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 Government Museum, Chennai
Well worth visiting , the Government Museum is on Pantheon Road between
Egmore and Anna Salai. The building originally belonged to a group of
eminent British citizens, known as the Pantheon Committee, who were
responsible for improving the social life of the British in Madras. The
Main Building has a fine archaeological section representing all the major
South Indian periods including Chola, Vijayanagar, Hoysala and Chalukya.
It also houses a good ethnology collection. The bronze gallery has a
superb collection of Chola art. One of the most impressive is the bronze
of Ardhanariswara, the androgynous incarnation of Shiva. The museum
complex is open 9.30 am to 5 pm; closed Friday and public holidays. National Art Gallery, Chennai
The National Art Gallery was established in 1857. There are sections on
geology, archaeology anthropology, numismatics, botany, zoology and
sculpture, besides a collection of armoury.
Silappathikara Art Gallery, Poompuhar
A beautiful seven tired building of great sculptural value has been built
as Sillappathikara Art Gallery. The first storey is 12" high, and each
storey above it has a height of 5' . The topmost part which has 'Kalasams
with a height of 8'. The total height of Art gallery is 50'.
The 'Magara Thoranavayil' at the entrance of the Art Gallery imparts an
imposing and beautiful look to the whole structure. Its height is 22½'. It
has been designed on the pattern of Magara Thorana Vayil, found in Suruli
Malai Mangala Devi Koil. There is also an anklet shaped tank in the
Art-Gallery. On this side of this tank are installed the statues of
Kannagi (9½') and Mathavi (8½')
Scenes from Sillappathikaram, the Epic of the land have been given lively
shapes in stones on the walls of the Gallery. These sculptures carved by
the sculptors of Mamallapuram Art College remain the treasure house of
Tamil Culture.
Government Museums at Ooty
The government museum, Mysore Road, Ooty has items of tribal objects,
district's ecological details and representative sculptural arts and
crafts of Tamil Nadu. It was set up in 1989, with a view to provide
education benefits to the residing and visiting population of Nilgiris
district. Thanjavur Art Gallery
A remarkable collection of south Indian sculptures and paintings is housed
in the old palace buildings at Thanjavur (Tanjore). Thanjavur has been an
art centre of great importance throughout almost the entire history of
Tamil Nadu. During the Chola period, two magnificent temples were built in
this region, the Brihadeswara Temple and the Gangaikondacholapuram Temple
( tenth to 11th centuries). Today, the town is a flourishing centre for
bronze sculpture, stonework and paintings.
The palace was originally built by the Nayak rulers of Tamil Nadu. It was
this dynasty that added to and enlarged many of the temples, with ornate
and often huge sculptures. The palace building, set within a large
compound, also contains the Saraswati Library and the Sangeetha Sabha, or
Music Hall.
Within the museum there is a gallery with a representative collection of
stone sculpture from the Pallava, Chola, Pandya and Nayaka periods.
Another gallery contains samples of the characteristic glass paintings of
Tanjore.
Hours: 9 am-1 pm; 3-6 pm except government holidays, especially
those of importance in south India.
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