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The Rumi Darwaza (Hindi: रूमी दरवाज़ा, Urdu: رومی دروازه, and sometimes known as the Turkish Gate), in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, is an imposing gateway which was built under the patronage of Nawab Asaf-Ud-dowlah in 1784. It is an example of Awadhi architecture. Being an entrance to the city of Lucknow, Russell, the reporter of The New York Times who accompanied the victorious British army that entered Lucknow in 1858, after India's First War of Independence, had called the stretch of road from Rumi Darwaza to Chattar Manzil the most beautiful and spectacular cityscape that he had ever seen, better than Rome, Paris, London and Constantinople. The Rumi Darwaza, which stands sixty feet tall, was modeled (1784) after the Sublime Porte (Bab-iHümayun) in Istanbul.It is adjacent to the Asafi Imambara in Lucknow and has become a logo for the city of Lucknow.
Bara Imambara (Urdu: بڑا امامباڑا, Hindi: बड़ा इमामबाड़ा) is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, in 1784. It is also called the Asafi Imambara.
Bara means big, and an imambara is a shrine built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of Azadari. The Bara Imambara is among the grandest buildings of Lucknow.
The complex also includes the large Asfi mosque, the bhulbhulayah (the labyrinth), and bowli, a step well with running water. Two imposing gateways lead to the main hall.
A total of 755 of these stylish WP class broad gauge Pacifics were built for the Indian Railways between 1947 and 1967. Unfortunately they never reached the heady speeds suggested by their streamlining.
WP 7209 was one of the initial prototype batch of 16 locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1947 and was still going strong when photographed on the Northern Railway at Lucknow - 10 November 1978.
The construction of this mughal monument was done in 1784. This photo is taken from top of the labyrinth, which has 1024 similar looking doorways, 4 floors, walkways inside the walls. You can see the entire Lucknow city from top of it.
Conrail ROEN was rolling through Lucknow on the way to Enola behind a gaggle of EMDs, a GE U23B and a dead in tow ALCO RS11 back in 1990.
Quabog Transfer 3606 would go to Wimpey Minerals working the Millards limestone pit in Annville on the Reading Line.
It was originally a Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific motor. Whereabouts currently unknown.
Northern Railway of India broad gauge, HPS class, 4-6-0 HPS 24453 being coaled at Lucknow on 10 November 1978. 24453 was built in England by Vulcan Foundry in 1950. Due to coal shortages at the time only half of Lucknow's allocation of 14 HPS were being used.
Black and white processed from a scan of an aged, heat affected, colour Agfa slide - no amount of manipulation could get the colour balance right.
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Bara Imambara is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, in 1784. It is also called the Asafi Imambara. Bara means big, and an imambara is a shrine built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of Azadari .Pic © Rajesh Pamnani 2017
(c) Parthajit Dasgupta
Crowd is waiting for Varanasi Passenger. Taken from the Foot Over Bridge - through the iron mesh.
I was a little too late to the city; the cute MG diesels are long gone. All you can find now are OHE masts and WAP5s.
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Chota Imambara (Urdu: چھوٹا امامباڑا, Hindi: छोटा इमामबाड़ा), also known as Hussainabad Imambara (Urdu: حسین آباد امامباڑا, Hindi: हुसैनाबाद इमामबाड़ा) is an imposing monument located in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built as an imambara or a congregation hall for Shia Muslims, by Muhammad Ali Shah, the third Nawab of Awadh in 1838, it was to serve as his own mausoleum and his mother, who is buried beside him.It is situated near the Bara Imambara and on the connecting road stands an imposing gateway known as Rumi Darwaza The building is also known as the Palace of Lights because of its decorations and chandeliers during special festivals, like Muharram.
The chandeliers used to decorate the interior of this building were brought from Belgium. Also housed within the building, is the crown of Muhammad Ali Shah and ceremonial tazias. Thousands of labourers worked on the project to gain famine relief.
It has a gilded dome and several turrets and minarets. The tombs of Muhammad Ali Shah and other members of his family are inside the imambara. This includes two replicas of the Taj Mahal, built as the tombs of Muhammad Ali Shah's daughter and her husband. The walls are decorated with Arabic calligraphy.
Water supply for the fountains and the water bodies inside the imambara came directly from the Gomti River.