Tamilnadu- Chennai Museum (2014)
Description to be added later
Central Museum- Madras Presidency (1851)2nd oldest Museum in India
Museum Surroundings Cannon of year 1762 brought from Manila
The fruit looks like cannon ball
Cannon Ball Fruit
Nagalinga Flower offered to Shiva
Nagalinga Flower in Close Up
Entrance to museum
Sign for the museum
Sections in the Main Building
School Children on Museum Trip
Bronze Sculpture- Contribution of South India to World Art
Natesa, Tanjore, 9th century AD
Subrahmanyar (13th century)
Valli (13th century)
Subrahmanyar and Valli, Tanjore, 13th Century
Paravati-Sivakamasundari-SivakamasundariTanjore 10th-12th Century AD
Parvati (10th Century)
Sivakamasundari (12th Century)
Sivakamasundari (10th century)
Bhadrakali (14th century)Place Unknown
Thirugnanasambandar, Tanjore 16th century
Appar, Tanjore, 15th Century
Famous piece in the gallery Arthanareeswarar, Tiruvenkadu, Mayiladuthurai 11th Century
Natesar, Madurai, 9th century
Famous piece in the gallery Cosmic Dance-Nataraja
Mahavira, South Arcot (13th Century)
Buddha, Nagappattinam (10th Century)
Museum has good collection of ancient coins
Silver coin 600 BC
Siver Coin- Sangam AgePandyas (300 BC)Fish Image (?)
Pallava Coin-3rd-4th CenturyStanding Bull and a ship
Emperor Augutus and his sons (27BC-14AD)Silver Coin
Chandra Gupta II - Vikramatithya (375-413 AD)- GoldVikrama with bow and arrow and lakshimi on Lotus
Notice the small coins and the blown up models in plaster
Raja Raja (1012-1062)
Siva-Parvati one side
Krishnaraja Woodeyar Gold Coin (1799-1858)Siva-Parvati one sideDevnagariscript other side
Art Gallery- Portraits of British Officers
Lord William Bentick (1774-1839)Governor General and Governor of Ft. St.George Artist-Pickersgill
Portrait of Modern leaders-AnnaduraiK.V. Vaidyanathan
Auvaiyar, BronzeS.Dhanapal
Modern Art-Janaki under Asoka TreeNarasimhamurthy
Can you figure this out?
Contemporary Sculpture- Melancholy-Sculptor( D P Roy Chowdhury?)
Sakunthala lost in thoughts (1901)Raja Ravi Varma's MasterpieceFiber Optic Lighting-first in India
Mother preparing vegetables (1900)Raja Ravi Varma
Future is ready to know the past
Knowing the past is fun! Bye!
