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A.P.State Museum, Hyderabad
A visit to the Andhra Pradesh
State Museum is a delight for
art lovers. Located in the
picturesque Public Gardens, the
museum boasts of one of the
richest repositories of antiques
and art objects in the country.
Built in 1928 by the Nizam VII,
the museum building itself is a
fine example of Indo-Saracenic
architecture.
The museum contains a Buddhist
gallery, Brahmanical & Jain
gallery, Bronze gallery, Arms &
Armour gallery, Numismatics
gallery, Ajanta gallery and
more. Adjacent to the State
Museum is the Contemporary Art
Museum.
Timings: 10:30am to 5pm
Close: Fridays
Photography: by
permission
How to
Reach This Place
Road: Hyderbad, being
Capital city is well conected by
Road from all major cities in
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka,
Tamilnadu, Maharastra and Orissa.
Rail: Being headquarter
of South Central Railway , Well
connected from all major cities
of India. Hyderabad &
Secunderabad Rly Stations.
Air: Has international
airport. |
 Amaravati
Museum, Amaravati
The collection includes the
antiquities from other Buddhist
sites in Andhra Pradesh
belonging to the 3rd Century BC
to about the 12th Century AD, a
gold necklace from Gummadidurru,
relic-caskets with bone-relics
and gold flowers.
The exhibits in the Museum are
arranged in different galleries.
Gallery
I
This gallery displays
some of the selected examples of
the art-tradition of Amaravati,
besides an inscribed relief of
Buddha from Gummadidurru. Image
of Buddha, Coins, Beads,
Terracotta, Pottery, Drum slabs,
Dome-slabs, Pillars & Rail
fragments and Miscellaneous
Sculptures.
Gallery
II
The exhibits in the
gallery comprise a few early
relics of the 2nd Century BC,
inscribed pillars, drum & dome
slabs,Two Buddha images from
Alluru and a stone-wheel from
Lingarajapalli.
How to
Reach
35 km Guntur and 70
km from Vijayawada. From Guntur,
Amaravati is well connected by
bus and there are frequent buses
from Guntur. Private transport
is also available.
How to
Reach This Place
Road: Amaravati is
located 34 kms from Guntur. It
is well connected by Road.
Rail: Amaravati is 34 kms
from Guntur Railway station.
Air: Visakhapatnam and
Hyderabad Airport |
Bhagavan Mahavir Government
Museum, Cuddapah
A museum of historical and
archeological significance is
the Bhagavan Mahavir Government
Museum in Cuddapah. It is a
treasure house of ancient stone
sculptures, bronze icons and
inscriptions dating back to
several centuries. The Museum
was established in 1982 with
donations from a local Jain
businessman and hence it was
named after Mahavir
How to
Reach This Place
Road: Cuddapah is
located 405kms from Hyderabad.
It is well connected by Road.
Rail: Cuddapah is located
405kms from Hyderabad. It is
well connected by Road from
Hyderabad.
Air: Hyderabad, Chennai,
Bangalore, Tirupati Airports. |
 District
Archeological Museum
(Gupta
gardens), Nizamabad
The District Archeological
Museum houses number of
artefacts and anthiquities
representing the evolutions of
human civilisation right from
Paleolithic to Asafjahi times (
i.e., 16th AD ) .
The
museum is broadly divided into 3
sections namely
A) Archeological Sections
B) Scuptural Gallery
C) Bronze and Decorative Gallery
Bidri ware, art arms, weapons
and miniature paintings are also
displayed.
How to
Reach This Place
Road:
Nizamabad is well connected by
road with Karimnagar, Adilabad,
Warangal, Nanded (Maharashtra)
and Hyderabad city. 163 kms.
Rail: 163 km from
Hyderabad. Nizamabad railway
station is on the Kachiguda -
Manmad line of the south central
railway.
Air: 163 km from
Hyderabad. |
 Kolanupaka
Museum, Kolanupaka
Kolanupaka came into prominence
when it was made the capital of
the Kalyani Chalukyas in the
11th century AD. The State
Department of Archaeology and
Museums established a sculptural
gallery, which exhibits
artefacts collected from the
various historical monuments of
Kolanupaka. Artefacts from both
the Chalukyan and Kakatiyan
styles are displayed in the
museum. The museum has more than
100 images collected around
Kolanupaka.
Timings:
10.30am To 5pm
Entry:
Free
Photography: Allowed
How to
Reach This Place
Road: Kolanupaka is
situated at a distance of 6 kms
from Aler, 80 kms from Hyderabad
and 95 kms from Nalgonda.
Kolanupaka is well connected by
road and there is frequent bus
service from Aler. Private
transport is also available from
Aler.
Rail: 6 kms from Aler.
Air: Hyderabad Airport. |
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