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This unique shrine near Lucknow’s Musa Bagh Palace attracts devotees year-round, where cigarettes replace the customary offerings of flowers and sheets. 2 / 7

At Cigarette Baba’s shrine, devotees offer cigarettes, believing their wishes will be fulfilled, making it a truly unique spiritual site. 3 / 7

Cigarette Baba was Captain Frederick Wells, a British officer who died in 1883 at Musa Bagh and loved smoking cigarettes. 4 / 7

After Captain Wells’ death, locals built this shrine in his memory, fondly calling him “Cigarette Baba” for his unusual habit. 5 / 7

Pilgrims from both Hindu and Muslim communities visit the shrine, offering cigarettes and praying for their problems, unity, and wishes. 6 / 7

Captain Wells is also known as Gora Baba or Captain Shah Ba

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