Lucknow, Feb. 1 -- The incidents and anecdotes in the silent and narrow bylanes of Raja Bazar in the Old City from eons ago, returned to life during a walk organised as part of five-day Sanatkada Lucknow Festival , on Saturday.

'Raja Bazar ki Sair' began from Nadan Mahal, a structure made in Mughal style, having Maqbaras of Sheikhzadas who ruled Awadh before the Nawabs, continued from Yahiyaganj Gurudwara - where Guru Tegh Bahadur lived for 2 months and 13 days and in the narrow lanes of Raja Bazar.

The walk was led by members of the organising team Ansaf and Anshubhi who said that decoration in houses of Lucknow began in the 1950s. "The locality was home to merchants, and it was based on the amount of money one could put in for beautif...