Bharadwaj Puram is a neighborhood of
Prayagraj
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
in
Uttar Pradesh
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,
India
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. It is sandwiched between
Tagore Town and
Daraganj, close to the bank of the
River Ganga
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. Nearby are George Town,
Allahabad University
, mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees"
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, type = Public
, chancellor = Ashish Chauhan
, vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava
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, Katra, and Civil Lines, as well as tourist attractions such as Alfred Park, Sangam,
Anand Bhavan
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, and numerous temples. This neighborhood also has many commercial centers, schools, hospitals, ashrams, and parks. Bharadwaj Puram's main market is located on Matiyara Road and is a popular shopping destination. Alopi Bagh is in the south of the neighbourhood.
The neighbourhood is part of the
Phulpur Lok Sabha and
Prayagraj-North constituencies of Uttar Pradesh's legislative assembly.
Neighbourhoods in Allahabad
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