TRIVENI SANGAMAM
AT
ALLAHABAD
Triveni Sangam is located in Allahabad,
Presently a Biggest and largest cities of Uttar Pradesh on confluence of three
rivers- Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati, A place well known as Prayag
for the earlier settlements of the Aryans
Prayag is one of the ancient pilgrimage centers of India, and it represents
the confluence of the rivers Yamuna and Ganga, near (in) the
city of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Prayag is revered in the hymns
of the Rig Veda. Tradition
regards the region between the Ganga and the Yamuna as the most fertile region
on earth.
Prayag is referred to as Triveni
Sangamam - where
it is believed that the subterranian river Saraswati also meets the Ganga along with the
Yamuna.
The Ganga the Sacred river of India,
emerges from Gangotri & weaves her way down from the Himalayas passing
through places made sacred by her arrival, like Rishikesh and Haridwar, through
industrial city of Kanpur, before arriving at Allahabad to join her sisters as
she makes her way to Kashi.
Yamuna also begins her journey in the Himalayas, at Yamunotri, and
passes through Mathura and Brindavan, made more sacred by the association of
Krishna, and finally arrives at Allahabad where she joins the Ganga to merge
her identity with her.
Saraswati arrives at Allahabad from mystical lands from
underground, who remains unseen to mankind, making her presence felt at
certain, extremely special places. She renders the holy Ganga and Yamuna even
more pure, more sacred by her association with them at Allahabad. The place
where these 3 rivers merge is the Triveni Sangam, a place where thousands and
thousands congregate to pay their respects to the rivers and pray for their
well being and forgiveness for their sins.
Triveni Sangam is a great place of religious importance and the
site for historic Kumbh Mela held every 12 years, over the years it has also
been, the site of immersion of ashes of several national leaders, including
Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
