These Are Some Pictures Of Commemorative Boards And Building Of Ancient Bara Imam Bara Built By Asaf-ud-Daula, The Nawab of Awadh, in 1784 Located At Lucknow,India. It is also called the Asafi Imambara. Bara Imambara Was Built For Shia Muslims For The Purpose Of Azadari. The Bara Imambara Is One Of The Grandest Buildings Of Lucknow. The Bara Imambara Complex Includes Asfi mosque, The Bhul-Bhulaiya (the labyrinth), and Bowli, a Step Well With Running Water And Two Gateways.Construction of Bara Imambara Was Started In 1785, A Year Of A Devastating Famine.
Asaf-ud-Daula's Objective Was to Provide Employment for People In The Region For Almost a Decade While The Famine Lasted. It Is Said That Ordinary People Used to Work in The Day Building Up The Edifice, While Noblemen And Other Elite Worked At Night To Break Down Anything That Was Raised That Day. It Was a Project That Preceded a KEYNESIAN Like Intervention For Employment Generation. The Construction of THE Imambara Was Completed In 1791. Estimated Cost Of Building the Imambara ranges between Half A Million Rupees To a Million Rupees. Even After Completion, The Nawab Used To Spend Between Four And Five Hundred Thousand Rupees On Its Decoration Annually.
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Asaf-ud-Daula's Objective Was to Provide Employment for People In The Region For Almost a Decade While The Famine Lasted. It Is Said That Ordinary People Used to Work in The Day Building Up The Edifice, While Noblemen And Other Elite Worked At Night To Break Down Anything That Was Raised That Day. It Was a Project That Preceded a KEYNESIAN Like Intervention For Employment Generation. The Construction of THE Imambara Was Completed In 1791. Estimated Cost Of Building the Imambara ranges between Half A Million Rupees To a Million Rupees. Even After Completion, The Nawab Used To Spend Between Four And Five Hundred Thousand Rupees On Its Decoration Annually.
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