Haryana is the Northern state in India, which is bounded by Uttar Pradesh in the east and Punjab in the west, whereas, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan is to the north and south of Haryana. Chandigarh which is its capital is also its union territory. For its administrative progress it is divided into four divisions which are Rohtak, Gurgaon, Ambala and Hissar. Surajkund Crafts Mela which is famous internationally is held every year in the month of February this festival promotes handicrafts and Indian arts. The Kurukshetra Festival and Mango Festival are also the popular annual events.
The other famous tourist complexes in Haryana are Dabchick, Jungle Babbler, Kala Teetar, Yadavindra Gardensand Badkhal Lake. Haryana being a cradle of Vedic Civilization and Indus Valley which flourishes on the banks of the lost Saraswati River. Being on of the wealthiest states of India the third highest per capita income in the country, this has the largest numbers of crorepatis in India; this state is also the largest manufacturer of tractors, passengers’ cars and two wheelers.
The Kurukshetra is holy pilgrimage for numbers of tourists and Hindus of entire world, people come at to this place to experience the place where the great Mahabharata war was happened, Bhagavad Gita’s place etc. on the background cultural traditions & historical, this place has been converted into the developed city which has, Museum Sri Krishna, Brahma Sarovar & Science Museum. This district is a favorite place of tourist, and it contains around three hundred sixty Tirthas that includes historic & religious importance. Around one hundred thirty four tirths out of three hundred sixty tirths are still sustained through Kurukshetra district’s Development board.
The list of the Museums in Haryana includes City Museum, Doll Museum, Sri Krishna Museum and Government Museum & Art Gallery.
City Museum
- Region: Chandigarh
- Dedicated To: Architecture & Planning of Chandigarh city
- Launched By: Mr. I. K. Gujral
The City Museum is devoted to chronicling the evolution, planning of the city. Planned by Corbusier, the City Museum is housed in a building that is part of the Chandigarh Museum complex in sector 10, Chandigarh. The objective of setting up of the museum was showcasing and documenting the chronological planning which was went in his exclusive modern experiment and it has created the marvelous and relevance magnificent examples of his created layout and design.
Mr. I. K. Gujral, ex-Prime Minister of India, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of India’s independence and to spread awareness about Chandigarh, inaugurated the City Museum on 17 December 1997. the architecture, planning and history of this state have been brought jointly in this entire museum that displaying important archival material that consists notes, original writings and sketches combined with plans, maps, models and photographs of essential structures. The Arts College, whose innovative studio sections were sketched by Corbusier, is also part of the museum complex.
The City Museum is visited by professionals, students, resident, tourists also the visitors, are continually enjoying also being educated through their trip of the city Museum. on month’s first and third Sunday, museum provides the guided tours and also the exclusive guided tours but they apply nominal charges on that days, so if you are planning to visit this valuable and knowledgeable museum then try to visit it on these days so that you will get to know the deep and essential information about this historically precious structure.
Dolls Museum
- Region: Chandigarh
- Lunched By: Chandigarh Administrator’s advisor
- Lunched In: 1985
- Number of Houses: About five hundred ninety five dolls
This is one of the museums of Chandigarh City, which is situated in twenty three sector of Bal Bhawan. This museum was lunched during the 1985 year through the Chandigarh Administrator’s Advisor Mr. K. Bansal. Around five hundred ninety five dolls are available in this museum which belongs to the various countries such as Spain, Turkey, Russia, Finland, Hungary, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark and many Southern Eastern Asian countries such as Korea, China, Hong Kong and Japan. The dolls which are present in museum are the sight of lifestyles and traditions of around twenty eight countries.
It also contains illustration of various fairy tales such as Aladdin, Sleeping beauty and Cinderella, made through the regional artists, one of the artists’ stands at museum’s entrance point to greet the visitors. It also consist portraits of great Hindu & Christian epics such as Jesus Christ’s life history and Ramayana that are really very educational and interesting for small kids. This museum faces the unavailability of electricity that’s why you might get the difficulty in watching the glorified fairy tales. The huge train models and 10 ceramic murals complete the entire collection of museum.
This structure is like a treasure of valuable information for the adults and children. The ambience, dresses and posters displays the various countries’ landmarks which offers a clear idea of culture and lifestyle of those essential nations. The visiting time of this museum is during 9:00 till 5:00, avoid visiting International dolls museum on Government holidays.
Sri Krishna Museum
- Region: Haryana, Kurukshetra
- Founded Through: Kurukshetra Development Board
- Submitted To: Lord Krishna
Sri Krishna museum is one more beautiful museum of Haryana; the Kurukshetra Development Board of Haryana has established this holy museum on this sacred land, majorly in the nonattendance of not a single prime ancient structure. They took the initiative to build the Sri Krishna Museum to showcase and offer the preserved precious artifacts. In the whole country, this type of museum is only one and because it is standing over the land of Kurukshetra, it has got exclusive importance and identity.
The collection of Sri Krishna Museum displays various periods of life of Lord Krishna. The artifacts like Kangra, Pichwai paintings, Patta Chitra, bronze, Madhubani etc were founded during the dynasty of Chola, Pallava and Nayaka, and they were using these artifacts to celebrate the Lord Krishna’s life. Sri Krishna museum contains marvelous art of wooden carving like Dasavataras & Venugopala, through this wood carving artifacts the talented artists has shown the excellent images of Lord Krishna. This museum also contains Venugopal means Sri Krishna in pearl. Sri Krishna’s other pictures depict the amazing life of Lord even his naughty child life such as Lord Krishna standing over the leaf of Lotus the moment rain falls down.
On image is depicting the situation when Lord Krishna killed the Kansa, Lord holding the entire mountain only on his one small finger, dancing the Ras with all his Gopis and one more important picture is also there in which Lord Krishna is guiding warrior Arjuna during the Mahabharata fight etc all the essential and historical moments of this great personality’s life.
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