Wender·Vista
Faizabad
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
on the south bank of the Ghaghara, beside Ayodhya

Faizabad

— — the Nawabi city that grew up next door to a pilgrimage town.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“An old Awadhi city on the south bank of the Ghaghara in Uttar Pradesh, set just downstream of Ayodhya. Saadat Ali Khan, the first Nawab of Awadh, made it his capital in the 1720s before the court shifted to Lucknow. The Bahu Begum's white sandstone tomb and the rose-gardens of Gulab Bari still carry the Nawabi line on the city's eastern edge. — from the studio

from the studio
Faizabad
— bring it home

Faizabad, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Faizabad

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Faizabad sits on the south bank of the Ghaghara River in the central plains of Uttar Pradesh, about 130 kilometres east of Lucknow and seven kilometres west of Ayodhya, with which it now shares a single municipal corporation. The 2011 census recorded the Faizabad-Ayodhya urban area at about 195,000 residents; the surrounding district counted around 2.47 million. In 2018 the state government renamed the district from Faizabad to Ayodhya, while Faizabad itself remained the administrative seat.

— informed by Wikipedia — Faizabad
— the stone

Saadat Ali Khan, founder of the Nawabi line of Awadh, made Faizabad his capital in 1722; his successor Safdar Jang built the cantonment, and the third Nawab, Shuja-ud-Daula, raised the brick walls and the Chowk bazaar in the 1760s. The court moved to Lucknow under Asaf-ud-Daula in 1775. The Nawabi survivals are concentrated on the eastern edge: the white sandstone tomb of Bahu Begum, completed in 1816, and Gulab Bari, the rose-garden mausoleum of Shuja-ud-Daula from the 1770s.

— the visit

Faizabad Junction sits on the Northern Railway's Lucknow-Mughalsarai line, with daily trains from Delhi, Lucknow, and Varanasi. Ayodhya's Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, opened in December 2023, lies about ten kilometres east of the city centre and now carries the heaviest pilgrimage traffic in the region. Within the city, the Bahu Begum tomb, Gulab Bari, and the riverfront Guptar Ghat each take a half-hour on foot from the Chowk; auto-rickshaws cover the longer hops out toward Ayodhya.

— where
India · Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
— elevation
99 m · 325 ft
— position
26.7732° N · 82.1450° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
7 km E
Ayodhya
pilgrimage city
2 km E
Bahu Begum tomb
Nawabi mausoleum
2 km E
Gulab Bari
rose-garden mausoleum
3 km N
Guptar Ghat
river ghat
N
Faizabad
Ayodhya
Bahu Begum tomb
Gulab Bari
Guptar Ghat
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Faizabad — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

On the south bank of the Ghaghara River in central Uttar Pradesh, India. It sits about 130 kilometres east of Lucknow and seven kilometres west of Ayodhya, with which it now forms a single municipal corporation.

Saadat Ali Khan, the first Nawab of Awadh, made it his capital in 1722. The city held the Awadh court until Asaf-ud-Daula moved it to Lucknow in 1775, leaving a distinct Nawabi quarter behind.

The rose-garden mausoleum of Shuja-ud-Daula, the third Nawab of Awadh, built in the 1770s on Faizabad's eastern edge. The double-storey tomb sits inside a walled char-bagh planted with the roses that give it the name.

The white sandstone mausoleum of Unmatuzzohra Bano, the chief consort of Shuja-ud-Daula, completed in 1816. It is the tallest of the Nawabi monuments in Faizabad and visible from much of the eastern half of the city.

In 2018 the Uttar Pradesh government renamed the district from Faizabad to Ayodhya. The city of Faizabad itself remains, as the administrative seat, but now sits inside Ayodhya district.

By rail from Lucknow, Delhi, or Varanasi on the Northern Railway's Faizabad Junction. The nearest airport is Maharishi Valmiki International at Ayodhya, about ten kilometres east, which opened in December 2023.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a thoughtful gift for families with roots in Faizabad, Ayodhya, or the wider Awadhi region. A Coaster or Small with a short note from the studio sits well on a console or study shelf.

Quiet South Asian and Mughal-revival rooms, jewel-tone studies, and walls built around brass, dark wood, and warm textiles. The piece reads well in Modern Indian, Maximalist, and warm-traditional settings.

Yes. Heritage-led wall curation around Mughal and Nawabi architecture has grown steadily in diasporic homes. A Medium above a console or a Large above a settee anchors the room without crowding it.

A single Large carries a long wall on its own. Above a wide sectional, a four-tile Mural reads better; for a dedicated feature wall in a living room, a nine-tile Mural is the right call.

Yes. Order in Dura Satin for a soft scratch-resistant sheen or Matte for no sheen at all. Both finishes hold up in humid rooms and wipe clean with a damp microfibre.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted in the studio's house visual language and hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee. No outside licensing, no third-party prints — one studio, one eye.

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