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Ekana International Football Stadium is a football stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The stadium is built as per FIFA and AIFF standards.
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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
Powerplay overs have been bowled in less time than it takes to say. Completed in 2017 and with a capacity of 50,000, it's on the ring road southeast edge of the city, and hosts the Uttar Pradesh team plus Lucknow Super Giants in IPL.
A 76-acre park with courtyards, multiple jogging tracks, a fish pond and duck pond and a number of swings and benches for children.
बिबियापुर कोठी Bibiyāpur Koṭhī
A neoclassical building built by Nawab Asaf ud-Daula in the late 18th century. It was used as a country retreat, a place for the Nawab to escape the hustle of his royal court. After the dissolution of the Oudh State, the British used the building for military celebrations, and it became a part of the Lucknow Cantonment, although the building is open to the public.
An urban park spread over 376 acres and partially modelled on London's Hyde Park. It has a human-made lake, cycling and jogging tracks, a sports centre and gymnasium and even gondolas.
A large, 107-acre development to honour Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar who was the architect of the Indian constitution. Impressive stone work, statues and fountains intermix with carefully sculpted gardens.
दिलकुशा कोठी Dilkuśā Koṭhī
The remains of an 18th-century house built in the English baroque style. The house was shelled during its involvement in the Siege of Lucknow in 1857, and only a few towers and external walls remain to this day, though the extensive garden is intact. The garden is packed by both local and foreign visitors during winter.