Lucknow has a variety of places
to visit. Tourists or travelers from all over the world come here to see
tourist places in Lucknow. Lucknow has historical monuments of the British era,
historical religious places, a science center, a zoo, various parks, and many more
things.
List of Major Tourist Places in Lucknow
There is a long list of tourist
places in Lucknow to visit but here I will describe only the top ten tourist
places that you must visit when you come here.
- Bara Imambara
- Chota Imambara
- Rumi Darwaza
- British Residency
- Chattar Manzil
- Mankameshwar Mandir
- Dilkusha Kothi
- Husainabad Clock Tower
- Amrapali Water Park
- Aminabad Market
- Hazratganj Market
- Anchalik Vigyan Kendra
- Chowk
- Indira Gandhi Planetarium
- Ambedkar Park
- Lucknow Zoo - Nawab Wahid Ali Shah Zoological Garden
- State Museum
- Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya Park
- Chandrika Devi Temple
- Naya Hanuman Mandir
- Purana Hanuman Mandir
- Gulacheen Mandir
- Jama Masjid
- Constantia House
- Charbagh Railway Station
1. Bara Imambara- Bhool Bhulaiyaof Lucknow
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| Bara Imambara- Bhool Bhulaiya of Lucknow |
Among the major landmarks of
Lucknow, Bara Imambara is the major attraction for tourists who visit
Lucknow for the first time.
Bara Imambara is popularly known
as Bhool Bhulaiya (labyrinth) due to it having thousands of ways but only a single
right way to reach the destination so people who enter it are unable to find the
way to get out. It is only the type of labyrinth in India.
Its name Bara means big and
Imambara means shrine. Imambara refers to the place where Shia Muslims
celebrate their various ceremonies such as Muharram. It’s another unpopular
name is Asafi Imambara due to its construction being done by Nawab Asaf-Ud-Daula.
Bada Imambara or Bhulbhulaiya is
the pride of Lucknow and people know Lucknow by the name of Bada Imambara.
Bada Imambara is situated in the Hussainabad area of Lucknow where lots of
monuments are present to see. Read more
2. Lucknow Residency - I am not dead but am sleeping here
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| Residency of Lucknow |
Among the most historical monuments, Lucknow Residency is a famous historical monument in the Lucknow called British Residency also.
British Residency is now in ruins but has a special place among the colonial
monuments of Lucknow. Since it is a historical landmark, the Archaeological
Survey of India kept it under the reserved and protected monument and is under
the maintenance of the Government of Lucknow.
Lucknow Residency shows Lucknow intriguing glimpses period of the past.
Lucknow British Residency is situated in the Qaisar Bagh of Lucknow city.
Lucknow Tourism and Archaeological Survey of India for increasing the attraction of Lucknow Residency now started the light and sound show that
attracts tourists more. Read more
3. Lucknow Zoo - Nawab Wahid Ali Shah Zoological Garden
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| Lucknow Zoo Selfie Point |
Lucknow Zoo or Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan, formerly known as the
Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens. It is popularly known as Lucknow Zoological
Garden or Lucknow Chidiyaghar.
Lucknow Zoo is among the top 10 best places to visit in Lucknow for
nature lovers, animal lovers, and family holidaymakers.
You can enjoy here toy train rides and paddle boating. There is a big
park with lots of swings for your little kids where they can spend lots of
time.
Lko Zoo is classified as a large zoo and is spread over 71.6 acres (29.0 ha).
Lucknow Zoo is located in the heart of Lucknow near Hazratganj. The Lucknow
Zoo has more than 1000 animals of 102 species and 700 fishes of 67 species. Read more
4. Maa Chandrika Devi Mandir
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| Maa Chandrika Devi Temple |
Chandrika Devi Mandir is among
the top places to visit in Lucknow. It is a very famous spiritual place in
Lucknow where Maa Chandrika Devi is prayed in the ‘Pindis Roop’ (a rock having
three Pindis or heads).
This temple is dedicated to Hindu
Goddess Chandi a form of Hindu Goddess Maa Durga. During the Navratri days, it
is very crowded and lots of people come here from nearby cities to visit Maa
Chandrika Devi.
The Chandrika Devi Temple and its
nearby areas have very significant religious relevance to Ramayana and are
called Mahi Sagar Teerth. There are details of this Chandrika Devi temple in
the blessed books of Skand and Karma Puran.
Chandrika Devi Temple is
approximately 300 years old and it is about 28 km from Lucknow. The temple site
is surrounded by the river Gomti from three sides. This place can also be called a
small island. There is a very beautiful big statue of Lord Shiva in the middle
of Chandrika Devi Kund. Read more
5. Regional Science City(Anchalik Vigyan Kendra)
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| Anchalik Vigyan Kendra Lucknow |
If you are in Lucknow and want to
know about science, how things happen on our Earth. Then you will get each and
every question answer related to science either physical, chemical, biological, or advance sciences such as Biotechnology and Nanotechnology at the Regional
Science City. Regional Science City, which is more popularly known as Anchalik
Vigyan Kendra in Lucknow.
Anchalik Vigyan Kendra is a very
good place for science students and common people for understanding the basics
of science and understanding science roles in our daily life.
Here daily school students come
in the group for understanding the basics of science practically with their
teachers. You will easily understand the basics of science with lots of
practical models. Read more
6. Ambedkar Memorial Park
Lucknow Gomti Nagar area's
popular tourist place is Ambedkar Memorial Park. It looks so beautiful and is always filled with tourists from various places.
It is formally known as Dr.
Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal. It is built on about 107
acres area.
This park is dedicated to Dr.
Bhimrao Ambedkar, Birsa Munda, Shahuji Maharaj, Jyotirao Phule, Kanshi Ram,
Narayana Guru, and many other social reformers who dedicated their life to
equality and social justice in society.
7. Rumi Darwaza
Rumi Darwaza is the symbol of
Lucknow. It is situated near the Bara Imamabara you must see it when visiting Lucknow.
It is actually a gate that is
situated between Chhota and Bara Imambara. Rumi Darwaza was built by the Nawab
Asaf-Ud-Daula in 1784.
It is about 60 feet tall. The architecture of
the Rumi Darwaza is purely in the Awadhi style. There is no entry ticket for seeing
it.
8. Chota Imambara
Among the top historical places
in Lucknow Chhota Imambara is one of the places that you have to see it. It was built
by Muhammad Ali Shah in 1838 who was the third Nawab of Awadh.
Its other name is Imambara
Hussainabad Mubarak. Its architecture is so beautiful and you can feel it by
going there.
9. Hazratganj
Hazaratganj is called the heart
of Lucknow because it is situated in the center of the main city. Hazrat Ganj is an
old and very popular area of Lucknow.
Before the multiplex culture,
Hazrat Ganj was the main place for the tourist and travelers who come to Lucknow
to visit here.
It was the main market of the old
Lucknow. You can see here very old and historic shops here that are famous
for decades.
10. Indira Gandhi Planetarium-Taramandal
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| Taramandal or Nakshatrashala of Lucknow |
Indira Gandhi Planetarium also known popularly in Lucknow as Taramandal or Nakshatra Shala is a nice place to visit for science students and common people who are interested in
knowing the world of stars - Astrology. Its foundation was laid on 28th February
1988 and inaugurated on 8th May 2003 by that time chief Ministers of Uttar
Pradesh.
Indira Gandhi Planetarium in
Lucknow looks so good from a distance and the building of Indira Gandhi
Planetarium Lucknow is similar to Saturn Planet. It attracts visitors from far
away. Nakshatra Shala Lucknow's infrastructure is great. Nakshatrashala is an
interesting and amazing place for kids. Read more
As you see above I already
mentioned many more places to visit in Lucknow but here I share details of only
ten tourist places in Lucknow. It depends on the nature of the tourist and which
types of places to visit in Lucknow that is why I mentioned here mixed type of
tourist places in Lucknow which includes religious, historical, scientific,
social, and popular places.