Akshayavat, Allahabad

Name: Akshayavat
Address: Allahabad, India

#18 among attractions in Allahabad

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Akshayavat or Akshay Vat is a sacred fig tree mentioned in the Hindu mythology. ()

Local name: अक्षय वटCoordinates: 25°26'31"N, 81°53'2"E

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Akshayavat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Saraswati Ghat, Allahabad Fort, Allahabad Pillar, Allahpur.

1.2 miSW
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Saraswati Ghat, Allahabad
32 min walk • Saraswati Ghat is probably the most spectacular ghat in Allahabad on the bank of Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located close to Mankameshwar Temple of lord Shiva. The name of ghat comes from Hindu Goddess of learning Saraswati. It is a newly built place.
0.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Allahabad Fort, Allahabad
25 min walk • Allahabad Fort is a fort built by the Mughal emperor Akbar at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1583. A stone inscription inside fort describe 1583 as a foundation year. The fort stands on the banks of the Yamuna near its confluence with the river Ganges.
0.9 miSW
Memorial, Buddhist architecture
Allahabad Pillar, Allahabad
24 min walk • The Allahabad pillar is a Stambha, containing one of the Pillar edicts of Ashoka, possibly erected by Ashoka, Emperor of the Maurya dynasty, who reigned in the 3rd century BCE or it may have prior origins.
1.1 miNW
Neighbourhood
Allahpur, Allahabad
28 min walk • Allahpur, Officially Bharadwaj Puram is a locality of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Allahpur is a township/mohalla of Allahabad District. It falls under the Phulpur constituency of Uttar Pradhesh's legislative assembly.
0.6 miS
Neighbourhood
Daraganj, Allahabad
16 min walk • Daraganj is a prominent suburb and a landmark in the city of Prayagraj. It is the oldest suburb of Prayag at the bank of celestial river Ganges and not far from Triveni Sangam - the confluence of three sacred rivers: the Ganges and Yamuna, and the third invisible river Saraswati.
1.2 miNW
Neighbourhood
Alopibagh, Allahabad
31 min walk • Alopibagh is a locality/township of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. The locality is close to the Kumbh Mela area, the Sangam, the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, and one of the most ancient Hindu temples of India, the Alopi Devi Mandir, is also in this locality.