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Triveni Sangam. 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 also 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]
Tribeni is 66 km away from Kolkata, capital of West Bengal, on road and 48 km from Howrah Station. Tribeni railway station and the nearest major railway station is Bandel Junction, 7 km on the Bandel-Katwa Railway Line, which can be used to board express trains towards north Bengal. The town is also benefitted by the Howrah-Bardhaman main line.
Harihar Van – is a nice garden along Triveni sangam Rudralay Mahadev or Rudresvara Temple [6] – Built in 11th or 13th century AD is located to left of the road to Triveni Ghat Parsuram or Parshuram Temple [7] – located to the right of the road to triveni sangam, opposite to Rudralay temple, is popular among devotees. Lord Parshuram, the ...
The Triveni Ghat is a ghat situated in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. It is the biggest and most famous ghat in Rishikesh, located at the banks of the Ganges . Devotees visit the ghat to take ritual baths, believing it cleanses them of their sins.
Today, Triveni Sangam (or simply Sangam) is a more frequently used name for the confluence. 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.
The Prayag Kumbh Mela, also known as Allahabad Kumbh Mela, is a mela, or religious gathering, associated with Hinduism and held in the city of Prayagraj, India, at the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati river. [1] The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration ...
The Sarasvati is also considered by Hindus to exist in a metaphysical form, in which it formed a confluence with the sacred rivers Ganges and Yamuna, at the Triveni Sangam. [6] According to Michael Witzel, superimposed on the Vedic Sarasvati river is the "heavenly river": the Milky Way, which is seen as "a road to immortality and heavenly after ...
The site is a Triveni sangam (a confluence of three rivers) where two right tributaries Karra and Kukhreni flow into the East Rapti River. [1] The holy site has seen significant development in the last decade. Kushmanda Sarobaar Tribeni Shrine Development Committee oversees the development and promotion of the site. [3]