Ayodhya
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Excursions )
Faizabad
: Faizabad 7 km. Saadat Khan, who, after the death of Emperor
Aurangzeb, proclaimed himself Nawab of independent Avadh, and
his successors, though, maintaining their capital at Lucknow favored
Faizabad with many beautiful buildings Of these the more notable
ones are Gulab Bari, Moti Mahal, Khurshid Mahal, Dilkusha and
Tomb of Bahu Begum. Though less ambitious than their later period
buildings in Lucknow, the Faizabad monuments display a shortlived
flowering of an assimilative architecture. Though, separated in
time by over a century, Gulab Bari and Tulsi a marked by a similarity
of approach - large and high plinth on which rests a square shell,
capped by massive, soaring formations, richly fashioned.
Bara Banki : Bara Banki 107 km. Famous for the mausoleum
of a Sufi Saint, Syed Haji Ali Waris Shah, 13 km from the town
held in esteem by people of all religions. A fusion of Indo-Iranian
architecture, it was built in 1905 AD.
Gonda : Gonda 44 km. Famous for temple of Devi Patan. To
the left of the temple is a tank which, according to legend, was
made by Karn of the Mahabharata in honour of his father, the Sun
god.
