Puducherry being a place of holiday destination of the visitors from all over India is also a typical historical state. Having its own vedic culture, the town was once known as Vedapuri. The ashram of saint Agastya and Sri Aurobindo, Puducherry has a rich cultural history.
To venerate the historical objects and background of the state, a museum was built. Particularly, one of the two museums is a storehouse of the possessions of late poet Bharathiar. Other than this the Puducherry museums exhibits objects of historical interest for the visitors and the historians to know about the past history of Puducherry.
Bharathiar Memorial Museum cum Reasearch Centre , Puducherry
Today, the museum is a storehouse of manuscripts, letters and photographs of late Poet Bharathiar.
Puducherry Museum, Puducherry
The Pondicherry Museum at Puducherry is a multipurpose museum built in the year 1983.
(Last Updated on : 14/02/2009)