Meer Khuda Baksh - Cemetery in Lucknow - Lucknow, India

Such a peaceful and quiet place. I loved it, it's really peaceful and you will hear the birds chirping. It's a religious place tho. So, if you are a shia you should definitely visit, if not you are still welcome.

Karbala Taalkatora is very old, historical and famous place in Lucknow. You can see an Imambargaah, a masque and a huge graveyard within the boundary.

Holy shrine and graveyard of Shia Muslims.During holy month of Moharram this place is Buzzing with people from all faith and walk of life.

Very peaceful religious place. It is also known as Talkatora Karbala .every year on the of occasion maula Ali shaadat ( 21 ramzan) a very big Juloss are occur here. It is very broad place but is full from people on this day.

On tha day of Aashura (10th Muharrum) and Chehellum (20th Safar), the city witnesses groups of men, women and children, clad in black, moving towards the Karbala at Tal Katora near Aish Bagh, to bury their taazia. The Karbala was built by Mir Khuda Bakhsh. On these two days, the place also serves as an assembly point for anjumans that come here with alam (the replica of the banner of Imam Hussain's army) to perform maatam (beating their chest) to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his 72 followers. Some devotees also perform the zanjeer ka maatam (flagellation with knives attached to chains). Before the construction of Karbala of Mir Khuda Bakhsh, there were two other Karbalas in the city, one built by Khwajasara llmas Ali Khan in Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah's reign and the other built by Haji Masita during the reign of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan. Both these Karbalas are no longer extant, but the ruins of latter may be seen adjacent to the Tal Katora Karbala. Mir Khuda Bakhsh started his career in the service of Khwajasara Afreen Ali Khan who was quite close to Asaf-ud-Daulah. His interest in theology and religion made him become a disciple of Syed Dildar Ali Naqvi, the Shia mujtahid and earliest propagator of Azadari (mourning rituals) in Lucknow. He was posthumously titled as Ghufran Maab by his followers. [His Imambara in the city is internationally known for its Shaam-e-Ghariban majlis, held in the dark after sunset, on Aashura]. Later Khuda Bakhsh also became a close confident of Muatamad-ud-Daulah Agha Mir, who became the Prime Minister of Awadh when Ghazi-ud-Din Haider became the first King of Awadh. Mir Khuda Bakhsh faced problems on the demise of an infant daughter, whom he finally managed to bury at the Karbala of llmas Ali Khan. Thereafter, he thought of building a Karbala on his own which would be accessible for burial to common people as weil. He purchased 30 bigha of land from Kaptan Hasan Ali and commenced the construction of the Karbala on the birth anniversary of Hazrat Ali on Rajab 13, in 1232 Hijri (1817), during the reign of Nawab Ghazi-ud-Din Haider. Under the supervision of Sadiq Ali Zair, the construction was completed within six months. The Persian taareekh (chronogram) for the construction is fixed on the west-side gateway of the quadrangle of the Karbala which bears the name of the ruler Ghazi-ud-Din Haider with that of the builder Mir Khuda Bakhsh and his patron Afreen Ali Khan.

Talkatora Karbala built by Meer Khuda Baksh where Roza of Imam Hussain, Hazrat Abbas & Hazrat Imam Ali situated in d campus.

The place has got a turnaround after the present mutawalli Mr.Faizi Ali Nayyar took over.The Karbala is well equipped with CCTV,better lighting,solar lights,cold water dispensers.New rozas are being built with support of local donors,a must visit site for every tourist who desires to have a spiritual journey

Here is the dummy of Shrine of Imam Hussain (A.S.). It was build by Nawab of Lucknow like other shrines of the city. It is very crowdy specially Thursday and the peak time is the 10 days of Muharram and Chehlum. I specially like it very much because I am living in Lucknow and I know that Muharram of Lucknow is the greatest one.