Amravati Museum, Amravati

The quaint little town of Amaravati is well known not only as an eminent pilgrimage site at Amareswaram, but also for its archeological museum that stores some of history’s most treasured relics. Amravati Museum, Amravati is an exponent of the Amravati School of Art that dates back to antiquity.

Amravati Museum is sited in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur District and encompasses the latitudinal parallel of 16?34’ North and the longitudinal meridian of 80 17’ East. The museum rests on the banks of the Krishna River and is easily accessible from Guntur Railway Station, a mere 35 km away from the museum’s site.

Archeologists, research scholars, students as well as curators from all across the world visit Amravati Museum. The museum remains open all through the week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entry fees are priced a Rs. 2 per visitor above the threshold of 15 years and hence the museum records a very high footfall.

The primordial Amravati School of Art finds adequate mention in the chronicles of the Satavahana era. The sculpting and the art forms that once upon a time adorned the ancient Buddhist Mahachaityas are displayed in the principal gallery. The lotus and the purnakumbha motifs, an auspicious symbol of abundant prosperity unravels the erstwhile affluence of the patrons of this art form.

Drum slabs, swastikas, and relics of the jatakas find pride of place in the museum’s first floor gallery while the second floor gallery is dedicated to a life size image of the holy Gautam Buddha. The museum also houses several valued pieces that narrate the courage and valor of India’s ancient Satavahana rulers.

A trip to Amravati Museum, Amravati takes visitors down memory lane to the pages of history and personifies the triumphs and losses of a bygone era.