Ambedkar Memorial, Memorial park in Lucknow, India
Ambedkar Memorial is a memorial park in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, that spreads across a large site with stone sculptures, water features and artificial lakes. The grounds combine open lawns with paved courtyards where bronze figures and commemorative pillars are arranged in geometric patterns.
The foundation stone was laid in 1995, when the site was called Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Udyan. It was renamed Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial in 2002, further developed in 2007, and opened to the public on 14 April 2008 by Chief Minister Mayawati, whose Bahujan Samaj Party government built it from red sandstone quarried in Rajasthan.
The memorial honours B. R. Ambedkar alongside Jyotirao Phule, Narayana Guru, Birsa Munda, Shahu of Kolhapur and Kanshi Ram, whose large statues stand in the museum building. At the base of the seated bronze Ambedkar statue, a Hindi inscription names the site Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sangrahalay.
The site is reachable by public transport from central Lucknow and offers restrooms along with covered areas for resting. The paved pathways are suitable for walking in different weather conditions and make it easier to find your way around the grounds.
The bronze Ambedkar statue in the stupa was modelled on the sculpture of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The stupa itself is built in the shape of a four-petalled flower, with four doors facing opposite directions.
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