On the last day of his visit, the Iranian Ambassador, Gholam Reza Ansari visited several Madarsas and Heritage Buildings of the state capital on Sunday. Since morning, he visited various Madarsas including Sultanul Madaris, Madarsa Nazmiya, Madarsa Jamattuz Zehra, etc. during which he interacted with the students and answered their queries.
"I have made visit to the Madarsas, during which I found that there was paucity of funds in running those. I hope that the state government would arrange funds for them so that they could impart education to the students properly," said Ambassador.
While telling about help they could provide, he said the Madarsa students willing to continue their higer studies in Iranian Islamic Universities, the facilities for their Visa could be arranged. If required education centers could also be opened for them.
Following it, Ambassador visited several heritage buildings including Bada Imambara, Chota Imambara, Imambara Sibtainabad and Imambara Shahnajaf. There the local care takers guided him and explained about history of buildings. He was amazed to the richness of lucknow in heritage buildings.
"I would suggest Iranian tourists coming to India that they should visit the state especially lucknow as they could see the heritage marvels in the city. There was large number of historic buildings in the city which attracts more and more tourists towards it," he said.
He also praised the state government for upkeep of heritage buildings after seeing the restoration of Imambada Sibtainabad. "The restoration work of the delicate carvings and other parts, show the seriousness of the government towards the heritage buildings," he said.