Rajasthan Museums
The
Royal State of Rajasthan is full of majestic palaces and marvellous high standing
forts, temples, which are well known for their architecture and design. There
are many museums in Rajasthan, which are treasure trove of ancient manuscripts,
weapons. This heritage and culture is still alive in the state and is of most
interest to all the tourists who viist this state in millions every year and
try to take back these memories. These memories are kept in the musesum that
throng the state and are highly appreciated. Some of the best Museums are:
Ajmer Government Museum
The beautiful fort and palace built by the Mughal Emperor Jahagir in 1616 has
been converted into this museum. What is today commonly known, as Magazine is
the palace quarters where the emperors lived.After the British occupation in
1818 and during the First World War of Independence in 1857 the British that
gave the name magazine used it as the Rajputana Arsenal.
Alwar Government Museum
The Alwar Museum is situated in the old city areand it has different unique
collection of arms, bidri work acquered and ivory work, musical instruments,
stuffed animals, beautiful brass and pottery works from Jaipur, Multan, Bengal
and Ceylon, miniature paintings and Persian and Sanskrit manuscripts. The paintings
have been further divided into various sub-styles. The third section of the
museum contains the armoury of State rulers. Various kinds of shiedls, swords,
pistols, rifles, daggers and other items are on display.
Bikaner Fort Museum
Ganga Mahal, is one of the special halls taken over by Maharaja Ganga Singh,
now it is the Fort Museum.This museum like all museums in the state have a very
mind blowing and a fine collection of antique Rajput weaponry, jade handle daggers,
camel hide dhals (shiedls) and inliad handguns and camel guns.The furniture
that were used then by thes rulers are also asved here for public viewing and
the jewellery studded in these artifacts and furniture just leaves you gaping
and wanting to see more and more of these very preciuos and priceless belongings.
The
Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum
The Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum is another feather in the cap of the State that
has got this museum to its credit, as this museum in Rajasthan is considered
to be very important. A fine collection of the heritage of Rajasthan, this museum
in Bikaner has some principal sections like the History, Sculpture, Terracotta,
Maharaja Ganga Singh Memorial, local Arts and Crafts section, Miniature Paintings,
Folk-Arts section and Bronzes Armory.
Fateh Prakash Palace Museum
Another very important and prominent museum in Rajasthan is the Fateh Prakash
Palace Museum in Chittaurgarh.As we know Chittaurgarh is known for its special
fort that represents the culture of this small city of Rajasthan.However a small
portion of this palace is given for the purpose of keeping the heritage and
culture of Rajasthan alive. This museum basically keeps a treasure trove of
sculptures. Amongst the important ones are Ganpati from Pangarh along with Indra
and Jain Ambica statues from Rashmi village of Podt medieval period. Also on
display in the museum are many weapons, daggers, and armory.
Virat
Nagar Museum
Virat Nagar museum is in the capital city of Jaipur.It was also the cpita place
of the legendary Matsayadesh. Frequent refences of Matsayadesh have been made
in the Indian epic- the Mahabharat. In the period of these maharajas and maharani
rule, the area around the district of Jaipur, Alwar and Bharatpur came to be
known as Matsayadesh with Virat Nagar as its capital. The museum has a speciality
and that is it is not very big in mits appearance as compared to the other museums
but the best part is that it is one museum that has the riches collection of
artifacts and sculptures that are stored here in this museum. The excavated
pikkins old coins, seals, metallic pieces, weaponos and statues have been exhibited
here.
Amer (Jaipur) Archaeological Museum
Located in the Dil-e-A-aram Gardens, of Amer, the ancient capital of Jaipur,
and established in 1949. Before the collections of all the excvated materials
from Rairh, Bairat, Sambhar, Nagar etc. and the sculptures and epigraphs collected
from various sites in the erstwhile Jaipur State were housed at Vidyadhar Gardens
in Purana Ghat.
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