The Ambedkar Memorial Park formerly known as the Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Privartan Prateek Sthal, is a park open to the public situated in the posh Gomti Nagar of Lucknow the Nagar is one of the largest planned settlements in the city. You can enter the Park by paying a nominal fee of Rs 50. It is symbol of the political heritage of the Bahujan Samajwadi Party and is built in the honour of the first law minister of India Dr Ambedkar the man who wrote the constitution of India.
The park has 124 monumental elephants that adorn it and it is made from sandstone bought form Rajasthan. It also honors stalwarts of the BSP like Kanshi Ram, Bisra Munda, Narayan Guru and Jyotirao Phule. Its foundation stone was first laid in 1995 by the then Chief Minister Mayawati.
The Splendour of Ambedkar Park
The Ambedkar Stupa is at the heart of the memorial park, it has a large bronze statue of Ambedkar in the Centre and has four doors along with two tombs the structure is made like a petal with Ambedkar’s statue in the Centre.
The total size of the park is 107 acres, and it can take you an entire day to fully see and enjoy the park and its scenic beauty. The Dream project costed around 5 billion rupees and the annual income from gate receipts is 90 crore. The park has been used extensively for film and music video shoots as well. Some super hit films like Youngistan, Barely Ki Barfi and Dawaat Eh Ishq where shot at the park.
I managed to spend an entire afternoon here walking across the elephants and sand stone monuments of the park. It has been raining all throughout our visit to Lucknow but I still managed to take a full round of the park. I also ventured to see the large marble statue of Mayawati which adorns the park. Till then enjoy the pictures of my excursion.
