This form found a specially congenial soil in Lucknow (a city in Northern India), chiefly because it was the center of Shia Muslim community, which regarded it an act of piety and religious duty to eulogies and bemoan the person who killed in the battle of Karbala.
This form found a particularly suitable environment in Lucknow (a city in Northern India), mainly because it was the heart of the Shia Muslim community, which considered it an act of piety and religious duty to praise and lament the person killed in the battle of Karbala.