Lucknow: The city of Nawabs

payal kumari
3 min readDec 20, 2016

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Lucknow is one of the beautiful city in India. Lucknow is also known as ‘City of Nawabs’ or City of Tehzeeb’.Lucknow is a hub of tradition and customs. Lucknow’s ‘Mehmaan Nawazi’ is a custom that the Lucknow’s people strictly follow and this custom has earned the city huge respect from the visitors.

The city is famous for its many heritage landmarks like Bhool Bhulaiya, Clock Tower, Jama Majid, Lucknow Residency, Chhatar Manjil, Hussainabad picture gallery and many more tourist places. But the some reasons people likes to visit in Lucknow, these reasons are:

1) The Tehzeeb:

Lucknow has always been known as a city where people had respect for each other. This was evident not only by the words spoken but also in the actions. Lucknow’s Tehzeeb also had its fair mention in old stories book and Bollywood movies as well.

2) A Blend of Traditional and Modern Architecture:

The older parts of the Lucknow city are ostentatiously teeming with breath-taking monuments like Roomi Darwaza, Jama Majid, Baradari, Chhota and Kala Imambara, Satkhanda, Clock tower. While the recently developed areas offers hangout places as exciting as a namesake of Mumbai’s marine drive and innumerable lush parks perfectly blended with concrete.

3) Chicken Embroidery Work:

Lucknow is extremely popular for chicken embroidery. The work is done on Saris, Kurtas, Caps and Scarfs etc.

4) Music and Dance:

Music and dance in Lucknow city has been influenced by the Mughal rule. The classical Indian dance form kathak origins in Lucknow.

5) Food:

The cuisine of Lucknow has its own identity. Lucknow’s cuisine is knowns as Awadhi cuisine. Tunday Kabab, Rahim’s Kulcha Nahari, Ratti Lal’s Khasta, Prakash Ki Kulfi, Gulabi Chai, Jain Chat Wala, Raja Thandai, Makhan Malai, Idris Ki Biryani, Handi Chicken etc. these are the traditional dishes in this city. Lucknow can be called a paradise for food lovers.

Even though traditional foods are loved very much, there is a growing demands for cakes. People love to get cakes for their personal and professional celebrations. There are occasions like birthday, anniversaries, farewell, promotion, get- together and various parties where cakes are becoming very popular. So, winni provides online cake delivery in Lucknow as a distinct services. Winni also offers unique services like midnight cake delivery in Lucknow or eggless cake delivery in Lucknow.

Celebrate your vacation in Lucknow city and explore the beautiful city.

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