Allahabad, Triveni Sangam 26 - Akbar fort with the Akshay Vat tree inside oleh juggadery
Allahabad fort, viewed from Triveni Sangam
Allahabad Fort (Hindi: इलाहाबाद क़िला, Urdu: الہ آباد قلعہ Ilāhābād Qila) is a fort built by the Mughal emperor Akbar at Allahabad, in 1583. The fort stands on the banks of the Yamuna near its confluence with the river Ganges.
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Akbar's fort was constructed in such a way that it enclosed the famous Akshayavat tree, where people would commit suicide in order to achieve salvation. The reason for this is not known, although some sources claim that he did it to prevent people from committing suicides. According to a local legend, Akbar was a Hindu ascetic named Mukunda Brahmachari in his previous birth. Once, by mistake, he consumed a cow's hair while drinking milk. Horrified at this sin (cow being a holy animal), he committed suicide. He was born a mleccha (non-Hindu) as a result of this sin, and was driven to build a fort at the holy Sangam.
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Allahabad Fort is a tourist attraction, one of the Forts in Jahāngīrābād, India. Ia terletak: 12 km dari Allahabad, 560 km dari Lucknow, 580 km dari Kanpur. Read further
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