Tag: Chhatar Manzil

The Uttar Pradesh’s archaeological department is conducting excavations at Chhatar Manzil and Kothi Farhat Baksh, and said it will be open for tourists once the excavations works are completed. The restoration of the newly excavated storey, which was lying buried under the current structures, would be planned so as to facilitate the movement of tourists thereby giving the visitors a glimpse of the ‘buried’ past of the city. The Chhatar Manzil and Kothi Farhat Baksh is more than 200 years old and the archaeologists are expecting that there would be more such storey’s hidden under the surface. Chhatar Manzil once served ... Read more

Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh is about to host Basement Tourism, in the newly explored storey of a twin structure at Chhatar Manzil and Kothi Farhat Baksh. The proposal was sanctioned by a team of experts from IIT exclusively for tourist activity. “Visitors will be able to get a glimpse of the ‘buried’ past of the city,” said one of the senior engineers. “Basement tourism is a unique concept. Our city has many monuments with basements and their associated stories and myths, all of which will go a long way in attracting tourists,” said Yogesh Praveen one of ... Read more