Send a parcel from Jaipur to Prayagraj (Allahabad). We pick up free.
Roughly 1,090 kilometres east to the Sangam city — 3 working days via DTDC’s surface network through Lucknow and NH19, or next-morning to next-evening on express. Pickup from your Jaipur address — Pink City old town, C-Scheme, Malviya Nagar, Vaishali Nagar, Mansarovar, Sanganer — is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Jaipur, hub via Delhi, onward via Lucknow to Prayagraj.
Pickup, Jaipur.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call. We bring tape, bubble wrap and a luggage scale; the parcel is sealed at your address — Johari Bazaar shop, Sanganer block-print unit, C-Scheme office, Mansarovar/Vaishali Nagar home.
Hub transit.
Same-evening handover to DTDC’s Jaipur facility, then road movement on NH48 to the Delhi sortation hub overnight.
Lucknow → Prayagraj.
Onward via NH19 to the Lucknow hub, then last-mile across Prayagraj — Civil Lines, Mumfordganj, Chowk, Allahabad University, Sangam-side Daraganj. Express runs Delhi → Prayagraj air leg for next-morning to next-evening delivery.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Jaipur → Prayagraj.
Final price depends on actual or volumetric weight (whichever is greater) plus the fuel surcharge in force on your booking date. GST is extra.
- Standard parcel (surface) from ₹120 / kg 3 working days via Delhi → Lucknow → Prayagraj. Min billable 5 kg.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg Next-morning to next-evening. Door delivery.
- Bulk consignment (35 kg+) from ₹120 / kg Min 35 kg. Surface routing.
Pickup is free in Jaipur on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Court paperwork, university care-kits, Sangam pilgrim returns.
Gem-trade non-precious to Prayagraj Marwari merchants
Pink City’s Johari Bazaar gem trade ships non-precious stones, sample lots and design samples to Prayagraj Marwari buyers in Chowk and Civil Lines. Precious-metal pieces and certified gems need declared-value cover — non-precious only on the standard lane.
Allahabad University / IIIT-Allahabad / MNNIT students
Care-kits to Allahabad University, IIIT-Allahabad and MNNIT (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology) hostels. Books, kitchen-kits, replacement clothes — peak in July–August and January.
High Court of Allahabad / UPPSC documents
Prayagraj is a major UP government vertex — the High Court of Allahabad and UP Public Service Commission both sit here. Sealed-cover originals, case-file paperwork, examination materials. Express only on this lane — surface is too long for filing deadlines.
Sangam pilgrim returns
Pink-City Marwari families who attended the 2025 Maha Kumbh (next Ardh Kumbh in 2027) ship photo-prints, shawls, dry prasad packs and Sangam souvenirs back home. Outside Kumbh years, regular Sangam-snan visitors run the same pattern.
Marwari business families (Chowk / Civil Lines)
Long-standing Marwari trading community in Chowk and Civil Lines — recurring B2B parcels Jaipur ↔ Prayagraj for wholesale samples, family papers, festival shipments. Single GST invoice on regular slots.
Wedding outfits & retiree parcels
Marwari–Prayagraj wedding traffic runs a steady consolidated-pickup pattern. Civil Lines and Mumfordganj have a sizeable retiree population — mainland family ships sealed pharmacy packs, seasonal clothes.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the Jaipur → Prayagraj lane:
Banned outright
- Liquids of any kind — perfumes, attars, oils, gels, hand sanitiser
- Aerosols and pressurised cans
- Cosmetics, nail polish, fragrance samples
- Flammable solids and matches
- Currency notes and gold/silver bullion
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh on the air leg
Common Prayagraj misjudgements
- Petroleum-based aarti oils / camphor-oil bottles — banned outright. Pilgrims sometimes pack these with souvenirs; do not.
- Fresh laddoos / pedas from Sangam-side sweet shops — perishable, no exceptions.
- Sealed gangajal bottles — liquid, not accepted on this lane (or any lane).
- Loose handmade incense — paste-based agarbatti is treated as flammable solid.
AWB on WhatsApp. Track on dtdc.in. POD when it lands.
The moment the parcel is booked into DTDC, we send you the AWB number on WhatsApp. Type it into the public tracker at dtdc.in any time. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour.
Specific to Jaipur → Prayagraj.
How are High Court / UPPSC sealed-cover documents handled?
Express only — never surface. We mark the AWB "Sealed cover — High Court of Allahabad / UPPSC, do not open" and route to the priority queue at the Prayagraj DTDC facility, which has the government-station experience to deliver to the right registry counter (or to a chamber address if that is what you need). For deadline-sensitive filings, book the day before the deadline; we will share the AWB the same evening so your office can track.
Do you deliver to outer Prayagraj district — Phaphamau, Naini, Jhusi?
Yes via DTDC last-mile. Phaphamau, Naini and Jhusi are within Prayagraj urban — same-day or next-morning. Outer district (Karchana, Soraon, Bara) — add 1 working day. We will confirm the realistic ETA before you book.
I’m sending an MNNIT / IIIT-Allahabad student care-kit. What works?
The pattern that works: textbooks (heavy, surface-fine), a kitchen kit (steel utensils, dry rations — atta, dal, rice, masalas, no oil/ghee), seasonal clothes for the UP winter, a steel tiffin. What does not: pickle, ghee, homemade laddoos, any liquid medicine. MNNIT and IIIT campus address routing works fine — we put the hostel block + room number on the AWB and the warden’s office signs.