The inspiration stone for the museum was laid by the CM via video-conferencing
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Thursday, Might 18, 2023 laid the muse stone via video conferencing, for the ‘Porunai’ museum to return up in Tirunelveli district at a value of ₹33.02 crore.
The development of the museum was introduced by Mr. Stalin within the Meeting in September 2021. The announcement got here within the backdrop of the findings of the carbon-dating evaluation of paddy present in a burial urn in Sivakalai, which dated it to 1155 BCE and thereby indicated that the Porunai (Thamirabarani) civilisation could also be 3,200 years outdated.
In keeping with a press launch issued by the federal government, the museum will showcase the artefacts discovered from the archaeological excavations in Adichanallur, which is taken into account the cradle of Tamil civilisation, Korkai, which was the port of the Pandya kings in the course of the Sangam period, and Sivakalai, which belonged to the Iron Age.
The land for the museum, measuring 13.02 acres, was recognized on the Melapalayam-Reddiarpatti hills, in Kulavanigarpuram village, Palayamkottai taluk. The museum, spanning a complete space of 55,000 sq. ft, may have separate blocks for Adichanallur, Korkai and Sivakalai, other than an administrative constructing. The buildings will mirror the architectural fashion of the area.
The discharge recalled how findings of the excavations have established that Korkai was a flourishing port even earlier than eighth century CE. Equally, the bronze and gold artefacts excavated from Sivakalai and Adichanallur have confirmed the financial and social stature of the individuals who lived there, it stated.
Through the occasion, Mr. Stalin additionally launched a e book, Tamilnaatu Panpattu Marabugal – Pudukkottai area (Tamil Nadu’s Cultural Traditions – Pudukkottai area), authored by Ok. Rajan, V.P. Yathees Kumar, Muthukumar and Paul Durai based mostly on archaeological proof and introduced out in two volumes by the Division of Archaeology.
Minister for Finance and Human Sources Administration Thangam Thennarasu, who additionally handles the Division of Archaeology, Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu, Principal Secretary of Tourism, Tradition, and Non secular Endowments Division Ok. Manivasan, and Director (full extra cost) of Division of Archaeology S.R. Gandhi had been current on the event.
