Nirdesh K Singh who has been fort-hopping (read this and this) visited the Bada Imambara of Lucknow and returned with this story! Nawabs have taken a lot of bad rap in the press for being fat ...

Bara Imambara is one of the most important historical attractions in Lucknow. The monument was built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh during the 18th century. An architectural wonder ...

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A seven-foot-long python was rescued from Shahnajaf Imambara campus on Saturday evening. A local poses for photographs after putting the rescued python around his neck In one of the videos ...

Where is it located: 17/11, Hussainabad Road, Lajpat Nagar Colony, Machchhi Bhavan, Lucknow. (Courtesy: Pinterest) The Bara Imambara, the historical landmark of Lucknow, was built along with the ...

Bara Imambara is a unique feat of engineering as it is the largest structure in the world that is unsupported by beams. It was made in 1784 by Asaf-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Lucknow, to be used as a ...

The crumbling Chhota Imambara has also moved the direct descendants of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, who are more than willing to come down to Lucknow to meet the UP chief minister, requesting his ...