Art Genre:
Paintings

Established In:
1950

Features : 
This is a royal mansion of the ruling Maharaja of Mysore, converted into arts museum and auditorium. The museum has an art gallery which contains one of the largest collections of artefacts in South India including over 2000 paintings, including a large number of paintings by Raja Ravi Varma, some of which demonstrate scenes from the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharatha. The paintings belong to different Indian styles of painting like Mysore, Mughal and Shantiniketan.

Art Genre:
Sand sculptures

Established In:
2014

Features : 
This is the first sand sculpture museum in India. It has 150 sand sculptures on display, on a one-acre land at the base of Chamundi Hills. Each of the sculptures was created by sand artist MN Gowri and are based on a theme such as Mysore’s cultural heritage, wildlife and religion.

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