Prince of Wales Musuem

The Prince of Wales Museum was founded in the early 20th century to commemorate the visit of the then Prince of Wales. The building is built in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture and surrounded by a garden of palm trees and flower beds.

Main entrance

The museum building was completed in 1915, but was initially used as a Children’s Welfare Centre and a Military Hospital in the First World War, after which it was handed over to the museum committee in 1920.

Central Lobby

Uma-Maheshwara, Ceiling slab from Huchchappayyagudi temple

Terracotta Buddha, Sind (Pakistan), 5th Century AD

Goddess Durga, Solapith Art

@ her favorite Museum

Crawling Krishnas, South India, 19th to 20th Century

Farmer with his children (Sir Ratan Tata nas Sir DJ Tata Collection, 19th Century)

Dharmavajra, Nepal, 17th Century

Laxmi-Narayana, Nepal, 19th Century

Dakhini, Tibet, 16th Century

Tara is the supreme Buddhist goddess. She is the counterpart as wells as spouse of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

Tara, Nepal, 18th Century