Picture Gallery Hussainabad Lucknow

Picture Gallery Hussainabad Lucknow

Hussainabad Picture Gallery is situated near the Chhota Imambara and the Gallery Building is visible from the main road. Built by the third Nawab of Awadh, Nawab Mohammad Ali Shah in the year 1838 for being used as a Royal summer house, Picture Gallery is one of the most liked tourist spot in Lucknow. It is also called as Baradari as building made at that time were often called as Baradari because of the 12 doorways.

There are around 30 stairs to reach the Picture Gallery. In front of the Picture gallery, you can view a large and beautiful water pond which enhances the charm of the Picture Gallery. Surrounded by green lawns and trees, it houses life-size portraits of all Nawabas of Awadh which provides us knowledge about the contemporary grand costumes and jewelry used by the Nawabs. The gallery is open on all days from 08.00 hours in morning to 18.00 hours in evening.

In the vicinity you can see Hussainabad Clock Tower- a 67 Meter high gothic tower -probably it has the largest clock in India and also Satkhanda – which is an edifice similar to Babylon’s minaret or floating garden. Satkhanda could not be completed due to Nawab’s dealth in 1842.
The colour of the this Amazing Hussainabad Picture Gallery building is red and looks so beautful from the road owing to the large water pond. You can view various images of the Picture Gallery below. Photography inside the Gallery is not allowed.

What is different in Hussainbad Picture Gallery : 

It is not a simple picture gallery. You can notice a most amazing feature of the paintings, or your guide will tell you, that the shoes, heads, eyes of the picture moves with you when you move from right to left or left to right. Some additional features can be known, if you hire a guide, who charge just Rs.20/- or even less.

Photography is not allowed inside. After seeing portraits, you can come to the open space to have a eye-bird look of the city. You will love to see the Clock Tower, Satkhanda and various domes and minarets of monuments from this place.