Allahabad Fort
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Allahabad
Fort at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India was built by Emperor Ashoka but
repaired by Emperor Akbar in 1583.The fort stands on the banks of the
Yamuna near its confluence with the river Ganges. It is the largest fort
built by Akbar. In its prime, the fort was unrivaled for its design,
construction and craftsmanship. This huge fort has three galleries
flanked by high towers. In 1798, the Fort was captured by The East India
Company.
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present is used by the army and only a limited area is open to
visitors. The outer wall is intact and rises above the water's edge.
Inside the fort there is the Zenana, Palace of Mariam-uz-Zamani and the
3rd century BC Ashoka pillar[3] and Saraswati Koop as well, said to be
the source of the Saraswati river. The Patalpuri temple is also here.
Allahabad Fort is the location of the
much revered Akshayavat or "immortal tree." Legends say that if anyone
jumps from this centuries-old banyan tree he will attain immortality.
Civilians are not allowed to see this tree. It is near the southern wall
and is one among many trees that can be seen from outside the southern
wall of the fort.
Triveni Sangam
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The Ardh or Half Kumbh Mela is observed after every 6 years at Haridwar and Allahabad. The Purna or complete Kumbh Mela is observed after every 12 years at four places Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. The Maha or Great Kumbh Mela is celebrated after every 12 "Purna Kumbh Melas" or 144 years.
It is a once in a lifetime to witness
millions of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world come together
in this spectacle of Faith. The festival witnesses the ritual bathing in
sacred water by millions of devotees. The ceremonial dip is an
important ritual and is believed that bathing on the auspicious days
cleanses one of all sins and he or she achieves Moksha i.e. liberation
from the cycle of life, death and rebirth.
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People bathe where the Holy Rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati converge. The point is referred as Triveni Sangam. During the Kumbh Mela, each day is auspicious for bathing. However, some dates have special significance and are considered most auspicious.
Khusrau Bagh
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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.
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The three sandstone mausoleums within this walled garden, present an exquisite example of Mughal architecture The design of its main entrance, the surrounding gardens, and the three-tier tomb of Sultan Begum, who died in 1604, has been attributed to Aqa Reza, Jahangir’s principal court artist. Shah Begum, originally Man Bai, was the daughter of Raja Bhagvan Das of Amber. Distressed by the discord between her husband Jahangir and son Khusrau, she committed suicide in 1604 by swallowing opium. Her tomb was designed in 1606 by Aqa Reza and is a three storied terrace plinth without a main mound, inviting comparisons with Fatehpur Sikri by experts. The tomb however has a large chhatri that surmounts the plinth and the arabesque inscriptions that adorn her tomb were carved out by Mir Abdullah Mushkin Qalam, Jahangir's greatest calligrapher.
Khusrau Bagh
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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.
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The three sandstone mausoleums within this walled garden, present an exquisite example of Mughal architecture The design of its main entrance, the surrounding gardens, and the three-tier tomb of Sultan Begum, who died in 1604, has been attributed to Aqa Reza, Jahangir’s principal court artist. Shah Begum, originally Man Bai, was the daughter of Raja Bhagvan Das of Amber. Distressed by the discord between her husband Jahangir and son Khusrau, she committed suicide in 1604 by swallowing opium. Her tomb was designed in 1606 by Aqa Reza and is a three storied terrace plinth without a main mound, inviting comparisons with Fatehpur Sikri by experts. The tomb however has a large chhatri that surmounts the plinth and the arabesque inscriptions that adorn her tomb were carved out by Mir Abdullah Mushkin Qalam, Jahangir's greatest calligrapher.
Anand Bhavan
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The Anand Bhavan is a historic house museum in Allahabad, India focusing on the Nehru-Gandhi Family. It was constructed by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru in the 1930s to serve as the residence of the Nehru family when the original mansion Swaraj Bhavan (previously called Anand Bhavan) was transformed into the local headquarters of the Indian National Congress. Jawahar Planetarium, the famous planetarium is situated here, which has been striving to inculcate scientific temper among masses through its sky shows on astronomy and science.
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The most interesting part of the museum is Nehru's bedroom and study. There is a room specially dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, father of the Indian Nation, where he used to stay during his visits. There is a room dedicated to Indira Gandhi as well that houses many of her belongings. The drawing room also houses some of the belongings of Moti Lal and Jawaharlal Nehru. The study is another interesting section where you can glance through numerous bookshelves that are full of titles dedicated to Marx and Lenin. Out in the lush green garden is an outhouse that houses a picture gallery dedicated to the life and times of Jawaharlal Nehru. Next-door is Swaraj Bhawan, where Moti Lal Nehru lived until 1930 and where Indira Gandhi was born. It houses a museum featuring dimly lit rooms and an audio-visual presentation 'The Story of Independence'
Allahabad Museum
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Allahabad
Museum, Allahabad is one of the best kept and well maintained museums
in India. The uniqueness of Allahabad Museum is that it has separate
galleries dedicated and devoted to natural history exhibits,
archeological findings, art gallery and artifacts donated by Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru.
History
Allahabad Museum, Allahabad was inaugurated in the year 1947 by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal
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Allahabad Museum, Allahabad is proud of and boasts of a huge collection of displays that are scattered across a whopping 18 galleries. The beautiful items that are on display include prehistoric and Indus Valley antiquities, textiles, terracotta, stone sculpture, weapons, bronzes, seals, miniature paintings, Buddhist thanks, medieval land grants and much more. The museum also displays the documents and the personal effects of Nehru and the freedom movement.
The other picturesque objects that are exhibited in the Allahabad
Museum, Uttar Pradesh include beautiful stone images, lintels and
intricately carved temple pillars dating from the 3rd century BC to the
12th century AD. These objects represent and portray important
dynasties, both ancient and medieval. The museum also displays antiques
from nearly all the well known and renowned schools of sculptures which
include Mathura, Gandhara, Sarnath and Kausambi.
Allahabad Planetarium
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The historical and picturesque city of Allahabad is situated at the confluence and meeting point the rivers Saraswati, Yamuna and Ganges, popularly known to be the Triveni Sangam. The city of allahabad was previously known as Prayag. The city is well known for a famous historical event. The event was that at this city Brahma offered his first sacrifice after creating the world. Allahabad is famous for and is proud of its rich cultural heritage and its religious importance.
There are a huge number tourist attraction spots in Allahabad. Every year millions of people and pilgrims come from all over India as well as every corner of the world to visit the beautiful city of Allahabad. The tourist spots include Anand Bhavan, Hanuman Mandir, Swaraj Bhawan, Nagvasuki Temple, Patalpuri Temple, Alope Devi Mandir, Allahabad Fort, Ashoka Pillar, Akshaya Vat, Allahabad Museum, Someshwar Mahadev Temple, Shivkoti Mahadev Temple, Allahabad Planetarium, Film City, Patthar Girja (All Saint's Cathedral) and the list goes on and on. Out of all these tourist places the one that stands out is the Allahabad Planetarium, Allahabad.
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Allahabad Planetarium, Allahabad is located beside Anand Bhavan. Allahabad Planetarium, Uttar Pradesh provides and offers five shows every single day. These shows that the planetarium offers to the visitors include very interesting topics. The shows feature many interesting and definitely very intriguing aspects related to astronomy as well as space. The planetarium takes the visitors for a celestial trip of the scientific kind and nature.
It is worth visiting this planetarium and it is definitely a
lifetime experience for the tourists. Here the visitors can take and
measure their weight on Moon and Jupiter. There is a moon model on
display at the planetarium.
Alopi Devi Mandir
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Alopi Devi Mandir is a temple situated in Alopibagh in Allahabad in state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is near to the holy Sangam, or confluence, where the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the legendary Sarasvati meet. Kumbh Mela is near to this place.
This temple is peculiar in a way that
there is no statue of any Deity in this temple rather there is a wooden
carriage or 'doli' which is worshipped. The origin of the name, Alopi
(disappeared) Bagh lies in the Hindu belief that when after the death of
his wife Sati, the grieving Lord Shiva travelled through skies with her
dead body. Lord Vishnu, to relieve him from this agony, threw his
Chakra at the corpse, resulting in the fall of various parts of the body
at various places in India, which were sanctified by the touch of the
Goddess' body parts and hence were thereby deemed holy places for
pilgrimage. The last part fell at this location thereby named as "Alopi"
(where disappearance was concluded)and the holiest of all.
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The other more convincing version dates back to the time when the entire region was covered by dense forests infested with dreaded dacoits. Once upon a time in that forest happened to pass a marriage procession. Marriage processions, in those days used to be the most vulnerable targets of robbers as they used to return loaded with gold and other riches. While deep into the jungle this marriage party found itself surrounded by robbers, robbers after killing all the men and looting the wealth turned to the 'doli' or carriage of the bride. To their dismay when they unveiled the carriage they found there was no one inside. The bride had magically disappeared. The word went around, history became legend and legend became myth. A temple came up at the site where this incident had happened and locals started worshiping the bride as "Alopi Devi" or the 'virgin goddess who had disappeared'. However, this story provides no convincing explanation as to why the place would be deemed so holy.
All Saints Cathedral
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Modeled after 13th-century Gothic style churches, it is among the Gothic Revival buildings built by the British during their rule in India. British architect Sir William Emerson, who also designed the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, designed the cathedral in 1871. It was consecrated in 1887 and was completed four years later. The church celebrates its anniversary on All Saints' Day (November 1) and is part the Church of North India. The cathedral is build at the centre of a large open space at the crossing of two of the principal roads of Allahabad, MG Marg and SN Marg.
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The cathedral's nave is about 40 feet wide and 130 feet long, total length of the church is about 240 feet and internal width is about 56 feet. It is designed to accommodate 300 to 400 persons. It is a remarkable example architecture of colonial India. Glass and marble work of Cathedral is retained in originality even after more than 125 years, The Cathedral also houses many plaques which depict the death of different British nationals for a variety of reasons during their rule in India. The church is surrounded by a lush green garden.
Someshwar Mahadev Temple
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Someshwar Mahadev Temple in Allahabad is one among the many holy places in Allahabad. Someshwar Mahadev Temple is an ancient temple which is situated opposite to the Allahabad Fort across Sangam in the Arail area. The Someshwar Mahadev Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Someshwar Mahadev Temple is situated in Naini in Allahabad across the holy river Yamuna.
Someshwar Mahadev Temple in Allahabad is regarded as the place of Ekadaksh Rudra. Among all, Someshwar Mahadev was one Rudra.
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Allahabad is a city situated in Uttar Pradesh in India. Allahabad stands as a city with rich history of its own and a city with mythological essence. The tourist’s attraction in Allahabad also comprises of the ancient buildings set in the modern and contemporary cityscape. The holy places in Allahabad have always attracted tourists from all over India and abroad with its identity as a holy city in India. Allahabad has attracted tourists as a spot where three holy rivers of India converge. The temples, the ghats and the numerable historical buildings present have always been the major tourist attractions in Allahabad.
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