prayag raj sangam

Prayagraj got its name back in October,2018 when Utter Pradesh cabinet approved the proposal of renaming “Allahabad” as “Prayagraj”. UP’s Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath said that we have given the city its original name which was changed during the Mughal rule in India. “Prayagraj” or “Prayag” is prominently mentioned in ancient Vedic Hindu literature.