Monday, July 18, 2016

Dilkusha Palace, Lucknow

A large part of the original Dilkusha gardens
lies beyond the wall that runs close to the palace
 preventing visitors accessing the front!
A back view of the Dilkusha Palace, Lucknow
Visitors have been deprived of a look at the front view
because of a wall that now divides the original garden.
Short of restoration and more than
preservation!

Within the low-walled enclosure, left of pic,
are the graves of Lieut Charles Keith Dashwood
and Lieut W. Paul 
This ruined palace complex was built of lakhauri bricks,
 plastered with lime and decorated with plaster
mouldings in a typical European style, during the
 reign of  Nawab Saadat Ali Khan (A.D. 1798-1814).

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