- Location: Engineering Hostel, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009
- Director: Sujata Parsai
- Founded In: 1984
- Timings: 10:30am – 5:30pm
- Time Required: 1-2 hrs
- Entry Fee: No entry fee
A tour to Gujrat always conjures up a picture of palaces in your mind. If palaces of Gujrat are a storehouse of the royal culture of India, then museums of this state are repositories of the richness of Indian and world history. Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum in Ahmedabad is one such museum that is a paradise for bibliophiles. The museum is exclusively made for books of different sorts. It stores printed books to manuscripts that are based on different religions.
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum in Ahmedabad happens to be one of the most cherished tourist spot of Gujrat. This museum is said to have a collection of the largest number of manuscripts and books related to Jainism. It is said that this huge library of books hold almost 45,000 printed books and 75,000 manuscripts and that involves 500 illustrated versions.
The books of Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum in Ahmedabad encompasses a wide array of subjects like Jainism to Buddhism religion, grammar, tantra, Jain darshan or philosophy, different branches of Indian philosophy, poetics and Vedas.
The museum will take you to the grandeur of ancient Indian era as you scan books written in languages like Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit which are almost extinct now.
Apart from the books and inscription one can get insights about the ancient Indian culture by looking into the galleries that preserves painted patas, bronze and wooden sculptures, textiles, terracottas. The museum also has a gallery that showcases paintings by famous poet Rabindranath Tagore and art works for Nepal and Tibet.
History
This museum was established in 1984 by Muni Shri Punyavijayji and Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai.
Few words about Ahmedabad
The museum is situated in the heart of the famous city of Gujrat. The city of Ahmedabad is speckled with great tourist spots. Naturally, you can visit several other tourist spots in a single day if you are planning to visit this museum.
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