LUCKNOW, April 18 -- : Like many other landmarks in Old Lucknow, neglect is all too evident at the Baba Hazara Bagh, an 18th century memorial dedicated to a religious leader with roots in Punjab, as the world celebrates International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day on Friday.

Situated in Thakurganj, the structure was built during the Nawabi period between 1756-1775, historians say. A boundary wall surrounds the complex, which includes temples, houses and eight memorials. Three of these memorials have corridors, but the rest have small octagonal rooms.

During Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula's reign, Baba Hazara, a Nanak Udasin spiritual leader from the Hazara hamlet in Jalandhar, Punjab, paid a visit to this location....