Bara Imambara

The Bara Imambara, additionally known as the massive Imambara or Asafi Imambara is a mosque complicated in Lucknow, India, constructed with the aid of Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, in 1784. It is also called the Asafi Imambara. Bara means massive, and Imambara is a sacred hall built for the reason of Muslim rituals surrounding Muharram, recognized locally as Azadari, the fundamental festival of mourning for the death of Hussein inside the struggle of Kerbala.

The constructing also consists of the large Asfi mosque, the bhul-bhulaiya, and bowli, a step well with strolling water. Two enforcing gateways cause the primary hall. It is said that there are 1024 ways to reach the terrace but only one to come lower back. It is an accidental architecture. Construction of Bara Imambara turned into started out in 1785, a year of a devastating famine, and considered one of targets in embarking on this grandiose challenge was to offer employment for human beings within the place for almost a decade even as the famine lasted.