Most visitors to Chennai never visit the Egmore Museum. Those who do rarely forget it.
The bronze gallery houses what is widely considered the finest collection of South Indian bronze sculptures in the world. Chola Nataraja figures cast in the 7th century with a precision that museums in Paris and New York have spent decades trying to match. Your guide explains the iconography and why these pieces belong in the same conversation as the greatest art produced anywhere in the ancient world.
The Archaeological Gallery holds the Amaravati Marbles, one of Asia's most significant early Buddhist art collections. The Connemara Library is one of only four National Depository Libraries in India, its reading room a cathedral of carved wood holding over 600,000 books.
Private car, English speaking guide, all entry fees and refreshments included.
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