Manjusha Museum is in the town of

Dharmasthala Dharmasthala() (earlier known as Kuduma) is an Indian temple town on the banks of the Nethravathi River in the taluk of Belthangady of the Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, India. The town is known for its centuries-old Dharmastha ...

in Karnataka state, India. It houses antiques, paintings, artifacts, temple chariots, and vintage cars collected from temples across

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. The museum is south of the

Dharmasthala Temple Dharmasthala Temple () is an 800-year-old Hindu religious institution in the temple town of Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India. The deities of the temple are Hindu god Shiva, who is referred to as Mañjunatha, Hindu goddess Amma ...

Collection

The museum has terracotta coins from the Mauryan period around the 1st century BC, an book of the accounts of the Manjunatha Swamy temple and a

veena The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( IAST: vīṇā), is any of various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.

played by the musician

Veene Sheshanna Veene Sheshanna (1852—1926) was an exponent of the veena, an Indian string instrument, which he played in the classical Carnatic music style. He was a concert musician at the court of the princely state of Mysore in southern India, but his per ...

. It also has Indian stone and metal sculpture, paintings, jewelry, objects of worship and utilitarian objects created by the craftsmen of the coastal area, and a collection of 6000

palm leaf manuscripts Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves. Palm leaves were used as writing materials in the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia dating back to the 5th century BCE. Their use began in South Asia and spread to oth ...

References

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