚᱭᱟᱜᱽ”, “アラーハーバード”, “安拉哈巴德”, “普拉亚格拉杰”, and “阿拉哈巴德”
  • Historically known as: “Allahabad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bagh-e-Khusrau 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 Allahabad, .

Railway station
Prayagraj Junction, formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad Junction, is a major junction and 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 serves as a Terminal station of Prayagraj serving alongside the main Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line.

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”
  • Aragonese: “Prayagraj”
  • Armenian: “Իլահաբադ”
  • Armenian: “Պրայագրաջ”
  • Assamese: “প্ৰয়াগৰাজ”
  • Asturian: “Allahabad”
  • Awadhi: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Awadhi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Azerbaijani: “Allahabad”
  • Balinese: “Prayagraj”
  • Basque: “Prayagraj”
  • Belarusian: “Праяг”
  • Belarusian: “Праяградж”
  • Bengali: “প্রয়াগরাজ”
  • Bhojpuri: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Bishnupriya: “এলাহাবাদ”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্রয়াগরাজ”
  • Breton: “Allahabad”
  • Breton: “Prayagraj”
  • Bulgarian: “Аллахабад”
  • Bulgarian: “Праяградж”
  • Catalan: “Prayagraj”
  • Cebuano: “Allahābād”
  • Cebuano: “Prayāgrāj”
  • Chechen: “Аллахабад”
  • Chechen: “Праяградж”
  • Chinese: “安拉阿巴德”
  • Chinese: “普拉亚格拉吉”
  • Chinese: “普拉亞格拉吉”
  • Chinese: “普拉耶格拉吉”
  • Croatian: “Alahabad”
  • Croatian: “Prayagraj”
  • Czech: “Prajágrádž”
  • Danish: “Allahabad”
  • Danish: “Prayagraj”
  • Dutch: “Allahabad”
  • Dutch: “Prayagraj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الله اباد”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه الله اباد”
  • Esperanto: “Alahabado”
  • Esperanto: “Prajagraĝo”
  • Estonian: “Prajāga”
  • Estonian: “Prayagraj”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Allahabad”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Prayagraj”
  • Finnish: “Allahabad”
  • Finnish: “Prayagraj”
  • French: “Allāhābād”
  • French: “Prayagraj”
  • Galician: “Allahabad”
  • Galician: “Prayagraj”
  • Georgian: “ალაჰაბადი”
  • Georgian: “პრაიაგრაჯი”
  • German: “Allahabad”
  • German: “Prayagraj”
  • Goan Konkani: “Prayagraj”
  • Goan Konkani: “अलाहाबाद”
  • Greek: “Πραγιαγκράτζ”
  • Gujarati: “અલ્હાબાદ”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રયાગરાજ”
  • Hebrew: “‘פרייגראג”
  • Hebrew: “אללהאבאד”
  • Hebrew: “פריאגראג’”
  • Hindi: “इलाहाबाद”
  • Hindi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Hungarian: “Alláhábád”
  • Hungarian: “Prajágrádzs”
  • Iloko: “Allahabad”
  • Indonesian: “Allahabad”
  • Indonesian: “Prayagraj”
  • Interlingue: “Prayagraj”
  • Irish: “Allahabad”
  • Irish: “Prayagraj”
  • Italian: “Prayagraj”
  • 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: “ಪ್ರಯಾಗ್ ರಾಜ್”
  • Kashmiri: “اَلَہ آباد”
  • Kazakh: “Аллаһабад”
  • Korean: “알라하바드”
  • Korean: “프라야그라지”
  • Ladin: “Allahabad”
  • Ladin: “Prayagraj”
  • Latin: “Allahabadum”
  • Latin: “Prayagraj”
  • Latvian: “Prajāgrādža”
  • Lithuanian: “Alahabadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Prajagradžas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prayagraj”
  • Magahi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Maithili: “प्रयागराज”
  • Malagasy: “Allahabad”
  • Malagasy: “Prayagraj”
  • Malay: “Prayagraj”
  • Malayalam: “അലഹബാദ്”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രയാഗ്രാജ്”
  • Marathi: “प्रयागराज”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Allahabad”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Prayagraj”
  • 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 Nynorsk: “Allahabad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prayagraj”
  • Norwegian: “Prayagraj”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରୟାଗରାଜ”
  • Ossetian: “Праяградж”
  • Pampanga: “Allahabad”
  • Pampanga: “Prayagraj”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਾਹਾਬਾਦ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰਯਾਗਰਾਜ”
  • Persian: “الله‌آباد”
  • Persian: “پریاگراج”
  • Polish: “Allahabad”
  • Polish: “Prajagradź”
  • Portuguese: “Allahabad”
  • Portuguese: “Praiagraje”
  • Portuguese: “Prayagraj”
  • Pushto: “اله اباد”
  • Romanian: “Allahabad”
  • Romanian: “Prajagradj”
  • Romanian: “Prayagraj”
  • Russian: “Аллахабад”
  • Russian: “Праяаграж”
  • Russian: “Праяградж”
  • Sanskrit: “प्रयागः”
  • Sanskrit: “प्रयागराज:”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱨᱚᱭᱟᱜᱽᱨᱟᱡᱽ”
  • Saraiki: “الٰہ آباد”
  • Scots: “Allahabad”
  • Scots: “Prayagraj”
  • Serbian: “Prayagraj”
  • Serbian: “Алахабад”
  • Serbian: “Прајаграј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prajagradž”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prayagraj”
  • Silesian: “Prajagradź”
  • Sindhi: “الله آباد”
  • Sinhala: “අල්ලාහාබාද්”
  • Slovenian: “Prayagraj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الله‌آباد”
  • Spanish: “Allahabad”
  • Spanish: “Prayagraj”
  • Swahili: “Allahabad”
  • Swahili: “Prayagraj”
  • Swedish: “Allahabad”
  • Swedish: “Prayagraj”
  • Tajik: “Аллоҳобод”
  • Talysh: “Prajagrač”
  • Tamil: “அலகாபாத்”
  • Tamil: “பிரயாக்ராஜ்”
  • Tatar: “Праяг”
  • Tatar: “Праяграҗ”
  • Telugu: “ప్రయాగ్‌రాజ్”
  • Thai: “อลาหาบาด”
  • Thai: “อัลลอฮาบาด”
  • Turkish: “Allahabad”
  • Turkish: “Prayagraj”
  • Ukrainian: “Праяаграж”
  • Ukrainian: “Праяградж”
  • Urdu: “إلٰه‌آباد”
  • Urdu: “الہ آباد”
  • Urdu: “الٰہ آباد”
  • Uzbek: “Ilohobod”
  • Uzbek: “Prayagraj”
  • Venetian: “Prayagraj”
  • Vietnamese: “Prayagraj”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Allahabad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prayagraj”
  • Welsh: “Allahabad”
  • Welsh: “Prayagraj”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալլահապատ”
  • Western Frisian: “Allahabad”
  • Western Frisian: “Prayagraj”
  • Western Panjabi: “الہ آباد”
  • Wu Chinese: “安拉阿巴德”
  • Yue Chinese: “安拉阿巴德”
  • “इलाहाबाद”

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