📍 Heritage📍 Architecture📍 Landmark

Bara Imambara

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

Asaf-ud-Daula's famine-relief marvel of 1784 — the world's largest unsupported vaulted hall and the maze of the Bhool Bhulaiya above it.

Why visit: Get gloriously lost in the labyrinth over Awadh's grandest hall.

Things to do

›Bhool Bhulaiya maze
›Central vaulted hall
›Shahi baoli stepwell
›Asafi mosque

Heritage WalkLabyrinth Tour

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

₹50 (Indians)

Hours

6:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

2–3 hrs

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