Triveni Sangam
The confluence itself, reached by a twenty-minute boat ride from Saraswati Ghat.
Prayagraj exists because of a meeting point. The brown Ganga and the green Yamuna arrive from different directions and run side by side for a stretch before they mix, and Hindu tradition adds a third, invisible river - the Saraswati - to the confluence.
Outside Kumbh years the Sangam is surprisingly calm: a short boat ride, a bamboo platform in the middle of the water, and pandas performing rituals for families who have come from across the country. The city itself carries a second history too, as the Nehru family home and a centre of the independence movement.
The confluence itself, reached by a twenty-minute boat ride from Saraswati Ghat.
A rare reclining Hanuman idol, partly below ground level and submerged by the Ganga each monsoon.
The immortal banyan inside the Allahabad Fort, reopened to visitors in recent years.
The Nehru family mansion, now a museum with the rooms preserved as they were.
Colonial-era architecture and the campus that shaped much of twentieth-century Indian politics.
The seasonal tent city on the sand flats, set up every January even in non-Kumbh years.
Reach by road from Varanasi in three hours, then a late-afternoon boat to the confluence and back before dark.
Bade Hanuman, Akshayavat inside the fort, then Anand Bhawan and the university quarter before onward travel.
During Magh Mela and Kumbh we add a day for the tent city, the akhara camps and the bathing ghats.
Every itinerary is rewritten around your dates, your pace and your group. This is a starting point, not a fixed package.
Shared or private boats run from Saraswati Ghat through the day; sunrise is the quietest.
Changing enclosures and priests are available on the platform for those who wish to bathe.
In Mela season we can pair you with a guide who knows the akhara camps.
The old colonial quarter has some of the best coffee and chaat in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Small things that change how a day goes. Our team updates these after every season.
Ask a QuestionAgree the boat fare before you board, or let us book it - rates are fixed per boat, not per person.
Carry a change of clothes if you plan to bathe at the Sangam.
Anand Bhawan is closed on Mondays.
During Kumbh, vehicles stop several kilometres from the ghats. Expect to walk and plan for it.
Anything we have not covered? Message us and a planner in Varanasi will reply, usually within the hour.
Message UsYes, and it is far more pleasant. You get the same confluence, the same rituals and a fraction of the crowd.
125 km, about three hours by road on the expressway. Trains take roughly the same time.
Magh Mela runs every January. The larger Kumbh cycles between Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik - tell us your year and we will confirm the dates.
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