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The five prayags - prayaga meaning "place of confluence of rivers" in Sanskrit - also termed as "Prayag pentad" are Vishnuprayag, Nandaprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag and Devprayag, in the descending flow sequence of their occurrence. Alaknanda + Dhauliganga = Vishnu Prayag Alaknanda + Nandakini = Nand Prayag Alaknanda + Pindarganga = Karna Prayag
Triveni Sangam is located at Prayag – the area of Prayagraj neighbouring the confluence; for this reason, the confluence is also sometimes referred to as Prayag. [5] At the Triveni Sangam, the distinct characteristics of the rivers are visible: the Ganges flows with clear water [verification needed], while the Yamuna appears greenish ...
Prayag is a historical name of the area near the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in the modern-day city of Prayagraj in northern India. It may also refer to:
Prayagraj (Sanskrit: Prayāgarāja), meaning "the king among the five prayāgas", is used as a term of respect to indicate that this confluence is the most splendid one of the five sacred confluencies in India.
English: Prayag snana vidhi (lit. "guide to bathe at Prayag") and Prayag mahatmya (lit. "glory of Prayag") are chapters found in the Puranas-genre of Sanskrit texts. These describe the legend of sangam (confluence) of three rivers: Ganga, Yamuna and the underground hidden Sarasvati at a place they call Prayag. It has been an ancient site of ...
A procession of Akharas march over the Ganges River during the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj in 2001.. Prayagraj, [1] also known as Ilahabad or Allahabad in an anglicized version in Roman script, [2] and anciently Prayag, is a city situated on an inland peninsula, surrounded by the rivers Ganges and Yamuna on three sides, with only one side connected to the mainland Doab region, of which it is a part.
Akshayavata (Sanskrit: अक्षयवट, romanized: Akṣayavaṭa, lit. 'undecaying banyan'), also rendered Akshayavat , is a sacred fig tree mentioned in the Hindu mythology and in Jainism .
Devprayag (Deva prayāga) is a town and a nagar panchayat, near New Tehri city in Tehri Garhwal District [1] [2] in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is the final one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda meets the Bhagirathi river and both rivers thereafter flow on as the Ganges river or Ganga.