BARA IMAMBARA, LUCKNOW, INDIA


Bara means huge or big, and an imambara (a congregation hall) is a shrine for Muslim community built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of prayer or Azadari. It was built by Asaf-ud-Daula the Nawab of Awadh, in Bara Imambara is among the grand buildings of Lucknow and it is one of the last major projects not incorporating any use of iron for constructing. Any kind of support was not taken from Europeans to built this imambara.


Size: 5760px × 3656px
Location: LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH,INDIA
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