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This
flourishing town had a glorious past and earned a great name for
building up commendable traditions. Its old
name was Jahangira which derived from the name of sage Jahnu, who
lived here then. According to legend, the river Ganga during its
course, turned turbulent and disturbed the tranquility of this
place, where Maharshi Jahnu was lost in meditation. To humble its
pride, as it were, he gulped down its whole mass at a single
draught. When Bhagiratha appealed to him to release it, he let it
out through his ear. It was fittingly called then Jahnugriha, where
Jahnu was dwelling. Later it became corrupted and went by the name
of Jahangira. In the Muslim period it was changed to Sultanganj,
redolent of Muslim culture, yet it houses many relics of Jain,
Buddhist and Hindu relics of great utility and universal
significance.
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