Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Baradari in Lucknow #photography

I always wanted to go back to the scene of the crime. This is where we got married way back in 1992.

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Building used for various civic functions and now used for marriages mostly.

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Its been dressed up now. See the lovely balcony around around the hall?

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Beautiful chandeliers.

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The side hall.

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Doors to the outside.

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Couple of the Talukdars who funded this hall.

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And the inevitable paan marks. I wish these people would be sentenced to sit in the place where they have spat with their mouth’s wide open to receive other people’s paan spits. Bah.

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Highly carved but disfigured marble.

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Nice mooch Smile

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nice pillars. Lotus Flowers.

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The left hand side of the hall.

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Flying a kite.

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The park on the left.

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Looks like the chap is leering down at the woman.

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Going back to the front and walking around to the right.

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Lovely stonework in this railing.

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These are some kind of a trough.

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The park to the right.

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Preparing the food for the wedding I guess.

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Clear no parking signs with 2 wheeler parking. lol.

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Gates.

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Back to baradari. It has been well maintained but too well. Some of the panes are falling off.

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Corner of the Baradari. Again with the paan streaks.

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Here’s the son. Bored of course. Next we popped into the local library but if you wanted to see more photographs of Baradari, here is the slideshow.

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