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.
In Lucknow (a city in Northern India), this form found a favorable context due to its alignment with the Shia Muslim community. The community considered it their religious duty to praise and mourn the individual who perished in the Battle of Karbala.