Alampur Museum

{{Short description|Archaeological museum in Alampur, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}} {{Coord|15.8776398|78.134898|display=title}} {{Infobox museum | name = Alampur Museum | image = | established = | collection_size = | area = | location = Alampur, Telangana, India. | visitors = | public_transit = | director = | website = }} '''Alampur ASI Museum''' is a museum located in the historical temple town of Alampur, Mahbubnagar in Telangana.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kala |first1=Jayantika |title=Epic Scenes in Indian Plastic Art |date=1988 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-228-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UV_H1VtUO58C&dq=Alampur+Museum&pg=PA96 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kaladarshana.com/essays/essay-alampur-museum.html |title=ASI Museum, Alampur |access-date=16 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220301/http://www.kaladarshana.com/essays/essay-alampur-museum.html |archive-date=16 December 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Situated at the Navabrahma Temples it is maintained by Archaeological Survey of India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ludvík |first1=Catherine |title=Sarasvatī, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-carrying Vīṇā-player to the Weapon-wielding Defender of the Dharma |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-15814-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4lsYKIXBOK0C&dq=Alampur+Museum&pg=PR17 |language=en}}</ref>

== History == The Alampur museum was established in the year 1952. The museum is neighbored by the popular Nava Brahma temples where over 124 stones sculptures and 26 inscriptional slabs are on display including 64 loose sculptures. The time of these sculptures goes from sixth to sixteenth Century AD and they belong to Kakatiyas, Chalukyas, and Vijayanagara dynasties. The Alampur gallery is famous for its huge and varied collection of sculptures that are organized in a major corridor. The collections on display have many beautiful pieces, a few of them in cleaned black stone that show that these are from the eleventh century Kakatiyas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heritage.telangana.gov.in/museums/alampur-site-museum/|title=Alampur Site Museum|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133003/https://heritage.telangana.gov.in/museums/alampur-site-museum/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==The collection== It has a collection of large and varied sculptures. Most of the specimens are from the 7th century Chalukya period and some of the stones are from the 12th century Kakatiya period. It contains the images of Shiva with Asthadigpalakas and ceilings of Kakatiyas with the image of Nataraja along with the Nandi facing it.

== Further reading ==

* {{cite book |last1=Kala |first1=Jayantika |title=Epic scenes in Indian plastic art |date=1988 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788170172284}} * {{cite book |last1=Sajnani |first1=Manohar |title=Encyclopaedia of tourism resources in India |date=2001 |publisher=Kalpaz Pub |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788178350189}} * {{cite book |last1=Stietencron |first1=Heinrich von |title=Hindu myth, Hindu history, religion, art, and politics |date=2005 |publisher=Permanent Black |location=Delhi |isbn=9788178241227}} * {{cite book |last1=Ludvik |first1=Catherine |title=Sarasvatī : riverine goddess of knowledge : from the manuscript-carrying vīṇā-player to the weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma |date=2007 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=9789004158146}}

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Category:Art museums and galleries in India Category:Museums in Telangana Category:Culture of Telangana Category:Archaeological museums in India Category:Museums with year of establishment missing