The Gateway to the Chota Imambara, Lucknow, India
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The Gateway to the Chota Imambara, Lucknow, India
The Gateway to the Chota Imambara (Hussainabad Imambara) - 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. The card caption notes: " The florid excess of stucco ormanentation is but one sign of the decay of Indian Architecture in modern days." !! Date: 1910
Media ID 11579713
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Congregation Excess Florid Gateway Islam Islamic Lucknow Mausoleum Muhammad Muslim Muslims Nawab Shah Shia Stucco Tomb
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