Museum, Art Gallery sights in India

1. Museums

   • Khajuraho, India
   • Sights › Museum, art gallery

   The Archaeological Museum, announced by a wonderful 11th-century statue of Ganesh (dancing sensuously for an elephant-headed deity), has a small but well-presented collection of sculptures from around Khajuraho. This is a good opportunity to get up close to some very well-preserved carvings. At the time of research, there were plans to move this museum to a larger site north of the Western Group, but don’t hold your breath; they’ve been telling us that since 2006.

   The museum-cum-art gallery, Adivart Tribal & Folk Art Museum, makes a colourful change from the temples. It gives a taste of the vibrant tribal culture of both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh through…

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