- Capital City: Chennai
- Regional Language: Tamil
- Frame of: Southern Indian part’s temple architecture
- Perfect Visiting Time: Month of December till February
Tamil Nadu state is very cultural and historical; that why the ancient time had showed many elements to this land. Tamil Nadu state’s Chennai city includes India’s 2 biggest museums; one is National Art Gallery & Government Museum these prime museum of Tamil Nadu will help you to find the oldest civilization of this land. Museums of any state or place are a real wealth of that particular place; because only these structures store all the historical and ancient memory, which we can’t see or experience at the current time. Even if India is diversified nation, still the museums are the only structures which preserve the things, which are connected to specific politics, History, Economy and religions. The land of the Tamil Nadu contains many ancient and essential antiquities, which you can see only in the museums of this state.
Easel Art Gallery
- Region: Tamil Nadu, Chennai
- Timings: 9.30 am to 5.00 pm
- Showcased: Various contemporary & Abstract
- Started In: 1994 November
- Attractive Artifacts: Spacious & Aesthetic interiors
Chennai’s this art museum is very much popular museum in India’s southern part. It is a growing museum that came into existence during the 1994, November, by Easel. The motto of this life is to accomplish the needs of artists, to get the excellent quality center for exhibition. Spacious & aesthetic interiors are highlight of Easel museum house. Around two thousand square feet area has been covered by the museum. For elegant interiors, teak wood has been used; also to dangle the paintings teak racks have been used. Each pillar of the Easel museum has been designed, which adds more classic look and it is also increasing the ambience.
This heritage house is showcasing the various contemporary & abstract arts. Exhibition of different historical antiquities have been arranged on twice times in particular month; the duration of this exhibition is almost 10 days. The gallery of this museum showcases the very popular M.F. Husain’s fabulous collection of Madhuri Dixit’s painting s and also the scriptures of Thota Tharani. This exhibition also displays the popular artist’s tremendous creations such as R.M. Palaniappan & Achuthan Kudallur.
Visit:
You can easily reach at this museum through rail because it is very nicely linked to the various essential villages of state and towns; for that you need to get to down at Chennai railway station.
If you prefer air for traveling; then take a flight for Chennai airport; the airport is international & also domestic. There are frequent flights, which links the Chennai city to the other prime countries such as Singapore, USA & U.K etc.
The local private and state transport buses run between the Chennai and other villages and towns of Tamil Nadu state. These state transport buses are beneficial for local journey or else you can use other transporting vehicles such as taxis, local trains, rickshaws & buses.
Stay:
Chennai is capital city of Tamil Nadu state that’s why it is very much developed and advanced city, which is providing good accommodation facilities as per the tourist’s budget. You can stay in the well equipped hotels or resorts and can enjoy the healthy air of Chennai.
National Art Gallery
- Constructed In: 1907
- Showcased: Deccan paintings, Indian handicrafts, Rajasthani paintings & Mughal, paintings and century Bronze.
- Constructed By: Namberumal Chetty
- Timings: 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
- Entry fee: Rs.15/- per person
National art gallery of Chennai city is one of the major museum houses of the Tamil Nadu state that has preserved the oldest precious memories of this state. The complex in, which the National art gallery is located is Pantheon complex, this was constructed in the year of 1789. In the ancient time, for British Empire this was a crowded location till the year of 1830. After that, some more newly constructed structures were joined to this museum. At present time, this complex includes the Government museum, Connemara public library and National art gallery. Tamil Nadu state’s this museum is based over the concept of Henry Irwin design.
This museum was constructed in the year of 1907. It was created by the initiative of T. Namberumal Chetty. The structure of the National art gallery itself is a very attractive and graceful. The architectural structure of this museum is an example of fine work. The structure of National art gallery has been motivated by the architectural motifs of Mughal period; the decorative designing work of this museum is very much impressive; very quickly it captures the attention of visitors.
The unique pink sand stone had been used to build the building of museum. here you will get to see the historical handicrafts, belongs to the eleventh & twelfth century, sixteenth and eighteenth century’s Rajasthani & Mughal paintings, Seventeenth century’s Deccan paintings and also the tenth & thirteenth century’s bronzes. Through the ancient essential artifacts, this museum contains high reputation and importance, because it is difficult to experience the various period’s and dynasty’s antiquities under one roof at one time. When you will plan to visit the National art gallery, take care that you won’t visit it on national holidays and Fridays.
Visit:
This capital city is well linked through the rail transport to the various essential cities and towns also the outside states. This city is itself has an individual airport with international and domestic. There are frequent flights that linked to the different cities of this country and also the Singapore, USA and UK etc. nations.
You can also use the local transporting buses that connect to the cities and villages. For local traveling you can use the taxis, buses, local trains and auto rickshaws.
Stay:
Chennai is a much expanded location of this state; so you need not worry about the accommodation, because there are luxurious and classic hotels to welcome you in this beautiful city.
Vimonisha Art and Commercial Gallery
- Frame of: Architecture style of southern India’s temple
- Perfect Visiting Time: Month of December till February
- Timings: 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
- Entry fee: No entry fee
Vimonisha Art & Commercial gallery is another museum of prehistoric items & valuable antiquities. This museum had been founded by the Vimal Shivdasani. This Vimonisha museum has been situate in Chennai’s Nungambakkam, it passes on road known as Khader Nawaz Khan, during the year of 1989. the inauguration of this structure was done by the art director Thota Tharani through his trade fair called Saptamatrikas meaning of this word is 7 goddess. The museum became famous through starting a brand new idea in galleries; these galleries are presenting a various types of products apart from the art. This gallery is very much flourishing because the presentation of anything ranges from computer to kerchiefs.
Besides its situated place; you also get to see numbers of different elements, which made this museum a amazing structure that displays selected wares. The structure of museum is very simple but it has been constructed very well manner, so that they can organize any kind of shows like product launch, special exhibition, seminars, demos and presentations. The complete floor space of this museum is around one thousand five hundred to two thousand feet, over the ground floor. This is a major gallery hall; which contains a big glass places on the front side, to get the attention from main road.
There is an additional space at mezzanine; which has been stretched on around five hundred square feet. This hall does not have any pillar that why you get clear visibility, even if you will see is from any corner or angle. Even if this museum is a house of historical and ancient items still it has been arranged in as modern style as other latest museums; modern lighting, air conditioning and flexible display all these facilities are available here. The ceiling height is about eighteen feet that offers a broad wall area to showcase the banners and panels.
Museum’s both floor has a facility of toilets; on ground floor you will get see a storeroom and tiny kitchenette, which has been offered as trial room; this room is get into use, when the costumes have been showcased in the museum hall. The major relief point for tourist and visitor is, there is a huge space for parking, you can park your vehicle on road’s both sides. There are numbers of exhibition had been organized by the Vimonisha art & commercial gallery such as pottery, furniture, jewellery, handicrafts, artificial plants, computers, linen and designer wear that mostly held in this center. Despite of these, it had also presented the product launches, demos and seminars. Vimonisha museum has made a particular position in the business of gallery, by the good names, came up from the outside places and city, and showcasing the quality wares.
Visit:
The city Chennai, where the Vimonisha art & gallery has been situate is finely linked through the rail to essential cities & villages of state and outside state.
The airport of Chennai is international and also domestic. There are frequent flights that lands on leading cities of India and also the major countries such as U.K, USA and Singapore etc.
There are private buses and state transport buses that link the village and leading cities of Tamil Nadu state. For local transportation you can use the local vehicles such as buses, taxis, local trains and rickshaws etc.
Stay:
The city is well developed; you will easily get the accommodation facility in luxurious hotels and resorts.
Government Museum, Chennai
- Started In: 1851
- Famous For: Bonzes collection & Amaravati’s sculptures
- Closed On: National holidays & Fridays
- Timings: 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
- Entry fee: Rs.15/- per person
Chennai is one of the progressed and developed cities of Tamil Nadu state. This city of Cholamandal Artists was established during the 1965 year. This city lies on Mahabalipuram that comes under the Tamil Nadu state’s southern region. Government museum of Chennai is one the prime museums of Tamil Nadu state. It is one of the popular museums, which is located within the state’s capital city. This museum includes amazing collection of Bronze gallery and Amravati sculptures, also the historical articles and antiquities. In the whole India’s museums; Government museum of Chennai comes in the ranking best museums and also the major attractive heritage of tourism apart from the ancient and rich monuments and Temples.
This museum has been sponsored by the government of India; and it is one of museums, who have been financed by forecast government. Here you are going to get opportunity to capture the beautiful and expensive ancient collection of the Asian continent. This museum is a heritage which has stored the wide theater, art gallery, public library and much more. This museum has been separated in the various parts such as:
- Anthropology
- Botany
- Geology
- Sculpture
- Numismatics
- Zoology
- Archeology
- Sculpture
Government museum’s elegant galleries are real reserves and also the worthy aspect of the museum, which is unforgettable. Around four galleries you will get to see in this museum house like
- Amravati gallery
- Hindu Sculpture
- National gallery
- Bronze gallery
Within the Amravati gallery’s collection you will get to see carved railings, panels, Buddha statues, pillars, which are created in the rich white color marble. All these antiquities have been founded under the land of Buddhist stupa that standing on Andhra Pradesh state’s Amaravati. In Government museum of Chennai, you are going to be surprised and amazed after seeing the historical bronze sculptures, which belongs to various Indian dynasty like Chola, Pallava, Chalukya, Hoysala. This museum has not only stored the ancient things but it also containing interesting things like after entering inside the museum you will get to see the Children museum; it is one of the essential attractive features of this rich museum. This children museum consist galleries such as:
- Transportation gallery
- Civilization gallery
- Kids Corner
Your Tamil Nadu trip will be very beneficial for you because of rich and beautiful museums; which are introducing this state to millions of visitors from many years.
Visit:
Reaching at Government museum of Tamil Nadu state is not a complicated thing, when it is situated in such as very well developed city. Chennai city is connected through rail to various essential cities and towns of this nation. For local transport also you can prefer rail transport or taxis, rickshaws and buses.
The airport of Chennai is international and also domestic. There are frequent flights that linked the Chennai city to other important places of country and too international nations.
Through road transport also Chennai city is connected to other states and cities. For roaming within the Chennai city also you will get the local transportation vehicles like buses, taxis, auto rickshaws and also local trains.
Stay:
Because Chennai city is a capital of Tamil Nadu state; there is no doubt about accommodation facility. There are numerous hotels and resort that provide luxurious and efficient accommodation facilities.
Silappathikaram Art Gallery
- Region: Tamil Nadu, Poompuhar
- Architectural Style: Sculptural value
- Height: Fifty
- Timings: 8.30 AM to 8.30 PM
- Entry fee: Rs.5/- per person
Silappathikaram art gallery museum is a great structure, which has been preserved the magnificent sculptural creations. This museum house contains 7 floors; this much big museum includes historical antiquities and valuable articles. Silappathikaram art gallery’s 1st floor is around twelve meter high and every floor of this museum is about five meter high. The top part of this structure contains Kalasams, the height of this is about eight meter. The complete Silappathikaram art gallery’s height is about fifty meters.
The entrance of this museum has been decorated by the Magara Thoranavavi; the entire look of this structure is just marvelous. The height of the entrance is twenty two and half. The designing pattern of this museum is dominated by the Magara Thorana Vayil; this was founded within the Suruli Malai Mangala Devi Koyli. The Silappathikaram art gallery is also includes the small tank of anklet shape. On the tank side, you will also get to see the Madhavi & Kannagi statues; the height of these statues is about nine and half.
If you will observe this structure carefully, you will see some carved shapes derived from the Silappathikaram epic different scenes of this epic have been carved, which has given an additional artistic richness to this art gallery. This graceful carving has been done through the artists of Mamallapuram Art College. These sculptural creations are a mirror image of the Tamil Nadu state’s culture. The museum house itself is an ideal architectural structure, which you will hardly get to see in the present time. This museum has some specific visiting time in between 08:30 till 01:00 & 02:30 till 08:30pm.
Visit:
Mayiladuthurai is a close railway station of Silappathikaram art gallery. The distance between these two spot is around thirty kilometers. Trichy is a closest airport, which is located around one hundred forty one kilometers far from the museum
Here you can also reach through the State Transport Corporation’s buses, which run in the close places such as Sirkali, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai. Or else you can hire local transporting vehicles like rickshaws & cars.
Stay:
There are hotels and resorts at Poompuhar that serves good accommodation facilities.
Vinyasa Art Gallery
- Region: Tamil Nadu, Chennai
- Showcased: Entire country’s art works, made by different artists.
- Begun By: Viji Nagashwaran
- Timings: 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM
- Entry fee: Rs.10/- per person
Chennai city’s major art gallery is Vinyasa; this art gallery has accomplished the position of Chennai’s center spot of art lovers in a very short time of 4 years. The great artist Viji Nagashwaran’s talented son Vinyasa has been reside in the premises of Music academy. This gallery has captured the high reputation because of variety, quality and art work’s fare price. This Vinyasa art gallery has been stretched on the 2 floors; about one thousand five hundred Square foot is a complete area of this gallery. This serves a very pleasant atmosphere, for the comfortness; there is an air conditioner for the art lover so that they will experience the great art in a relaxed ambience.
In the recent times, this museum has been enhanced that adds more space to showcase extra items. This art gallery feels pride because of huge range of art works made by artists, which belongs from every part of country. The Vinyasa gallery got many popular talented artists’ creations such as Achutan, Prabha, Shiv Prasad, Ashok Bhowmick, Gurucharan, Ravi Mullick, Adimoolam and Yusuf Arakkal etc. Here you will also get to see the Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures and prints of different artists; the price of these prints is starts from fifty rupees.
Visit:
This capital city of Tamil Nadu is finely developed and linked to the various essential cities and villages of state. If you are planning to visit Vinyasa art gallery through rail, then get down at Vinyasa art gallery.
You can also reach here through air transport; Chennai airport is international and domestic so even if you are coming from outside India, then also you won’t get any difficulty.
For local transportation, the regional buses and state transport buses are beneficial for you, which will take you different spots of the Tamil Nadu and also outside places of Tamil Nadu state.
Stay:
You need not worry about accommodation, when you are coming to Tamil Nadu state, it is advanced state, that why you will get the hotels and resorts for stay at Chennai.
Government Museums Ooty
- Region: Salem,Pudukkottai, Ooty and Vellore
- Managed By: Tamil Nadu’s Government
Tamil Nadu state’s government is taking care of museums, which are located in Vellore, Pudukkottai, Ooty and Salem. These museum is are little bit popular because of the perseverance of ancient antiquities; to experience the oldest look of the Tamil Nadu state huge numbers of t tourist visit these museums.
Government Museum (Vellore):
This preservation house is situated at the Lakshmanaswamy village hall’s major bus stand. This museum contains multiple things, which has been taken cared by the initiative on Department of Museums of Tamil Nadu Government. This Government museum contains the current day’s articles and also some resources of ancient times, these are connected to the Anthropology, Geology, Pre history, Art & Archaeology, Numismatics, Zoology and Botany etc. within the gallery of the museum, you will get to see the ancient monuments which are combined to the district North Arcot; all these historical antiquities are very much glamorous and graceful.
Visiting Timings:
- You can visit the Government museum of Vellore in the following timings:
- 09:00 am till 12:00 noon
- 02:00pm till 05:00pm
- Entry is free
Government Museum (Ooty):
This Government museum is located on the Mysore city road. This museum of Ooty includes the various artifacts of tribal people, Tamil Nadu state’s sculptural crafts and arts, ecological details of district etc. this Government museum was founded in the year of 1989; to accomplish the desire to serve the education profits to the visiting and regional people of Tamil Nadu state’s one of the district Nilgiris.
Visiting Timings:
You can experience this museum’s rich collection in the following visiting timings:
- 10:00am till 01:00 pm
- 02:00pm till 05:00pm
- Entry is free in this museum.
Government Museum (Pudukkottai):
This museum is located on the Thirukokarnam. From the railway station of Pudukkottai till this Government museum the distance is around five kilometers. At this museum house you will get to see the scarce collection within the department of Paintings, Geology, Epigraphy, Zoology, Historical records, Anthropology and many more interesting things. It includes the bronzes and sculptures, which belongs to the different Indian historical periods, all these ancient items made this museum very much attractive and valuable.
Visiting Timings:
As per other museums of Tamil Nadu, this museum also follows the visiting timings like:
- 08:00am till 11:30
- 02:00pm till 05:00pm
- Entry is free in this museum.
Government Museum (Salem):
This museum of Salem made this place noticeable among the tourist people. In the museum house you will get to see the various important historical items and delightful sculptures, terracottas etc.
- 09:00am till 11:30
- 02:00pm till 05:00pm
- Entry is free in this museum.
Visit:
Pudukkottai:
Trichy is a closest airport, where you can land to reach at Pudukkottai’s Government museum. This place is finely linked through the road and rail to the essential cities and villages of Tamil Nadu state.
Ooty:
The closest airport of Ooty is located at Coimbatore. From Coimbatore airport you need to cover the hundred kilometers distance for Ooty museum. Mettupalayam railway station is certainly linked with the Chennai and Coimbatore. There are frequent buses, which run between the Coimbatore & Ooty, Madurai, Mysore, Trichy, Kanyakumari, Bangalore, Tirupati, Calicut etc.
Vellore:
Chennai airport is close to the Vellore; around one hundred forty kilometers. The major railway station of Vellore is about five kilometers on the northern side, at Katpadi. Via road also Vellore is linked to the prime cities and villages of this state and also outside states.
Salem:
Trichy is a close airport of Salem. This place has it’s individual railway station and the trains of this spot are travel towards to the prime location of Tamil Nadu , Karnataka and Kerala states. Here you can also reach through the bus.
Stay:
There are luxurious and reasonable hotels, to serve you accommodation facilities. As per your budget you will easily get pleasant accommodation in Pudukkottai, Ooty, Salem and Vellore places.
Thanjavur Art Gallery
- Region: Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur
- Belongs To: Nataraja of twelfth century
- Opened On: 1951, December 9th
- Timings: 10:00 am – 08:00 pm
- Entry fee: No entry fee
Tamil Nadu state’s this museum is a one of the highly valuable museums. This museum has been housed in housed in the Nayak’s previous palace. The Nayaka was a viceroy of Vijayanagara dynasty and after some time he became ruler. Thanjavur museum’s gallery contains the inheritance artifact ranges such as stone sculptures, bronze icons and many more items; which are still in good condition to convey the stories of golden period of Tamil history. At that time the loyalty was high on scale and architectural skills were supported through the dynasty of Cholas.
The artistic creation, which you are going to see in this museum are an amazingly beautiful. Majority of the historical items are derived from the Chola dynasty, during the ninth century & thirteenth centuries, the previous Chola dynasty, from seventeenth century till eighteenth century and Nayak period. When this museum was opened, the regional people opposed to the icon, which was took out from their district.
After consulting to the T K Palaniappan, collector; people were convinced and gave permission to store the icon but on very much fine place, within their district. Later on, collector gave the guidance to gather all historical antiquities, icons, sculptures, which were avoided and ignored. Numbers of pieces of artifacts were founded in burned condition; those pieces were neglected from the time they were burned. All these pieces were gathered together to showcased it inside the museum; this was begun on December 9th, 1951.
Perseverance of Paintings, Sculptures and Bronze Pieces:
When you will enter inside the museum hall, you will be surprised by seeing such an elegant sculpture gallery, which includes various sculptural models of southern India’s stone sculptural style; these sculptures belong to the Nayak and Pallava period. Here you will see the mind blowing painting, which is about 100 years old; the style of this painting is of Tanjore, the walls of the museum are delicately decorated, on stage you will see the standing statue that made by marble of Maratha King. This museum house contains the tiniest & oldest antiquities of Pallave dynasty, fabulous collection of bronze, also essential Chola period’s artifacts. There are 16 sculptures that express the different moves of a cosmic dance. It also includes the unbelievable masterpiece of Nataraja, belongs to the twelfth century from Thiruvidaimarudur.
Visit:
Rail route of Chennai & Trichy, Thanjavur comes, that is easier for you to reach at Thanjavur art gallery.
Trichy is place, where closest airport is located. The distance between the Thanjavur & airport is around sixty kilometers.
It is very well connected place through the road & rail to the prime cities and towns of state and also outside states.
Stay:
The accommodation facility served by the hotels and resort of the Thanjavur; there are also lodges & cottages for stay.
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