Showing posts with label Puducherry Museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puducherry Museums. Show all posts

Saturday 26 May 2012

Puducherry Museums

Museum is an information center that holds the history of a particular place.The cultures ,the arts, the specimens left behind  and the way of life the people lived in the past is been explored and stored for the future studies and entertainment aspects for the people.In short, is it the real experience of history that's left behind.


Pondicherry Museum 
Established in 1983 , the Pondicherry museum is situated in Rue Roman Rolland Street of Pondicherry . It houses sculpture from Pallava, Chola and Vijaynagara temples. There are Budhha images from Kirmampakkam (pondicherry) and bronzes from the Chola, Vijaynagara and Nayaka periods including arms and weapons.Pondicherry has interesting artistic past which can be found through the displayed terracota figures,burial urns, glass beads , shards of Arretine and Roulletted ware that have been excavated from its ground.The Pondicherry museum houses some of the interesting collections of sculpture is located in the Bharathi Park.There is also a very good collection of snail shells brought from the Pondicherry region.Apart from the specimens of Chola and Pallava art of Pondicherry and Karaikal, this museum also includes Tanjore and glass paintings, colonial prints and contemporary oils, pastles and water colors.

Being a French colony in the past, it also had some French period furniture,paintings, mirrors, porcelain,lamps, crockery and curtlery.Also the remains of archaeological findings from the Arikamedu Roman settlement has a place there in the museum detailing the historical past of the buildings and the material used in the past.

Location
49 St Louis St
Old Law Building,
Opposite Government Square
Pondicherry

Open Timings :
Morning : 9.40am-1pm
Afternoon 2-5.20pm,
Closed on Mondays.

Admission Fee : Rs2.


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