The Napier Museum, Trivandrum, was
established in 1855. In 1874, the old building was demolished and a new
building in Indo-Saracenic style was commissioned. The new building was named after Lord Napier who was the Governor of Madras from
1866-1872. This architectural masterpiece was designed by Robert
Chisholm, the consulting Architect of the Madras Government. The
construction of the new building was completed in 1880.
The Sree Chitra Art
Gallery and The Natural History Section are housed in two separate buildings
in this complex. The main attraction in Sree Chitra Art Gallery is the large
collection of paintings by Raja Ravi Varma who was a prince from Kilimanoor
family which was associated through marriage links with the Travancore royal
family.
The Natural History
Section contains a rare and priceless table made from polished under-sea rock
sediment containing fossilized remains of marine creatures, millions of years
old. The Dakshini Marathi link to this table is as follows.
The table was presented to Rao Saheb Udarasiromani T. Padmanabha Rao (son of T. Rama Row who served as Diwan of Travancore from 1887 to 1892.) by an English nobleman during his visit to Trivandrum in early 1900s. It remained with the family till 1938. Being a rare and unique item, the family thought it will be a better proposition to make it available for public exhibition rather than allowing it to be a family heirloom, with no open access to the public for viewing it. The table was gifted to the Napier Museum by P. Krishnaswamy Rao, Padmanabha Rao’s son in 1938. |
नेपियर संग्रहालयाच स्थापना अनंतशयनांत॑ 1855 वर्षी झाल॑. त्यज नंतर, 1874 वर्षी पुरातन बांधणी फोडून "इंदो-सरसेनिक" वास्तुशैली प्रमाण पुनरनिर्माण कराच निश्चय झाल॑. नव॑ बांधणीला 1866-72 काळांत॑ मद्रासच गवर्णर म्हणून होतत॑ लोर्ड नेपियर ह्यंच नाव देले. उत्कृष्ट वास्तुशैलीच हे बांधणीच कल्पना मद्रास सरकाराच वास्तुशिल्प-उपदेशक रोबर्ट चिषोम हेनी करले. 1880 वर्षी हेज नर्माण पूर्ती झाल॑.
"श्री चित्र आर्ट गॅलरी" अणी "निसर्ग-चरित्रालय" हे दोनीं प्रत्येकविणी वेगळ॑-वेगळ॑ बांधणींत॑ नेपियर संग्रहालयाच॑ बाजूच आहे. त्रावनकूर राज कुटुंबाबरोर विवाह संपर्क असाच किळिमानूर कुटुंबाच॑ रवी वर्मा ह्यांच अनेक चित्र श्री चित्र आर्ट गॅलरींत॑ प्रदर्शनांत आहे.
निसर्ग-चरित्रालयांत॑ एक अप्रूप (अपरूप) अणी अमूल्य मेज प्रदर्शनांत आहे. समुद्रतळांतून काढून उजाळा करून ठिवलत॑ हे मेजांत॑ कोटानकोटी वर्षाच पुढे जीवंत होतत॑ अनेक समुद्रप्राणींच "फोसिल" झालत॑ हडाच॑ अवशेष पाह्याल मिळेल. दक्षिणी मराठीलीन हे मेजालीन मध्ये काय संबंध आहे म्हणून पाव्हूया अता.
एकोणीसशें शतकाच पहिल दशकांत॑ (during early 1900) अनंतशयनाला आलत॑ एक इंग्लीष सरदार हे मेज 1887 पसून 1892 पर्यंत त्रावनकूर दिवान म्हणून होतत॑ टे. रामारावाच लोंक, रवसाहेब उदारशिरोमणी टी. पद्मनाभरावाला सम्मान करून देले. 1938 पर्यंतीन हे मेज त्यंच कुटुंबाकडेच होत॑. वंशपरंपरागत वस्तूविणी राह्यिलतर॑ सर्वजनालीन पाह्याच अवसर मिळना म्हणून, ते मेज एक प्रदर्शनवस्तूविणी ठिवाला ते कुटुंब निश्चय करले. म्हणून, 1938 वर्षी पद्मनाबरावांच॑ लोंक पी. क्रिष्णस्वामीराव हेनी ते अमूल्य मेज नेपियर संग्रहालयाला ओपिवले.
हे मेज कोण्त वर्षी केले अणी कोण्त देशांत केले, हे कोणालीन कळना.
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Monday, 31 December 2018
A Gift to Napier Museum
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