Hazratganj
Hazratganj is the central business district of Lucknow, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Hazratganj is the central business district of Lucknow, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In addition to bazaars, it also contains shopping complexes, restaurants, hotels, theatres, cafés and many offices. It is connected to the Lucknow Metro by the Hazratganj metro station.
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Worth seeing in and around Hazratganj
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bara Imambara
The Bara Imambara, also known as the Asafi Imambara, is a significant imambara and mosque complex located in Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Built by Asaf-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh, in 1784, it is the world's second largest imambara, after the Nizamat Imambara.
3.7 km · Islamic congregation hall in Lucknow, India · Wikipedia - 02Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house.
900 m · lower house of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature · Wikipedia - 03University of Lucknow
The University of Lucknow is a public research university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1864 in Lucknow as Canning College, it is one of the India’s 17 oldest universities established during British India, the 10th oldest university in present-day India, the fourth-oldest university in Uttar Pradesh, and the first state university in Uttar Pradesh.
1.7 km · state public university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 04Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow ) is a diocese centred in the city of Lucknow in the ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. St.
200 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 05Rumi Darwaza
The Rumi Darwaza, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a gateway which was built by Nawab Asaf-Ud-Daula in 1784. It is an example of Awadhi architecture.
3.8 km · Historical monument in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 06Sikandar Bagh
Sikandar Bagh, formerly known by the British as Sikunder/Sikandra/Secundra Bagh, is a villa and garden enclosed by a fortified wall, with loopholes, gateway and corner bastions, approx. 150 yards square, c.
2.1 km · present day Park which was stormed in 1857 by the British during the Indian Rebellion · Wikipedia - 07Chattar Manzil
The Chattar Manzil, or Umbrella Palace is a building in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh which served as a palace for the rulers of Awadh and their wives.
1.4 km · palace in Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 08Firangi Mahal
Firangi Mahal is a building complex located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The word Firang refers to Europeans and Mahal means palace in Persian.
4 km · Firangi Mahal monument of Lucknow · Wikipedia - 09The Residency Lucknow
The Residency, also called as the British Residency and Residency Complex, is a group of several buildings in a common precinct in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It served as the residence for the British Resident General who was a representative in the court of the Nawab of Awadh or Oudh.
2.1 km · building complex in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 10National Botanical Research Institute
The National Botanical Research Institute is a research institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is engaged in the field of taxonomy and modern biology.
900 m · Uttar Pradesh Government Research Institute · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hazratganj
- Airports
- Chaudhary Charan Singh (LKO), 12 km · Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 247 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 255 km
- Stations
- Lucknow Charbagh railway station, 3 km · Lucknow Junction railway station, 3.4 km · Badshahnagar railway station, 2.5 km · Durgapuri metro station, 3.6 km · Lucknow City railway station, 2.7 km
- Varanasi → Hazratganj268 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · ₹1,920–2,410
- Gautam Buddha Nagar → Hazratganj371 km · quickest by air, 4h 44m · ₹5,590–8,540
- New Delhi → Hazratganj417 km · quickest by air, 4h 34m · ₹5,880–9,030
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hazratganj
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hazratganj. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTaxi and rickshaw drivers in Lucknow are of the more insistent type, although few of them speak enough English to go to locations that are out of the way.
- Get aroundCNG buses and rickshaws are available to get you around the whole city.
- Get aroundThe rickshaw pullers are available everywhere from Gomti Nagar to Hazratganj.
- Get aroundCycle rickshaws contribute less pollution to this historic city than their motorised cousins, and provide work to some who need it most.
From Wikivoyage: Lucknow, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Hazratganj is 3 km from Lucknow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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