Tamilnadu- Chennai Museum (2014)
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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!