📍 Fort📍 Heritage🛕 Religious

Allahabad Fort & Akshayavat

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

Akbar's mightiest river fort (1583) at the Sangam, holding a 3rd-century-BC Ashoka pillar and the immortal banyan Akshayavat.

Why visit: An Ashokan pillar, an undying tree and Mughal walls over the confluence.

Things to do

›Akshayavat darshan
›Patalpuri underground temple
›Sangam ramparts

Heritage WalkDarshan

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free (limited civilian access)

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

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Within

1.4 km

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