The
Government Museum
Well worth
visiting, the Government Museum is on Pantheon Rd,
between Egmore and Anna Salai. The buildings originally
belonged to a group of eminent British citizens,
known as the Pantheon Committee, who were charged
with improving the social life of the British in
Chennai. The main building has a fine archaeological
section representing all the major south Indian
periods including Chola, Vijayanagar, Hoysala and
Chalukya. It also houses a good ethnology collection.
The bronze gallery has a superb collection of Chola
art. One of the most impressive is the bronze of
Ardhanariswara, the androgynous incarnation of Shiva.
