Martin Purwa
Martin Purwa, also known as Martinpurwa or Martinpura) is a neighbourhood of the city of Lucknow in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Martin Purwa, also known as Martinpurwa or Martinpura) is a neighbourhood of the city of Lucknow in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is part of the Vikramaditya ward. Martin Purwa has a population of around 4,000. It is part of the La Martiniere College estate. Its previous name was 'Luckperra'.
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Worth seeing in and around Martin Purwa
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.
- 01Uttar 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.
1.6 km · lower house of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature · Wikipedia - 02University 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.
3.6 km · state public university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 03Roman 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.
2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 04Chattar 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.
3.4 km · palace in Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 05National 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.
1.8 km · Uttar Pradesh Government Research Institute · Wikipedia - 06State museum Lucknow
The State Museum in Lucknow is a prominent museum located in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India. The museum is in the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Gardens, Banarasi Bagh, Lucknow.
700 m · museum in Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 07Janeshwar Mishra Park, Lucknow
Janeshwar Mishra Park is an urban park operating in Gomti Nagar in Lucknow, India. It was named in memory of late politician Janeshwar Mishra from Samajwadi Party.
2.9 km · urban park in India · Wikipedia - 08Ambedkar Memorial
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal, is a public memorial in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
1.8 km · Public park and memorial in Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 09Dilkusha Kothi
Dilkusha Kothi is the remains of an eighteenth-century house built in the English baroque style in the quiet Dilkusha area of Lucknow in India. Today there are only a few towers and external walls as a monument, though the extensive gardens remain.
1.3 km · building in Lucknow, India · Wikipedia - 10Bhatkhande Music Institute
Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, formerly Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University, Bhatkhande College of Hindustani Music and Marris College of Music, is a state university in Lucknow. Co-founded in 1926 by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, it was declared a deemed university by University Grants Commission in 2000, and upgraded into a state university in 2022 by The Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2022.
3 km · state public university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Martin Purwa
- Airports
- Chaudhary Charan Singh (LKO), 11 km · Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 245 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 253 km
- Stations
- Lucknow Charbagh railway station, 3.6 km · Badshahnagar railway station, 3.1 km · Badshahnagar metro station, 3.3 km · Hazratganj metro station, 2 km · Hussain Ganj metro station, 2.5 km
- Varanasi → Martin Purwa266 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · ₹1,910–2,390
- Gautam Buddha Nagar → Martin Purwa372 km · quickest by air, 4h 45m · ₹5,590–8,550
- New Delhi → Martin Purwa418 km · quickest by air, 4h 35m · ₹5,890–9,040
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No local-transport research exists yet for Martin Purwa
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 Martin Purwa. 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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Next door to Martin Purwa
Martin Purwa is 4 km from Lucknow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hazratganjhuman settlement in India2 km
- Rajendra Nagarneighbourhood of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India4 km
- Dugawanhuman settlement in India4 km