LUCKNOW: Lucknow’s Naubat Khana or Nakkar Khana, housed within the Bada Imambara Complicated, is now within the record of ASI protected monuments.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday issued a notification giving the construction a protected monument standing as that of Bada Imambara and different heritage monuments within the metropolis.
Constructed on the alternative facet of the Imambada and a part of the heritage complicated, this Naubat Khana was constructed to accommodate the drummers, who used to beat their nagadas (drums) to declare the hour of the day and that of esteemed friends within the court docket of the Nawabs.
Whereas the Bada Imambara was declared a protected monument by ASI in 1920, the Naubat Khana was nonetheless left behind in occupying the identical standing over a interval of many years, leading to heavy encroachment.
Metropolis-based heritage fanatic and lawyer Mohammad Haider mentioned, “The monument is reeling under excessive encroachments, on account of neglect and administrative apathy. There are squatters and encroachers who’re residing contained in the mentioned protected monument, and are inflicting irreparable injury, threatening the very existence of this magnificent edifice. Even the Archaeological Survey of India has opened up its workplace within the Naubat Khana, part of the mentioned protected monument, which is a extremely regrettable motion on the a part of the “protectors”. A portion of the mentioned Naubat Khana has been transformed right into a public latrine, which is in clear violation of legislation. The protected monument standing will assist in restoring the monument.”
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday issued a notification giving the construction a protected monument standing as that of Bada Imambara and different heritage monuments within the metropolis.
Constructed on the alternative facet of the Imambada and a part of the heritage complicated, this Naubat Khana was constructed to accommodate the drummers, who used to beat their nagadas (drums) to declare the hour of the day and that of esteemed friends within the court docket of the Nawabs.
Whereas the Bada Imambara was declared a protected monument by ASI in 1920, the Naubat Khana was nonetheless left behind in occupying the identical standing over a interval of many years, leading to heavy encroachment.
Metropolis-based heritage fanatic and lawyer Mohammad Haider mentioned, “The monument is reeling under excessive encroachments, on account of neglect and administrative apathy. There are squatters and encroachers who’re residing contained in the mentioned protected monument, and are inflicting irreparable injury, threatening the very existence of this magnificent edifice. Even the Archaeological Survey of India has opened up its workplace within the Naubat Khana, part of the mentioned protected monument, which is a extremely regrettable motion on the a part of the “protectors”. A portion of the mentioned Naubat Khana has been transformed right into a public latrine, which is in clear violation of legislation. The protected monument standing will assist in restoring the monument.”