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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday inaugurated the revamped Bapu Museum, which now contains a model museum constructing and renovated Victoria Memorial constructing built-in 1887.
Mr. Jagan paid floral tributes to the statue of Mahatama Gandhi outdoors the memorial constructing, the identical place the place Gandhi held a gathering in 1921. He later visited the memorial constructing and new museum constructing together with officers.
Ministers Peddireddy Ramachandra Raddy, Muttamsetty Srinivas, Botcha Satayanarayna, Perni Venkataramaiah, Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao, {K}. Kannababu, Sidiri Appalaraju, MLAs, officers and others took half within the inauguration programme.
Construction of the brand new constructing was proposed in 2011 and development started post-2014 and the completion was delayed as a consequence of numerous points. It was constructed at a value of over ₹8 crore.
The new museum, a two-storey constructing, will home over 1,500 antiquities together with pre, proto and early historic objects, Jain and Buddha sculptures, Hindu scriptures, potteries, plaques and others.
The museum additionally has technology-based services like immersive projection theatre, augmented actuality, digital actuality, digital books and others to study concerning the artefacts.
Formerly often known as Victoria Jubilee Museum, it was renamed as Bapu Museum after the legendary movie director, creator and cartoonist Bapu.
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