Lucknow is the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh and a second largest city after Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. This metro city is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division. Lucknow has always been known as a multicultural city, and flourished as a cultural and artistic capital of North India in the 18th and 19th centuries.Lucknow is not only the land of royals it is also honoured to be land of Art forms like Kathak, Thumri, Khayal, Dadra, Qawalis, Ghazals and Shero Shairis. Infact, it was in the streets of the city only that Tabla and Sitar were born. The era of the nawabs also gifted Lucknow with the literature, music, dance and arts and crafts that draw tourists here.