Gurucharanam Saranam
Sirah Paadankitam Kritvaa, Yatha the chaakshayovatah:
Teertha Raajah Prayaago-asau, Gurumuurtyai Namo Namah
Prayag is considered the most holy of all holy waters and it is here the akshayavata - the everlasting banyan tree--stands. Devotion to the form of that Guru by prostrating at whose feet one earns the immortality (of the akshayavata) and the merit of taking a dip in the holiest of all holy waters.
Prayag, the confluence of three sacred rivers – Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswa