{"id":402,"date":"2014-11-25T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/?p=402"},"modified":"2016-02-29T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:46:11","slug":"the-national-art-gallery-in-chennai-is-a-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/the-national-art-gallery-in-chennai-is-a-must\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Art Gallery in Chennai is a \u201cmust\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Government Museum, the National Art Gallery and the Connemara Library :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there is one place to visit in Chennai, it is the National Art Gallery. It is a treat for amateurs of art, paintings and sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>To day, the same site accommodates the <strong>Government Museum<\/strong>, the <strong>National Art Gallery<\/strong> and the <strong>Connemara Public Library.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Government Museum<\/strong> was built in 1851. It houses an exceptional collection of bronzes from South India, ancient and modern, among them the superb statues of <strong>Shiva Nataraja, Parvathi, Rama, Sita, Lakshmana<\/strong> and <strong>Hanuman.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":2,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yoga-ashtanga.net\\\/en\\\/the-national-art-gallery-in-chennai-is-a-must\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":false}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-402 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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Brahma stone\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Chennai-Brahma-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Chennai-Brahma.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/the-national-art-gallery-in-chennai-is-a-must\/government-museum\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/government-museum-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"407\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga-ashtanga.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/government-museum.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,366\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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They show important events of Gautama Buddha\u2019s his life. The sculptures were discovered during excavations on the site of Buddhist ruins in Amravati. Bronzes from the 10<sup>th<\/sup> to the 13<sup>th<\/sup> centuries and popular crafts from the 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup> centuries are also to be found there.<\/p>\n<p>In the National Art Gallery some magnificent paintings dating back to the 16<sup>th<\/sup> and 17<sup>th century<\/sup>\u00a0from Rajasthan during the Mogul period are exhibited, along with Deccan art of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<table width=\"466\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Entrance fees<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\"><strong>Opening time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\"><strong>Closed on<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"121\"><strong>Telephone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Adult 15,00 INR<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">9h30 till 17h30<\/td>\n<td width=\"99\">Friday<\/td>\n<td width=\"121\">28193238<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Child 10,00 INR<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"99\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government Museum, the National Art Gallery and the Connemara Library : If there is one place to visit in Chennai, it is the National Art Gallery. 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