Indira Nagar (originally named as Indira Nagar, but it was changed to Ram Sagar Mishra Nagar by CM Ram Naresh Yadav during Janta Government) was a colony originally planned to have four blocks. It expanded to encompass 25 blocks. Surrounding villages merged with the colony during the expansion.

Bhoothnath Temple in Indira Nagar is one of the oldest shrines in Lucknow, holding high religious importance. A statue of Lord Hanuman is installed in the main temple premises and on Tuesdays, you can see a long queue of devotees waiting patiently to offer their prayers. Besides, there are also idols of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva along with Nandi (the bull of Shiva) here. The entire nearby region has been developed with the same name along with the Bhoothnath Market, which has now become a significant market in Indira Nagar area of Lucknow.^{[citation needed]}

Satya Mandir, B-116/2, Indira Nagar, Lucknow is a temple which is known globally around the world, where Lipi Roop Darshan of Almighty Lord is situated on both sides of Lord Krishna. Satya Mandir is the Head Office of Vani Publication, Vani Samiti, Humanity Foundation of India, Satyatirth Pashu Pakshi Sanrakshan Kendra Societies. 'Bhagwan ki Vani' is a collection of Divine Message which is published in the form of 400 books. Bhaktvatsal Srikrishna is a Magazine is being published from this place for last 16 years and being sent around the world.

Papa ji ka Sathsang is also situated in Indira Nagar, Papa Ji himself lived in Indira Nagar. Mooji has lived in Indira Nagar when he was under the discipleship of Papa Ji.

Bhootnath (B-Block) is the main market. Other markets are the group of Lekhraj Market Complexes, Amrapali Market, Sahara Shopping Centre, Meena Market (A-Block), Shivaji Market, Nagina Plaza, Hanuman Mandir Market (C-Block), and Munshi Pulia (D-Block). Bank branches, guest houses, banquet halls, hospitals, chemists, restaurants and construction material shops are there. Schools, government offices and utilities are there. It is one of the biggest and posh residential settlement planned in India.

Medical facilities are mainly provided by Private Services or doctors. Some of the major hospitals are:

• Shree Bhagwati homoeo centre,Sukh complex munshi puliya Indira nagar
• Shourya Polyclinic And Vaccination Centre
• Ujala Hospital
• Shekhar Hospital
• State Institute of Health & Welfare
• Jankalyan Eye Hospital
• Sriram Hospital
• Shalimar Hospital
• CNS HOSPITAL
• Urovision Clinic
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• The Velvet Skin Centre

Parks include:

• Aurobindo Park
• Hari Om Park near Bhootnath
• Bandhu Park
• Sai Ram Park
• Major Ritesh Sharma Park
• Swarn Jayanti Park and Adarsh Park developed by Avas Vikas are the two most well-known.
• Maharana Pratap Park
• Smriti Vihar Park

The roads are laid out in a grid. Major roads running through and around Indiranagar are Ring Road, Church Road, Sitapur Road and Faizabad Road. The whole colony is served by auto-rickshaws and E-rickshaws. Transportation on major roads also have service of Local City Buses. Another common medium is manual rickshaws. Now metro is also used for transportation

Munshi Pulia metro station is the metro station from where the metro train starts for Lucknow Charbagh railway station and Lucknow airport. There are 10 stops of metro between Munshi Pulia metro station and Charbagh Railway Station and there are 8 stops between Charbagh Railway Station and Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport of Lucknow. Indira Nagar has metro stations namely

• Lekhraj Metro Station
• Bhootnath Market Metro Station
• Indira Nagar Metro Station
• Munshipuliya Metro Station

Most of the schools in Indira Nagar are operating within localities. Some of them are:

• Red Hill Kindergarten (A Block)
• Spring Dale College, A-Block
• St. Dominic near Bhootnath Market (B-Block)
• St.John's School(B-Block)
• City Montessori School (A-Block)
• Sherwood Academy (Sector 25)
• St Mary's (D-Block)
• Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Senior Secondary School (C-block and Sector 14)
• Central Academy Lucknow (Sector 9)
• Delhi Public School (Sector 19)
• D.A.V. Public School (Sector 18)
• Eram Inter College (C-Block)
• New Way School (A-Block)
• Gurukul Academy (B-Block)
• United World School (Sector 15)
• ICCMRT, Lucknow (Sector 21)
• Holy Shrine Inter College
• Kiddy Kingdom Academy (A Block)
• Kidzee School (Sector 16)

Manash Vihar, Picnic Spot Road

• Dabble College (Sector-15)
• Gurukul Academy, English Medium, Sector-B, ICSE &ISc.Board, New Delhi, Primary-Class-12, Bhoothnath Mkt.
• Spring Dale College, ICSE Board, Sector-A.
• Canossa Convent, Sector-C
• Study Point (A-Block) Tubewell Colony
• st Mary's inter college(sector-14)
• SARASWATI BALIKA INTER COLLEGE(EST-1965),D-BLOCK

• Indira Nagar, Lucknow at wikimapia