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."
Picture No
10909942
Media ID
45533155
Size
5200px x 3269px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Raphael Tuck Oilette' postcard - Lucknow series
Date
1910
