A confluence of rivers is called Prayag. Uttarakhand has five such confluences that give birth to the River Ganga. Prayagraj is the king of confluences because here Ganga, which came from the sky ...

Prayagraj, India - December 29, 2024 Indian women batuk along with priest perform Ganga arti at Sangam, the confluence of River Ganga, Yamuna and mythological Saraswati ahead of Mahakumbh 2025.

(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Hindu women devotees pray after taking bath at the confluence of the Ganges ... cleaning an area on the banks of the Ganges river, where the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh ...

Varanasi is also considered the holiest place on earth for Hindu cremation because the body's ashes can be sprinkled into the sacred river ... ritual at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna ...