Bada-Imambara - My Visit at Lucknow...

To change the subject of my blogs, I hereby introduce some travel. :) Recently, I visited Lucknow and there I visited Bada-Imambara, one of the beautiful historical monument. So, here's what it is all about!

Bada-Imambara is a four-storey building where each floor is very much different from the other one. It is neither a mosque, nor a mausoleum, but a huge building having interesting elements within it. The construction of the halls and the use of vaults show a strong Islamic influence.



The Bada Imambada is, in fact, a great hall built at the end of a spectacular courtyard approached through two magnificent triple-arched gateways. This columnless hall has been an architectural marvel since 1784, with the interior length of 49.4 m and width of 16.2 m. The ceiling is more than 15 m high. The hall is Asia's largest without any external support of wood, iron, or stone beams. What leaves the visitor astonished is the construction of the roof. It is said to be 16 feet thick and weighs nearly 20,000 tons.

There are three halls under the same roof namely, China Dish, Persian Hall and Kharbooja Hall, also called as Indian Hall.

The China Hall is square at ground level, becomes octagonal at mid-height, and 16 sided at the top. At those top, queen used to come so that no one can see the queen and queen can see everyone.




The Persian Hall is the central hall simply astonishing in proportions. The Persian Hall carries Tazia which is the model of Karbala. There are two such models. One model is made of silver and the other one is changed every year.





The Kharbooja Hall or the India Hall has been fashioned like a watermelon. These are only minor structural variations.



The roof, common to these halls, is flat and in one piece. The Persian architect, Kifait-ullah supervised this unique architectural extravaganza. The acoustics are equally marvelous. Even the slightest whisper can be heard at the other corner of the hall. Light a matchstick and you can hear the sound across the length of the hall. So, all the windows at the top is the first floor of the Imambara.

Coming to the second floor, the walls of the second floor are such that the voice or even the whispers at one corner of the building can be heard in the entire floor. This also gave rise to the saying, "Deewaro ke bhi kaan hote hai."

Third floor is the famous bhool-bhulaiya or the labyrinth. At every confusing set of stairs, there are three set where two are wrong and one is right. So, one wrong turn and you are done to get lost in bhool-bhulaiya :). One of the most amazing thing about the architecture is that the whole support for the building is hollow and is made of sugarcane juice, jaggery and udat daal.

Fourth floor is the rooftop. From the terrace one can have a snapshot of Lucknow city. The terrace gives a grand view of old Lucknow with numerous mosques and minarets on the horizon.


So, thats the famous Bada-Imambada of Lucknow. Hope you enjoyed the tour of the same. :)

Random Things About Me!!!

Although this is in FB but still I had nothing better to post now!!

1. I am highly emotional.. I take even small things direct dil pe... Althought i pretend to ignore lot many things but i remember everything!!

2. If I love someone, I will do everything possible.. But if I hate someone. I hate him/her from the core of my heart...

3. I am highly secretive... One cannot easily tell what am I thinking and what is it that I want.. I prefer keeping things within myself..

4. I behave the way I feel.. I dont care what the other person will think.. I show what I mean..

5. When i was in 5th class.. I ran away from home to see my parents and brother who were coming from mumbai... :P

6. I always wanted someone to throw surprise bday party for me which I do for my close friends.. But I havent witnessed one for myself :(

7. Although I have no plan for marriage but I have decided everything about it.. Decoration, invitation, dress, my to be home, interiors and everything!!

8. I love changing my hair style after every few months.. I get bored of my same look very soon

9. Although I hate daily soaps.. but when I am alone at home I watch them and then analyse the episode as well :D

10. Sometimes I feel as if I want to cry and the other moment I would be crying for no reason. I cry because i feel like crying..

11. I dont give flowers to everyone... Very few people have got flowers from me..

12. I have great observation power.. which I sometimes use to blackmail my friends :P

13. I cannot live without chatting.. Even while studying I chat...

14. I found it very hard to forgive people.. I never understood the concept of forgive and forget... But off late I have mastered the art of forgiving!!

15. Although I dont like flirt and hate people who flirt a lot.. but :D

16. I never eat in parties and marriages.. Very view of huge amount of food extingusihes my hunger... And also I have notion that food is unhygenic as it is cooked in bulk

17. I am highly dramatic at times... I can irritate you, make you happy or make you sad in few mins..

18. I never had an affair with my friends's friend..

19. I love to give my electonics gadgest random name which I somehow find very interesting.. I have even thought the name of my to be car...

20. I talk while sleeping...

21. I love to collect small small things like erasers, stickers, key chain.. I have huge collection of such things..

22. I love to receive gifts from my friends if they come from somewhere.. I sometimes even tell them that this is what you have to gift me once you are back..

23. I can watch any kind of movie.. And at the end I like all movies...

24. I am pampered.. And I love it when people pamper me

25. I dont know for what reason.. half of my class guys are scared of me!!

Please help me in increasing my list!! :)

Do I love him or am I used to him!!!!

Getting used to someone so much that you mistake it for love, is as common as infatuation!

When you actually sit down to think whether or not you love him, there are greater chances you don't! The good news is that, once you decide to figure things out for yourself, you are actually taking a very positive step ahead.

If it's love after all, there's nothing much to worry about. But if you've been dating the same guy over and over just because you are so used to him that you've fallen into a comfort zone and don't want to break away from it, think again. It might just help to take some time off him and see where your feelings stand.

If he moves on, well it's time for you to take another assessing look at the whole situation. It might not be a great idea to hold on to him, just because you can't imagine your life otherwise. Maybe it was never meant to be, and maybe, there's true love really in store for you and you just have to break away and find it. It really is not worth getting way too worked up on his account.

While it's wonderful to have someone to go out with all the time, it could actually help far more if you spent some time alone and not in a supposed relationship that's nothing more than just filling your evenings.

Always wanted to join that salsa class or bring home an aquarium having Aki n Nikki? Now is the time to do it! Not only will a hobby keep you meaningfully occupied, it will also take your mind off any depressing and lonely thoughts. Once you start viewing your life as yours alone, independent of your connection with him, you'll find many more fresh perspectives than you asked for!

Now it's up to you to decide whether what you have is true love or force of habit!

Something Strange!!

Since yesterday, I am feeling something strange, I don't know for what reason.. But I have never felt this before!!

I feel as if I am standing in the middle of the crowd and people around me are in hurry.. Just rushing around.. They all are just too busy to look at you, to ask you how are you doing.. Someone is coming and telling you something.. someone is coming and is asking for help.. I am overhearing some talks... But at the end of the day I am there all alone..

I don't know how many have faced this.. But it's a different feeling where you are detached from everything and everyone.. Sometimes you like the isolation but sometimes you hate being not with everyone!!

Truth....

Many a times we know what is the truth but don't want to face it.. Why?? What stops us from facing that truth of which we are so scared of???

May be it's the acceptance of the truth.. We don't want to accept what we are thinking will actually happen and we don't even do what-if analysis of the same as we don't want to face it... Well, to be true, it is applicable for my case!!

I know whats the truth and I know that it had to happen one day.. But that day will be today I didn't know and yes, I was not prepared for it. So, what do I do when I listens to it and when I face it..

Hmmm.. First Option: Maybe talk to friend.. so I start searching for my friend with whom I can talk.. Search began at afternoon within few mins and ended after hours as someone is busy with something and someone is too happy about something and I don't want to make them part of my sadness... Second Option: Cry and think over it.. Well, I don't want to cry about it as this was expected and if I will cry I will become more weak.. Third Option: Forget that something like that happened.. Naah.. if it was too easy to forget then why I would have cared about it.. Fourth: Accept the truth and party.. Yes, that's what I did..

I accepted the truth that love doesnt mean getting all the happiness you ever desired but it also means sacrifice to see your love happy forever and I wished him luck and partied whole night!!!!

Today I have learnt one more thing, to accept anything in your life, I need one thing and that is happiness within myself and yes,I have found it... :)

New Year Resolution...

It's a new year.. it's a new starting.. everyone wishes the year to be filled with happiness and love and most of us decide to have a new year resolution..

Well, what I don't understand is why do people take resolution??? I tried taking resolution once or twice but by the end of the month, I forgot what it was all about!!

What's so big about it anyways!!! What I think is that resolution can be taken any time of the year.. We should not wait for new year to mark a beginning.. It is never too late to begin anything.. It's just that you should have that zeal and enthusiasm in you to continue on what you want to do..

Mark a beginning any time you think you should.. One should not wait for new year to take a resolution and work on it.. Just like new year brings an enthusiasm and energy, every day is also marked by rising sun... Be the one to rise everyday and follow your dreams then waiting for something to make you think what actually you want to do!!

When letters turn into pages....

Well, it's long time since we have written letters on paper to our friends and family. e-mail and calling give us no space to write letters for the ones we care about. But, letters have their own charm.. There cannot be anything great than someone writing letter for you instead of e-mailing or telling it on phone..

No matter when the letter was written, it is something very precious. I still carry those letters which my friends wrote to me when i was kid. It's memorable and it's fun to read those as well. Glance at some few lines and then you get nostalgic.. Well, that's the power of letter!!!

But, what happens when the letter you write after putting in days and nights effort just turn into mere pages which the other person don't care about!! It definitely not feels good. I remember, I asked one of my friend about the letter I wrote and the he said, "Ohh!! Those pages...". It was one of the moments when I thought that people who themselves can't write a letter, do they have any right to call my letter just a bunch of pages.. Definitely not!!!

Repect the letter that someone has written it for you. It's something special someone has given you. There are very few person who are going to write letters for you.. Everyone is not lucky enough to have someone writing letter to them!! It's rightly said, "Every Dark Cloud has a Silver Lining, Every rough patch in life has a little shining."