Light and Sound show at Lucknow Residency from Republic day
Lucknow/UNI: The much-awaited 'Light and Sound Show' at the Residency in the state capital will be restarted from January 26.
Regional tourism official Anupam Srivastava has confirmed here on Friday that the show would be held near Dr Federer House at the Residency.
He said the trials were going on and they were hoping to start with one show a day from January 26.
He said the show has been written by a retired archaeologist from Archaeological Survey of India and scripted by a company from Mumbai.
''There will be seating arrangements for 2,000 people and the show will be of half an-hour duration,'' he added.
Mr Srivastava said the show was being reopened after a gap of 20 years and the script was about the 1857 uprising, the period after that and Lucknow as well as its culture as it exists now.
On being asked if they have a covered portion for the viewers in case of rains, he said since the ASI had asked them for minimal infrastructure,they would have no such provision. He added that they had requested the higher authorities for a formal inauguration.
''To begin with, the show will be run with a Hindi script, but we will soon run it with an English script too,'' he pointed out.
The Residency features in the 'must see' list having Indian monuments and archaeological sites under the protection of ASI, including those on UNESCO's World Heritage list. The 'must see' monuments and sites display exceptionality in terms of arts and architecture, planning and design which are a unique testimony to the civilisation in the past and are outstanding types of buildings showing exemplary engineering skills.
The Residency complex was set up on the banks of Gomti river in 1775 by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula for the Britishers after the shifting of capital from Faizabad to Lucknow. The main Residency building was three-storeyed having a tah-khana (underground chamber) under its main block. It was constructed during the reign of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and was used by the resident and chief commissioner of Awadh till 1857.
The ruins of the Residency remind of the historic seize of the British stronghold by the Awadh forces in 1857 under the leadership of Begum Hazrat Mahal (wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah), Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah and several Taluqdars with the full cooperation of the people of Awadh.
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