10.02.2006
(Friday)
8-9 am
Breakfast and Registration
9.00 am Opening of Workshop
9.30 am City sight seeing tour by bus
2.00 pm Lunch
3.00 pm Shopping Tour/ Visit to Chikan work
factory/ Mehndi (Henna)
5.30 pm Tea
6.00 pm Inaugration
7.30 pm Cultural Evening and Dinner |
9.30 am – Tour departs for Bara Imambara
This
magnificent monument recalls the glorious past of the nawabs and stands alone for its austerity in style, proportion and symmetry
along with daring techniques in architecture.
10.30 am – Departure for Picture Gallery
Nawab
Mohammad Ali Shah build it as a ‘Baradari’ literally meaning ‘having 12 doorways’. It is now used as a gallery for display of life size portraits of the Nawabs of Avadh.
Clock Tower
Constructed
in 1887, the Hussainabad Clock Tower is one of the finest examples of British Architecture in India. The 221 feet tall structure was built at a cost of Rs. 1.75 lacs.
12.30 pm – Departure for Gandhi Museum
This
museum dedicated to the memory of the Mahatama Gandhi contains rare photographs and handwritten letters of the Mahatama, the
symbol of Peace & Non-Violence.
1.00 pm–Departure for Residency & Mattyr’s Memonal
At one
time, the official residence of the British Resident. Residency was built in 1780 – 1800. A witness to one of the bitterest battles during the war of independence in 1857, scars made by the cannons
can still be seen on every standing wall.
2.00 pm – Tour ends
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