![]() Collection of Keladi Museum Keladi Museum is known to preserve the historical background and accounts of the Keladi rulers. It is also a storehouse for a variety of objects of great antiquity. The authentic ancient items housed in this museum are manuscripts made of palm leaf, paper and cloth to kadatas or black books, coins, exquisite brass idols and paintings. More specifically, about one thousand paper and palm leaf manuscripts are preserved in this museum. They are written in Kannada, Sanskrit and Telagu. In tegalari script, there are about 400 palm leaf manuscripts. These manuscripts are based on History, Art, Literature, Astrology, Astronomy, Dharmasastra, Veterinary Science, Mathematics and Medicine. Stone sculptures of this museum are also worth mentioning. Some of these sculptures are the Sati Stones, Nisidi Stones, Jaina tirthankaras, Kalabhiarva, Chennakesava, Kalamukhas and Hero Stones. The copper plate inscription dates back to the Vijayanagara and the Kaladi times. The category of art objects includes locks and keys, weights, artistic domestic vessels, arms, combs, betelnut crackers and coins. One thousand such coins of the Hyder Ali, Portuguese, Mysore Wodeyars and Tipu incumbencies are protected in the museum. The Keladi Museum is also provided with a library. This article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to content@indianetzone.com Related Articles: Indian State Museums Anthropological Museum District Museum Folklore Museum Hasta Shilpa Heritage Museum Keladi Museum Local Antiquities Museum Mahatma Gandhi Museum Sashwathi Museum Maratha Lirc museum |