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Imambara is also called [[khanqah|monastery]] or [[Husayniyya]] and Ashurkhana in southern region of [[India]]. Nawab Safdar Jung (d. 1167/1754), the ruler of the Indian state of Oudh, built a place for the first time to hold mourning ceremonies of [[Muharram]] which can be regarded as the first Imambara.

After building the Imambara by Asaf al-Dawla in 1198/1784, the number of Imambara buildings raised. Later Imambaras were built as a mausoleum of grand figures. It was regarded as a good deed to spend money in preparing expenses for building Imambaras among Shi'ite Indian Muslims, similar to Iranian culture.