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{{Infobox organization
| name = Lamakaan ({{Nastaliq|لامکاں}})
| image = Lamakaan, Banjara Hills Hyderabad, Telangana JEG5441.jpg
| type = Cultural center
| founded_date = March 2010
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| location = Road No. 1 [[Banjara Hills]], [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[India]]
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| area_served = Hyderabad
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| Non-profit_slogan = Do what you will, with it
| homepage = http://www.lamakaan.com/
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'''Lamakaan''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|لامکاں}}}}) is an open [[Cultural institutions|cultural center]] in [[Banjara Hills]], [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/leisure/article438079.ece |title=Space that inspires |publisher=The Hindu |date=2010-05-25 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> The non-profit organisation provides space for events such as arts, literature, theater, music, debates etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article618096.ece |title=Where myth meets reality - Hyderabad |publisher=The Hindu |date=2010-09-07 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

==History==
Lamakaan started hosting events in March 2010. It was founded by Ashhar Farhan, Humera Ahmed, Biju Mathew, and [[Elahe Hiptoola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/home-progressive-art-how-lamakaan-became-one-hyderabad-s-iconic-cultural-spaces-59476|title=A home for progressive art: How 'Lamakaan' became one of Hyderabad’s iconic cultural spaces}}</ref>

==The center==
[[File:Vithal Rao 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Vithal Rao]] performing at Lamakaan]]
Lamakaan hosts [[Pecha Kucha]], concerts of famous artists like [[Warsi Brothers]], [[Vithal Rao|Vittal Rao]], [[Ateeq Hussain Khan]] among others. It conducts book releases, plays and seminars. It hosts events like Wikipedia Meetups. Theatre groups have performed at Lamakaan including [[Samahaara]], Sutradhar, [[Manch Theatre]], Nishumbita, Evam, Shudrka, Taher Ali Baig Productions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140629/lifestyle-booksart/article/director-taher-ali-hit-man|title=Director Taher Ali is a hit man|last=jha|first=neha|date=2014-06-30|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hyderabad |url=http://www.buzzintown.com/hyderabad/venue--lamakaan/page--11/segment--past-events/id--56825.html |title=Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad | NGOs in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad |publisher=Buzzintown |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120721143210/http://www.buzzintown.com/hyderabad/venue--lamakaan/page--11/segment--past-events/id--56825.html |archive-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Closure threat ==
On 23 December 2015, a notice was issued to Lamakaan by the [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation|GHMC]] to shut down in three days, citing "creating nuisance to the surrounding residents and general public" as the reason. After notice, Lamakaan gave a reply to the civic body that was 'not satisfactory', to which the civic body responded by issuing a closure notice on 23 December. P. Mahender, the GHMC Deputy Commissioner (Circle 10), when contacted, said that there were traffic problems every Sunday in the lane but did not mention anything about the nuisance. One certain complaint was regarding women smoking in the premises.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Lamakaan faces closure threat|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/lamakaan-faces-closure-threat/article8039067.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2015-12-29|access-date = 2016-01-09|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref>

The notice was withdrawn soon. Due to an uproar in the number of people protesting against shutting down Lamakaan and the signing of around 3,000 people on the online petitioning site change.org demanding the withdrawal of the notice, the attention of IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao was drawn. The issue was resolved after GHMC Deputy Commissioner P. Mahender spoke with the owner of the place. The notice did not specify what was the cause of the nuisance but instead talked about the place running without a license. It was decided that the parking space of Jalagam Vengalarao Park would be used for four-wheeler parking.<ref>{{cite news|title = Lamakaan Closure Notice Withdrawn|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2016/jan/01/Lamakaan-Closure-Notice-Withdrawn-863206.html|date=1 January 2016|newspaper=The New Indian Express|accessdate=26 January 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.lamakaan.com/ Official site]
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[[Category:Cultural organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Culture of Hyderabad, India]]

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