The Heggade Chieftains at Dharmasthala are in themselves a historic attribute that is unmatched elsewhere in India. The position of The Heggade Chieftains at Dharmasthala are in themselves a …
Before man began his conquest of the
Here are the materials used for worship from old
Idolatry is believed to be amongst the strongest
The whale skeleton and jaws certainly make for
Date: 26th and 27th October 2023 Time: 10.00 am to
Did you know that Naga worship is one of the most ancient cult traditions in the Indian Subcontinent?
The sculpture that you see before you depicts Nagaraja and Nagarani. This ritualistic object is thought to have originated the 13 th century during the Alupa dynasty. The artefact was kindly donated to the museum by Ogikere Basadi. Nagaraja and Nagarani are represented in an anthropomorphic form; their upper parts are human, whereas their lower parts are entwined in serpent form.
Reviving ‘Chittara’ – autochthonous art practice of Karnataka Manjusha Antique Museum of Dharmasthala organised a two days workshop on ‘Chittara’, an art practice of the Deevaru community of Karnataka. In congruence to the objectives of Centre for Revival of Indigenous Art (CFRIA), the workshop revisited...
Manjusha Antique Museum organizes activities on themes derived from the collection for different age groups of students. These activities involve a guided tour of the museum wherein the theme is introduced through educational videos, expert talks and experiments. The activity involves students creating their own...
On 20th Nov, 13 students from SDM Kannada High School, Dharmasthala: joined us to participate in the Manjusha Museum’s Activity on Ganjifa Cards-“A Treasure Trove Of Playing Cards”. Organized: Manjusha Museum Planning and Direction: Chaitra Rao Sharma, Art Historian and Conservator, Manjusha Museum. Chief Guest:...
To celebrate world photography day on the 19th of August, we will be inviting a group of sixty students, aged between fifteen and twenty, from two schools, to the Manjusha Museum to enter into our photography competition! Thirty students from each school will divide themselves...
Following the success of our last activity which focused on ‘coiled’ pottery, we invited a group of twenty students from a local school to visit the Manjusha Museum and partake in another workshop, this time focusing on Indian leather puppets, another ancient art form. Have...
On the 3rd of September 2019, we invited a group of eleven local students to the Manjusha Museum to learn about preservation and conservation. The two-day workshop introduced students to museum conservation via a tour around the museum’s major artefacts with our head conservator. The...
To mark Krishna Janmashtami on the 24th of August, we had an ethnic day at the Manjusha Museum. All the members of staff wore a form of traditional Indian clothing. The men wore lungi and the women wore sarees to celebrate Indian culture. It was...
Following the success of our last activity which focused on ‘coiled’ pottery, we invited a group of twenty students from a local school to visit theManjushaMuseum and partake in another workshop, this time focusing on Indian leather puppets, another ancient art form. Have you ever...
Coiled Pottery activity at Manjusha Museum, Dharmasthala An activity rooted in rural tradition took place on 18th of July at the Manjusha Museum, Dharmasthala on clay modeling with huge response. Students from SDM Kannada medium high school participated in clay modeling activity and articulated their...
Has your camera given you a picture with a live tiger dancer yet? Or portrayed you as a Yakshagana artist even in your everyday attire? Let’s get that done! Manjusha Antique Museum at Dharmasthala is observing the World Camera Day in a very special manner...
Manjusha Antique Museum at Dharmasthala organised a unique event for students on the 1 st of June, Saturday. A Treasure Hunt contest inspiring fun based learning was organised for the first time at the museum where ancient artefacts were portrayed in the form of treasures...
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