Indira Nagar, Lucknow

Indira Nagar आवास विकास कालोनी Indira Nagar Colony
Neighbourhood
Indira Nagar Location in Lucknow, India
Coordinates: 26.8833°N 80.9833°E / 26.8833; 80.9833
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Metro	Lucknow
Population
• Total	400,000(estd. 2,011)
Languages
• Spoken	Hindi, Urdu, English, Awadhi,Bhojpuri, Bengali
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	226016
Planning agency	Awas Vikas
Civic agency	Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad
Website	[1]

Indira Nagar (Hindi: इंदिरा नगर )(Template:Lang-ur) is a residential area in Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was developed by the U.P. Housing Board (Awas Vikas) and is one of the largest colony in Asia.

History

Indira Nagar (originally named as Indira Nagar, but it was changed to Ram Sagar Mishra Nagar by CM Ram Naresh Yadav during Janta Government) was a colony originally planned to have four blocks. It expanded to encompass 25 blocks. Surrounding villages merged with the colony during the expansion.

Temples

Bhoothnath Temple in Indira Nagar is one of the oldest shrines in Lucknow, holding high religious importance. A statue of Lord Hanuman is installed in the main temple premises and on Tuesdays, you can see a long queue of devotees waiting patiently to offer their prayers. Besides, there are also idols of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva along with Nandi (the bull of Shiva) here. The entire nearby region has been developed with the same name along with the Bhoothnath Market, which has now become a significant market in Indira Nagar area of Lucknow.

Satya Mandir, B-116/2, Indira Nagar, Lucknow is a temple which is known globally around the world, where Lipi Roop Darshan of Almighty Lord is situated on both sides of Lord Krishna. Satya Mandir is the Head Office of Vani Publication, Vani Samiti, Humanity Foundation of India, Satyatirth Pashu Pakshi Sanrakshan Kendra Societies. 'Bhagwan ki Vani' is a collection of Divine Message which is published in the form of 400 books. Bhaktvatsal Srikrishna is a Magazine is being published from this place for last 16 years and being sent around the world.

Blocks and markets

Bhootnath (B-Block) is the main market. Other markets are the group of Lekhraj Market Complexes, Amrapali Market, Sahara Shopping Centre, Meena Market (A-Block), Shivaji Market, Nagina Plaza, Hanuman Mandir Market (C-Block), and Munshi Pulia (D-Block). Bank branches, guest houses, banquet halls, hospitals, chemists, restaurants and construction material shops are there. Schools, government offices and utilities are there. It is one of the biggest residential settlement planned in India.

Hospitals & Clinics

Dr Devesh Singh Skin & V.D. Clinic Medical facilities are mainly provided by Private Services or doctors. Some of the major hospitals are:

• Shourya Polyclinic And Vaccination Centre
• Ujala Hospital
• Shekhar Hospital
• State Institute of Health & Welfare
• Jankalyan Eye Hospital
• Sriram Hospital
• Shalimar Hospital
• CNS HOSPITAL
• Urovision Clinic

Parks

Aurobindo, Hari Om Park near bhootnath,bandhu park, sai ram park, major ritesh sharma park, Swarn Jayanti parks, Adarsh park developed by Avas Vikas are two of the most well-known.

Roads

The roads are laid out in a grid. Major Roads running through and around Indiranagar are Ring Road, Church Road,Sitapur Road and Faizabad Road. The whole colony is served by auto-rickshaws and E-rickshaws. Transportation on major roads also have service of Local City Buses. Another common medium is manual rickshaws. Now metro is also used for transportation

Metro

Munshi Pulia metro station is the metro station from where the metro train starts for Lucknow Charbagh railway station and Lucknow airport. There are 10 stops of metro between Munshi Pulia metro station and Charbagh Railway Station and there are 8 stops between Charbagh Railway Station and Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport of Lucknow. Indira Nagar has metro stations namely, Lekhraj, Bhootnath Market, Indira Nagar and Munshipuliya.

Schools

Most of the schools in Indira Nagar are operating within localities. Some of them are:

• Red Hill Kindergarten (A Block)
• Spring Dale College, A-Block
• St. Dominic near Bhootnath Market
• St.John's School
• City Montessori School (A-Block)
• Sherwood Academy (Sector 25)
• St Mary's (D-Block)
• Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Senior Secondary School (C-block and Sector 14)
• Central Academy Lucknow (Sector 9)
• Delhi Public School (Sector 19)
• D.A.V. Public School (Sector 18)
• Eram Inter College (C-Block)
• New Way School (A-Block)
• Gurukul Academy (B-Block)
• United World School (Sector 15)
• ICCMRT, Lucknow (Sector 21)
• Holy Shrine Inter College, Manash Vihar, Picnic Spot Road
• Dabble College (Sector-15)
• Gurukul Academy, English Medium, Sector-B, ICSE &ISc.Board,New Delhi, Primary-Class-12,Bhoothnath Mkt.
• Spring Dale College,ICSE Board,Sector-A.
• Canossa Convent,Sector-C
• Study Point (A-Block) Tubewell Colony

External links

• Indira Nagar, Lucknow at wikimapia