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| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park Main Entry Gate |
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park Lucknow
is popular as Lohia Park in Lucknow. It is situated in the main area of the Gomti
Nagar near Lohia Chauk. Local peoples of this area come here for morning and
evening walks here. It is spread in more than 76 acres area of Gmoti Nagar.
Lohia Park is developed as a
tourist place for the visitor of Lucknow who comes to Lucknow for traveling. Park
has lots of things to see for the visitors like the variety of trees, fish ponds,
duck ponds, etc. There are lots of swings for the kids so kids can enjoy a lot
of here.
Lohia Park, Ambedkar Park, and Janeshwar Mishra
Park are Lucknow's best places to visit in Gomti Nagar Lucknow for the couples
and family who looking for the outing or picnicking in Gomti Nagar. All three
parks are nearby to each other in Gomti Nagar Lucknow.
It is a very beautiful park that has many
natural beautiful attractions for the nature lovers like fragrant flowers,
variety of trees, birds, and grassland with a long walking track for joggers.
Every day there are lots of local and nearby
places people come here to visit this place and spend some quality time with
family members or friends here. Park gets crowded on weekends and public
holidays during the evening. Local people of nearby place come here for morning and
evening walk here daily.
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Lohia Park Lucknow History
Lohia Park is actually a memorial park that
was built about 13 years ago. Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri
Mulayam Singh Yadav has founded the Lohiya Park stone on the 12th of October
2004.
To dedicate this park to Dr. Ram Manohar
Lohia, Lohia Park was built by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2007 during the
Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav Party was ruling in Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
was the famous political leader of Samajwad (socialist). After starting this park,
its beauty and facilities have more increased for the visitors who come to visit
this place.
Things to See and Do at Lohia Park
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| Variety of Birds at Lohia Park |
- Lohia Park also has a very famous tree Kalpavriksha was planted by the Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav on 23 March 2005.
- There a Loco hauled train engine that was run on the meter gauge up to the year, 1999 is kept inside the park to see the visitors.
- Lohiya Park also has an open exercise space with some exercising equipment for those who want some physical exercise.
- Lohiya Park is also a good abode for a variety of birds. Visitors can see easily lots of species of birds inside the park.
- For the kids to see there are a variety of colorful fishes in the fish pond. Kids can also see the ducks swimming in the pond.
- Kids can enjoy the swing. Visitors can do jogging and physical exercise here.
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Lohia Park Lucknow Timing
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Park of Lucknow opens
daily for visitors and tourists. So you can go any day and any time of day
to visit this lovely place with your family or partner or friends.
- Opening Time: 06:00 am Morning
- Closing Time: 10:00 pm in Evening
Visiting Time duration
Lohia Park is very big for walking and it
depends on you how much time you want to spend here. Normally you can visit
this park completely within two hours.
Lohia Park Lucknow Ticket Price
As compare to park facilities and things to see
and visit in the park, Lohia Park entree fee is very nominal and the ticket
price is only 10 rupees per person.
- Ticket Price for Adults: 10 Rupees/ person
- Ticket Price for Kids: 5 Rupees/ kid
- Ticket Price for Kids below 12 years: Nill/Free
- Monthly Pass: 100 Rupees/visitor
Local visitors can take the monthly pass of
hundred rupees who want to come daily in the park.
Free Entry in Lohiya Park
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| Second Entry Gate of Lohia Park |
There are totally free entry in the Lohiya
Park on two days in the year. On the 23 March and 12 October, there are no entry
fees for the visitors. So visitors can enjoy here full day without taking any
entry ticket.
These dates are related to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia's
birth and death. On 23 March 1910, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia was born in
Faizabad. On 12th October, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia has death anniversaries. He
died on 12th October 1967.
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Facilities at Lohia Park
Lohiya Park Lucknow has lots of facilities for
the tourists and visitors who come here to relax and enjoy here. Some of the
major facilities of the park are listed below.
- There are four entry or exit gates in the park with ticket counters. So you can easily go inside from any of the entry gates.
- Park has specially designed about 100-meter acupressure track for walking and running to visitors.
- Fish Pond, Duck Pond, lake, and four water fountains increase the beauty of the park and attract visitors.
- For engaging the kids with physical activities there are lots of swings.
- The main navigation path is about one kilometer and about 4.5 meters wide. It is beautifully made-up with Kota stones. On the sides of the path variety of flowers are grown.
- There are lots of fixed benches available inside the park for sitting and relaxing in the park.
- At entry gate number 2 there is a tall Clock tower that shows time and can be seen easily from a far distance.
- There is a canteen inside the Lohiya Park where visitors can purchase snacks, coffee, cold drinks, packaged water bottles, and samosas for refreshing themselves.
- Park has well-maintained washrooms and toilets for visitor’s uses at all entry gates.
- Park has parking stand for two and four wheelers at its entry gates.
- There is a CCTV facility inside and on the entry gates of the park for the proper safety of visitors.
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Best Time to Visit Lohia Park
Lohia Park is open all-time over the year. So
you can go any time here at your convenience. As per weather conditions of
the Lucknow, the best time to visit Lohia Park would be from February to April
and August to October. During the spring Season Park is very crowded.
As per day time, evening time would be good
for visiting this park. You can also visit this park in summer in the evening time
this would be good for relaxing here. During winter, on a shiny day visiting
this park in the daytime with family and friends makes your day good.
How to Reach Lohia Park Lucknow
Reaching Lohia Park Lucknow is very easy
than other tourist places of Lucknow because it is situated at the main road of
the Gomti Nagar at Lohia Chowk near Vishwas Khand 3. You can easily reach here
by Charbagh railway station by a city bus, Vikram, Auto, private taxi, or cab
easily.
Private Auto takes only 25/ rupees per person
from the Charbagh railway station to Lohia Park Chowk. Lohia Park has two entry
gates, the second entry gate is situated near the Lohia Chowk and you can
easily reach in one minute from the Lohia square to Lohia Park entry gate.
Tourists or travelers can reach here easily
from any point of Lucknow. From Lucknow Polytechnic lots of buses and taxies
available for Lohia Park. To date there is no Lucknow metro route is
developed here so there is no metro train stoppage here.
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TouristBug’s Recommendations
In brief Lohiya Park, is a well-maintained
public leisure park with a lush green variety of flora, jogging & acupressure
tracks, swings, water bodies, Fish & Duckpond, etc. where the local public can
go for relaxation and enjoy. So if you are visiting Lucknow or you live in
Lucknow then you can visit it once.
- Keep helping to maintain the park neat and clean.
- At the synthetic Jogging track, walking with Spiked Shoes not allowed.
- Pets also not allowed on the synthetic Jogging track so don't walk with pets on the synthetic Jogging track.
- It is a good place for local people who wants to be refreshed in the morning.
- Couples more come here and they are busy in their activities so families are less come here than couples.
- Photography is allowed inside the park, so visitors can take lots of beautiful photos with family or friends or selfie here.
Lohia Park nearby Places to Visit
There are lots of places to visit in Lucknow visit but here we will mention that are nearest to Lohia Park and
you can visit easily from here. Lucknow Zoo, Ambedkar Park, and Janeshwar
Mishra Park is the nearest place that can you visit from Lohia Park easily
all these places are within a 4-5 km range.