the three rivers of india - ganges, yamuna and the mythical river of sarasvati - meet at a point in the allahabad district, known as sangam, considered holy by hindus. allahabad was once the capital of united province before independence. allahabad is one of the largest educational hub having many major educational institutes such as the indian institute of information technology, moti lal nehru national institute of technology, university of allahabad, cmp degree college, ewing christian college and gautam buddh technical university affiliated number of engineering colleges, motilal nehru medical college, jk institute - these provides higher education.