This is not a Imambara, but a palace of lights!:

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There is such a building in the old Hussainabad area of ​​Lucknow, which seems as if someone has taken all the moon-stars from the sky and punished the ground. It is called Hussainabad Imambara, but due to its beauty and inside the shivering, people are lovingly called the small Imambara or ‘Palace of Lights’ (the palace of Roshni).

It is not just a Imambara, but also the third Nawab of Awadh, Muhammad Ali Shah, and his mother’s last comfort (tomb).

How is this palace of lights?

As soon as you step inside its white door, you reach a different world.

The back of its walls is buried himself, Nawab Muhammad Ali Shah and his mother. There is a beautiful silver railing around his tombs. Even today, the Nawab’s silver throne, the queen’s diwan and the hand -written Quran have been kept with two very old and precious copies.

Nawab’s distant thinking

Nawab Muk-Mada Ali Shah knew that his precious heritage always kept shining like this. Therefore, he created a trust and at that time Thirty -six million rupees So that there is no shortage in the supervision of this Imambara and the event of Muharram.

The same city, two precious Imambaras

When we talk about small Imambara, then Big Imambara (Asafi Imambara) It is also necessary to mention.

Today, Chhota Imambara is under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which ensures that this ‘palace of Roshni’ of the Nawab is also shining for generations to come.