TWIN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Mohammadpur Umri, a small non-descript village near Allahabad, where India’s twin sacred rivers Ganga and Yamuna meet, is the twin capital of the world.

CLICK HERE for the complete story

Cover Story - Little India October 2010 The hamlet of 300 households boasts 54 pair of twins. With twins in every fifth home Umri has the highest proportion of twins anywhere in the world. Animals too are born twin PHOTO: by Lovejeet Alexander Legend has it... The twin birth phenomenon in Umri dates back atleast 40 years with the birth of twin sisters, and, villagers say, it roughly coincides with the setting of an Air Force base station near the village. This article was originally published as the cover story (October -2010) by the largest SouthAsian magazine published from the US - Little India.