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Prayagraj Chheoki Junction railway station, formerly Allahabad Chheoki railway station [1] (station code: PCOI), [2] is one of the major railways stations (besides Prayagraj Junction railway station) located in Prayagraj district. Chheoki is at a distance of 10 km from Prayagraj Junction on the Howrah–Delhi main line.
Prayag Junction railway station (station code: PRG) is an important railway station in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh. It serves Prayag town in Prayagraj. It consists of three platforms. The NR is developing the neighbouring Prayagraj Sangam station as a coaching terminal. It is designed by architect M K Singh in the year 2018.
The Triveni Sangam (place where three rivers meet) is the meeting place of Ganges, the Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, which according to Hindu legends, wells up from underground. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] A place of religious importance and the site for historic Prayag Kumbh Mela held every 12 years, over the years it has also been the site of ...
As of 12 February 2025, the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj has seen an unprecedented number of devotees participating in the sacred bathing rituals. By 6 AM on 12 February, over 73 lakh (7.3 million) devotees had taken the ritual dip at the Triveni Sangam and other ghats during the Maghi Purnima Snan. [43]
The Triveni Sangam, the intersection of the Yamuna River and the Ganges River. In Hindu tradition, Triveni Sangam is the confluence (Sanskrit: sangama) of three rivers that is a sacred place, with a bath here said to flush away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Prayagraj Junction (station code: PRYJ), formerly known as Allahabad Junction, [1] is a railway station on the Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line,Howrah–Delhi main line, Prayagraj–Mau–Gorakhpur main line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line. It is the headquarters of the North Central Railway zone.
Mogra railway station can be commuted from Tribeni with ease, whereas Kalyani railway station is situated on the other side of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River. State Highway 6/ STKK Road runs through the town and meets the Grand Trunk Road, one of the Asia's oldest and longest major road and also runs besides the town, near Adisaptagram.
The name "Triveni" signifies the Triveni Sangam (the meeting pointing of three rivers) of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the (invisible) Saraswati at Prayag , a station on the train's route. At first, the train ran from Lucknow to Allahabad. Later the train route was extended to Bareily via Sandila, Hardoi and Shahjahanpur. From 27 February 2019 ...