Pazhassi Raja Museum And Art Gallery Kozhikode
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Pazhassi Raja Museum, East Hill, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Free entry. Registration not required.
Schedule and Timing:
Pazhassi Raja Museum Calicut Timings are from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm on all days except Mondays and national holidays. Lunch Break from 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm.
Description:The Pazhassi Raja Museum and art gallery situated at East Hill, Kozhikode, is an elegant structure built in the Kerala style of architecture. The museum and art gallery is named after King Pazhassi Raja Kerala Varma, of the Kottayam royal family.
Pazhassi Raja resisted British colonisation by resorting to guerrilla warfare in the hilly areas of Wayanad. This great freedom fighter was shot dead in an encounter on 30th November 1805.
After Independence, the bungalow was used as the office of the district collector till 1976, when it was converted into an archaeological museum.
The first few exhibits here were brought from the Thrissur archaeological museum. Later, it began to display various relics unearthed from different parts of Malabar. The art gallery adjacent to the museum has a collection of paintings by Raja Ravi Varma and Raja Raja Varma.
The building that harbours the museum was constructed in 1812 and was then known as East Hill Bungalow. It was used as the residence of the British collectors of Kozhikode.
It also served as the houses of Malabar Collector William Logan, author of the Malabar Manual and H. V. Connolly, the district magistrate who was killed in this very building by four leaders of the Moplah Revolt.
Pazhassi Raja Museum Calicut contact number is 0495 2384382.
Event id: 174296530
Published on August 16th, 2018, 12:53 pm
Ver.2 Dated February 21st, 2019, 10:26 am
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