THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE IMAMABADAS IN LUCKNOW; IMAMBADA SIBTAINABAD
Journal Title: International Journal of History and Research (IJHR) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Every year the historic city of Lucknow observes the rituals of Muharram, the Islamic month commemorative of the martyrdom of the family of prophet Muhammad. The city is overcome with grief as thousands of Shia Muslims ritually mourn the carnage at Karbala. Along with people of other faiths, they gather in processions that wind through the city during the months of Muharram and Safar, and attend the concomitant religious assemblies (Majlis) held in the Imambadas and private households which resound with the cries of Ya Husain!. The processions gather, begin and conclude at the various Imambadas, which were built by the Nawabs and their associates for the observances of Muharram. These Imambadas are the glorious examples of the local craftsmanship, ambitious engineering, monumental imagination and experimentation in Indo Islamic style of architecture. Imambada or the “house of the Imam” was built by the rulers of Awadh who were primarily Shia by faith for the purpose of Azadari.
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SANOBAR HAIDER .
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