A Museum in Kanchipuram – Shakuntala Jagannathan Museum of Folk Art

Shakuntala Jagannathan Museum of Folk Art is situated in a 400 year old legacy house called 'Brahma Mandiram' in Kanchipuram, close Chennai in Tamil Nadu. It is found near Ekambareeswarar Temple. This house had a place with maternal predecessors of Sir CP. From that point, Shakuntala Jagannathan, his great little girl changed over this house into a historical center.

  

These are a portion of the customary musical instruments continued showcase. It appears to be, some instruments are not utilized any more. Musical instruments were frequently connected with particular social/religious services, in our way of life. The principle lobby (first picture) holds its conventional feel with a substantial wooden swing and a punkah for characteristic ventilation/breeze.

A great deal of metal/bronze items, statues and photographs are kept for presentation, in the lobby. It appears the corridor was likewise the venue of little girl's relational unions and chamber shows amid time long past times. There were three divider depictions speaking to three periods ever, from the antiquated (300 BC) till the twentieth century.

The conventional places of Tamil Nadu have an open patio in the inside (Nadumitham). Here, there is a Tusli plant (which is regularly worshiped) and the Tusli leaves are devoured alongside water, as Theertham. The Tulsi leaves have a considerable measure of restorative worth. I was additionally ready to see different sorts of lights and different handiworks in presentation. One painting kept right by this yard was 200 years of age!

Presently we go to the extensive kitchen with its countless number of vessels. As should be obvious, the majority of the vessels are substantial on the grounds that the nourishment was set up without a moment's delay for numerous families. Joint groups of those days didn't have faith in the wasteful utilization of assets, not at all like today. I saw extensive water boilers (Kodhikalan), espresso roasters, espresso channels and numerous more utensils.

 

In the principal floor, there were numerous items in wood and metal continued presentation. They incorporated some diversions (as appeared above), gems, garments and even a Thari (a man-worked machine that makes string for attire). Observe one of the rooms in the top with a support: