To know the real Lucknow you must visit its busy markets from tasty kebabs in Chowk to soft chikankari in Nakhas each place ...

Lucknow also boasts of various sightseeing points that have interesting history. According to the UP tourism website, The Bada Imam Bara, built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula in 1786-91 has a central hall ...

The Bada Mangal festival, celebrated with great fervor in Lucknow, has its origins steeped in the city’s rich cultural heritage.This annual event is held in honor of Lord Hanuman and is observed ...

Titled “Legacy of the Later Nawabs,” the walk was organised by the Citizens for Lucknow group and inaugurated by Dr PC Sarkar, an ex-principal scientist at ICAR, author, and heritage resource ...

Lucknow has officially submitted its nominations for inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) to be titled “City of Gastronomy”. Currently, only one Indian city holds this title ...

When Nawab Asaf-ud-Dawla shifted the capital of Avadh from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775, he had no idea that he and the last of his successors would turn out to be two of those rulers whom the ...

In 1783, the Nawab of Lucknow, Asaf-ud-Daulah, started the building of an 'Imambara' (residence to an Imam) complex as a famine relief project. The Bara ('Big') Imambara, contains the tomb of its ...

Ram Asrey's malai gilouri. From Ram Asrey (since 1805), Madhurima (1826) Radhey Lal (1926), Prakash Kulfi (1956) to the famous Chhappan Bhog and Moti Mahal, Lucknow's sweet shops are in institution.